Please check out the Pledge a Penny for a Pound Challenge to support Breast Cancer for Wendy’s Warriors in the SSA Asylum Power meet this Saturday October 17th. Powerlifter Mike Moore plans on lifting a total of 1700-1800 pounds this weekend to raise money for the fight against breast cancer.  You can pledge here or make a donation here.

From Mike:

“Why I’m Lifting?

As most people, I had heard about breast cancer, but I didn’t know much about it nor did I personally know anyone who had it. That all changed about six years ago when my closest friend and training partner, PJ, called me to say that the lump that was found in his wife’s breast was cancerous. I have known PJ a long time, and this was the first time I ever heard him break down. His wife Wendy has also become a very close friend to me over the years and this just broke my heart and brought me to tears. How could this happen, this isn’t fair, this is a dream, this can’t happen to my friends, all these thoughts and more went through my head and I wanted to do something but I felt helpless. Wendy accepted her cancer and was determined to fight it head on and beat it! She had the operations, did the chemo and things looked good for a few years. Then two years ago, she had a recurrence, and for these last two years she has been fighting. She’s still determined to beat it, and I KNOW she will!

As a powerlifter, I thought I knew all about strength and what it meant and took to be strong. Wendy showed me that I didn’t and then proceeded to show me what TRUE strength is! She has shown me true strength everyday; she doesn’t have the luxury to be weak. She has to battle this disgusting disease everyday. She stays strong not only for herself but for her husband and her two great boys. She lives everyday to the fullest; she is the meaning of real strength and she inspires me so much. I can only wish that I was strong like her. Wendy is the strongest person I ever met.”

Read more about the Pledge a Penny for Pound Challenge and click here to pledge or here to make a donation.

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