Quest 4 the Breast

Visit us at the Preble County Pork Festival!

quest4thebreast — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:12:11 +0000

This year’s Preble County Pork Festival is being held Saturday and Sunday, September 19th-20th. Quest 4 the Breast will be having a fundraising booth with some great Breast Cancer awareness items for sale including mugs, jewelry, pins, candles and more! All proceeds from the festival go towards our fundraising goal! These items make great gifts!

For directions and festival location, click HERE Admission and parking are FREE!

Come on out and stop by .. we look forward to seeing you!

~ Chanin

Abuelo’s Fundraiser — Come Dine with US!!

quest4thebreast — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:56:00 +0000

On Wednesday, September 9th, the Abeulo’s in Deerfield Towne Center will be donating 10% of your meal proceeds from lunch and dinner to our 3-day walk! Make sure to mention that you are there for the Breast Cancer Fundraiser so that we get credit for your meal. We will have extra flyers there for you to give your server so that your sales will count.

They have a great selection, even for those that aren’t fans of Mexican food, plus — Wednesday nights are their Prime Rib night!!! You can view their menu HERE

Abuelo’s is located at 5010 Deerfield Blvd in Mason off of Mason-Montgomery Rd. Phone ahead seating is available by calling 336-7449. Click HERE for directions.

We will have some great Breast Cancer products available for sale as well. All proceeds go towards our 3-Day fundraising goal!

Thanks for your support!!!

~ Chanin

Must I have a reason?

quest4thebreast — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:09:06 +0000

Since I have begun this 3-day journey, I keep getting asked “why are you walking? Do you have breast cancer?” my reply is a simple “no”. “Well then, why are you walking? Someone in your family have breast cancer?” Again, a simple “no”. But that answer isn’t completely correct. No one in my family has breast cancer but my father’s sister lost her battle with breast cancer at the tender age of 30 when my father was only about 10, leaving behind 3 young children. So then I get the comment “well, you didn’t even know her”. So I think, “does that really matter??”

I have an aunt that lost her life to this disease and I have always seemed to know people diagnosed with it. Last fall, a customer and good friend was diagnosed and just finished her chemo and radiation. To support her, I chopped my hair off when she lost hers to chemo. My 3-day journey began when I was telling my best friend why I was cutting my hair off and she asked me if I had ever considered doing “The 3-day”.

Why do I walk?? Because I can. Because I want to. Because that is the kind of person that I am. I’m not saying that implying that I am a better person than people that aren’t doing the walk. I’m saying it because that is my chemistry. I have always been the type to help those in need, to bring home the stray animal or try and save the injured ones. To lend a hand to someone that needs it. Why is it that I have to have a reason to do something that is right?

You ask … Why am I walking? I’m walking …

Because I can
Because I care
For my Aunt
For my friends
For those I have never met and won’t during this life
For those I have yet to meet
For my husband
For my step-daughters
For my son and son-in-law
For my daughter
For my parents
For my sisters
Because every dollar I raise brings us one step closer to finding a cure
Because whatever pain I endure on this walk, it will never amount to the pain this disease has caused to millions of people that have breast cancer or the pain others endure from watching their loved ones suffer from breast cancer.

Doing something to this scale isn’t for everyone and I completely understand that. Am I, myself affected by Breast Cancer? No .. but I don’t want to be either and I don’t want anyone else to be affected by it. That is why I walk … so I can help find a cure so that no one else has to suffer from this disease. It could just be that one next step that finds the cure and I’m going to walk to help make that happen. I want to be the feet for those that are unable to do the walk. But, I can’t do it without your help! My team needs you! Please consider making a donation to our 3-Day walk .. after all, it could be the dollar that you donate that makes the difference!

If you would like to make a donation to our walk you can do so by going HERE Please remember, no amount is too small!

Thanks for your support!

~ Chanin

Cleveland 3-Day!

quest4thebreast — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:36:40 +0000

The Cleveland 3-day began bright and early this morning, Friday, July 31st. Walkers will complete their 60 mile journey on Sunday. Please keep the walkers and crew members in your prayers this weekend!!

Grape Salad

quest4thebreast — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:10:03 +0000

I first had this Grape Salad at my step-daughter Amber’s wedding shower and immediately fell in love with it. Until recently, it had been a while since I made it — out of sight, out of mind! I remembered it last month when Steph was here visiting from Pennsylvania and made it for her. Now her and her family & friends are addicted to it in love with it as well. It is super easy and a great summer treat!

1 bag red, seedless grapes

1 bag green, seedless grapes

8 oz package of cream cheese

1/2 c sour cream

1/2 c sugar (you can also use splenda)

1 t. vanilla

1/4 c brown sugar

chopped pecans (to your taste, I love em so I use more!!)

Remove grapes from stems, wash and allow to dry. In separate mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and vanilla. Beat with mixer until well blended and no lumps remain. Stir in grapes until they are completely covered in cream cheese mixture. Pour into a 9 X 13 pan and sprinkle with brown sugar and pecans. Refrigerate and serve.

