Meet the Ladies of the
Badass Women’s Yarn Club!
Ms. September is Meg McGlamery of Birmingham, AL.
Ms. October is Julie Brock of Alpharetta, GA.
I walk 60 miles in 3 days in the Susan G Komen 3-Day for the Cure. When it comes to breast cancer, there’s just something in me that says, “There needs to be a cure, and I’m gonna help find one.” As a single parent with a full-time job, finding time to fundraise (at least $2,300!) and properly train (walk over 500 miles!?!) is no simple task. But I’m mother to a beautiful little girl, so finding the time becomes a priority because I walk for her. I hope that the work I do and the money I raise will fund a cure for breast cancer in her lifetime. Net proceeds from the 3-Day for the Cure fund global breast cancer research and local community programs supporting education, screening and treatment. So until a cure is found, I’ll keep walking, keep fundraising and keep going because I really do feel that I have no other option.
The Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure™ events take place in 15 cities starting in Boston in July, and ending in San Diego in November. This year I’m walking with my Team Two Chicks Fo(u)r Boobs team in Tampa Bay, FL, but I have also walked in Atlanta (’08) and Washington, DC (’09). You can learn more about my walk at www.the3day.org/goto/walkingbagel.
Ms. November is Elisa Munoz of Birmingham, AL.
Elisa Munoz is an avid cyclist, frustrated knitter and beer drinker. She is the Program Coordinator for the Greater Birmingham Community Food Partners, a food policy non-profit, during the day. At night she dons her shorts and Vans and runs a non-profit bicycle shop, The Bici Bicycle Cooperative, which she and 2 friends founded. In her spare time she enjoys taking on extreme knitting projects, eating blueberries and working at the local farmers market.
There are still spots available in the club, but spaces are limited (not saying that to be gimmicky, I just don’t want you to lose out on a space, because I’m keeping this first quarter’s club to a smaller, manageable size while I get the hang of running a super-cool yarn club). Even if you can’t join right now, The Badass Women and I would be super-appreciative if you would help spread the word about the club to let other knitters know about the project!
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This quarter’s line-up of Badass Women are all people I have seen in action in real life, doing their thing and making a difference. Future clubs will have women nominated by YOU! More details in coming months.
*Crisis Center’s Rape Response program is where I volunteer in real life as a Rape Response advocate, acting as a literal and figurative hand-to-hold while a sexual assault survivor is receiving care at the Crisis Center or at area hospitals.