DELICIOUS!!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

~ Chanin

Visit us at the Fair!!

quest4thebreast — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:43:07 +0000

We will be having a booth at the Warren County Fair from Monday, July 20th through Saturday, July 25th. We have some great Breast Cancer product that we will be selling to raise money for our walk.

In addition to all of the great product available, you can adopt a pink ribbon rubber ducky for a chance to win our “Taste of Warren County” gift basket that we have put together! There will only be 100 ducks available for adoption at $20 each. As a “thank you” for adopting one of our adorable ducks you will be given a free dessert or appetizer card for a local area eatery!!

Hurry and adopt your duck, they won’t last long!!!

See ya at the fair!

~ Chanin

Abuelo’s Gift Card Fundraiser

quest4thebreast — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:35:39 +0000

Abuelo’s in the Deerfield Towne Center on Mason-Montgomery Rd has been and continues to be a great support for our team! Besides donations that they gave us for the Taste of Deerfield, they have graciously given us the opportunity to sell gift cards!

Now through the end of October, we are taking orders for the gift cards. Gift cards will be delivered as orders are received. Our goal is to sell a minimum of $1000 worth! This is a great fundraising opportunity for us and we hope you can help!

We are also planning a fundraising benefit in the next few months at Abuelo’s and will earn 10% of the sales from that day. More information will follow at a later date concerning this. Unfortunately, gift cards purchased from us cannot be used to pay for your meal at the fundraiser. We look forward to seeing you at Abuelo’s!!!

~ Team Quest 4 the Breast

Putting the cart before the horse …

quest4thebreast — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:21:54 +0000

So I totally thought that I had to get a blog going, not just for friends and family to follow us on this amazing journey, but also for myself .. to ‘clear my thoughts’ so to speak. My mind always seems to be going a million miles in totally different directions. Having a husband and three kids living with me that have been diagnosed as “Attention Deficit”, I would not consider that to be me. What I would consider myself??? Well, I’m not really sure .. soooo .. if you have a label, let me have it!!!

The reasons for me to have a blog were also to help friends and family learn some of the wonderful things that I have picked up on since I have been stalking following the blogging community and all of the wonderful blogs that are out there. I have learned so much about couponing, financial frugality, cooking .. you name it .. by all of the blogs that I have stumbled across.

Since I started couponing, I have gotten some close friends and customers addicted to it as well. It’s so great to see all the savings that those around me have been having by what I have be able to “teach” them from what I have learned and read about on-line.

Uh hum, back to the topic .. so, I started the blog for our team not completely realizing that as soon as I set it up WE WERE LIVE!!!! I guess I just assumed that I would be able to set it up, start to create, fine tune things and then go live. I am still trying to find the perfect theme for the page as well as the logo .. I have so many ideas swimming around in my head but, being the blog virgin that I am and knowing absolutely nothing about HTML, I don’t know the in’s & outs of putting it all together and getting everything to look “just so”.

SOOOOO what I’m getting at .. please bear with us as we get up and running. We most likely will not have daily posts for a while but I’m hoping to get there soon!!! Please be patient with us and keep checking back and .. if you have any ideas for us, feel free to leave a comment. We look forward to hearing from you!!

~ Chanin

Taco Soup

quest4thebreast — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:20:03 +0000

I got this recipe at a Weight Watcher’s meeting a few years ago and made it recently. Now my DH is addicted to it so I make it frequently. You can modify it to your own liking!

1 lb lean ground beef or turkey

1 small onion

minced garlic, to your liking

1 pkg taco seasoning 1 pkg Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix

1 can black beans, rinsed & drained

kidney beans (I use 1 can of regular and 1 can of spicy, rinsed and drained)

1 can rotel tomatoes

1 bag frozen corn (if you can find fire roasted, like at Trader Joe’s, even better!)

V-8 juice

Brown ground meat with onions and garlic. Drain off any visible fat. Stir in packets of taco seasoning and ranch dressing mix. Start dumping in remaining items. Add V-8 juice to your liking .. more for ‘soup’ less for ‘stoup’. Heat through. Top each bowl with a dollop of lowfat sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese and crushed tortilla chips. YUM, YUM!!

Great low fat, fiber friendly meal!

~ Chanin

Taste of Deerfield

quest4thebreast — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:54:16 +0000

We could not have asked for better weather for our fundraiser at the Taste of Deerfield. We did have a rain scare briefly when it started to cloud up and a few drops fell but that was all we had, the temperature was great and I think everyone there enjoyed the day! While we did not raise nearly as much as we had hoped to, it was still a great time meeting everyone. We collected many names to carry with us on our walk. It was so worth while just meeting the survivors that were there along with the few that we met that are currently going through treatment. You will all remain in our prayers and your names will be proudly carried with us in November!!

Please keep checking back often for updates on future fundraisers. We are in the process of working on a Spaghetti dinner/Silent Auction. If you, someone you know or a company that you are aware of would be interested in donating for the Silent Auction baskets then please contact us at cetussing at fuse dot net

~ Team “Quest 4 the Breast”