Just a little blurb about Get REAL & HEEL and the upcoming year!!

Get REAL (Get Recreation, Get Exercise, Get Active, Get Living) & HEEL (a reference to healing and the UNC Tarheels) is a 20-week program designed to address overall health and well-being for breast cancer survivors. Get REAL & HEEL (GRH) utilizes an integrative approach to wellness. Participants attend the center three times per week and receive individualized prescriptive exercise and recreational therapy to improve physical and psychosocial well-being. Exercise programming includes cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility training. Recreational therapy (RT) enhances psychosocial wellbeing with interventions including biofeedback and...

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The Pink Pacers' Story

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We are back and I am smiling!

Hello Pink Pacers and visitors!I am so excited for the 2010-2011 Pink Pacers year! I could not be more thrilled to get this show started! Up ahead, we will be organizing the Cancer awareness Fair with the UNC Gymnastics Team as well as the Pink Pacers 5K Walk/Run! We are going to build on the success of our first walk and step it up a notch! Get your running and walking shoes out in preperation for the Fun day! These two will take place in February and in the Fall of 2011! Lots of planning to do and I am ready!Are y...

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We are still here!

The Pink Pacers were able to raise $8,606 for the Get REAL & HEEL program from the UNC Gymnastics Health Fair and the First ever Get REAL & HEEL 5K Walk! We are so excited to have helped such an amazing program! It was a TON of work and super worth it!! Great job Pink Pacers!Next on the horizon... The Race for the Cure! We are excited to get together and run/walk for such a fun event and a fantastic cause! I look forward to seeing all the Pink Pacers out there! We may need to bedazzle ourselves!If you are interested in walking/running with us please email katymgilliam@gmail.com. I will direct you to our team captain for that event! All...

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Southport Graphics!

Southport Graphics teamed up with us this year in full support of the 5K Walk! Southport Graphics is an amazing printing company that has a heart bigger then the Research Triangle. They stepped in and provided Get REAL & HEEL with all of their signage for the walk! This was more then we could have ever asked for! Their work is high quality as well as their staff! I am blessed to have them as friends. Thank you Southport Graphics for making a...

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Riverbrooks Photography

Kristy Gibson, founder of riverbrooks photography, is known for catching the beauty out of everyday life. She loves to catch everyone in their own special moments. Her photos give insight and spark the memory of the day, not just a pose. She is proud to be a pink pacer- and could not think of a more heartwarming event to take photographs then at the Get REAL & HEEL 5k Walk. To see her photos from this weekend and see some of your own special...

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Bridging the Gap!

Get REAL & HEEL and Pink PacersBridging the Gap 5K WalkMarch 27th, 2010There are very few words that I can use to express how amazing this day turned out to be. The sky was a clear blue with a bit of a chill in the air. It was a perfect day for our 5K Walk adventure! We are so proud of what we have accomplished this year as a team. I have learned that the Pink Pacers are a force! I am so proud of our team and even more proud to be called a Pink...

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Pink Pacers Rock!

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Fun Facts about Get REAL & HEEL

About the Program Get REAL & HEEL is a unique program designed to serve breast cancer patients in North Carolina. Get REAL & HEEL is not just an exercise program. It integrates individualized prescriptive exercise with recreational therapy to provide a program that strengthens your body and mind. We develop an individualized plan that helps each participant manage cancer treatment related symptoms and increase chances of survivorship and quality of life. Because of grant support, this incredible program is currently provided to individuals free of charge. The acute and chronic side effects usually associated with the diagnosis and the...

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Working hard or hardly working?

I would have to say we are working HARD! The Pink Pacers can not believe that March is already here! The big 5K walk is just around the corner and we are getting more excited each day!Please join us as we walk around our beautiful campus here in Chapel Hill. We are able to give 100% of the money raised from this walk directly to Get REAL & HEEL! Isn't that amazing? Not only do we get to do that but we get to celebrate active living and be a...

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Pink Pacers ROCKED the Blue and Pink Health Fair and Gymnastics Meet!

We had the best time this Valentine's Day with the 4th Annual Blue and Pink Gymnastics Meet and Health Fair. We broke the all time attendance record for a UNC Gymnastics meet with over 2000 people! We also were able to raise over $1000 for Get REAL & HEEL!We are so excited and proud of how it all came together! Below are many pictures from the event. Thank you, Pink Pacers, for all of your hard work!Thank you, Coach Galvin, for trusting us! Diane...

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Bring your Valentines and join us!

Please join us for this family fun event THIS SUNDAY, Feb. 14th at Carmichael for the Carolina Blue and Pink Gymnastics Meet & Cancer Awareness Fair!Arrive between 12:30 - 2:30 to get great seats AND take advantage of free health information, consultations, interactive activities, and some giveaways! The Pink Pacers will also be there to provide some special treats for your favorite young gymnast as well as register you for our Bridging the...

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Registration is OPEN!

Please follow the link and register for the Get REAL & HEEL 5K walk! The first 50 to register will get a water bottle and a shirt! http://www.sportoften.com/events/eventDetails.cfm?pEventId=4782We are fortunate to have such generous sponsors - please support them! There will be many giveaways at the walk! Hatteras FundsBaker's CakesZoghbys UniformsBrand FuelSouthport GraphicswuzalillyDurham Mother's ClubIn the Pink Wigs & Boutique Rhonda...

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It is Gymnastics Time...Tar Heel style!

We would like to send a HUGE thank you to the University of North Carolina Women's Gymnastics team. The Jr. Pink Pacers were invited to a awesome young gymnastics experience! They were able to do all of the circuits with the actual Tar Heel Gymnasts! All of our children were star struck as well as exhausted at the end! Everyone slept great that night! Please mark your calendars for February 14th. The UNC Gymnastics Team is hosting The Blue &...

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Where it all began

Anne and Katy: Avon Walk for Breast Cancer October 2006 We started this journey in 2006 and have not stopped since. Anne and I have had so much fun watching the Pink Pacers grow and are in awe of where it is today. Every step we take to finding a cure for Cancer is going to make a difference in not only those dealing with this horrible disease now but also in our children's lives. I look forward to the day when my daugther only has to worry about...

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The Breast of the 80s

Yes, this is another side of the Pink Pacers that you may not have seen. Aren't we gorgeous?? The Pink Pacers not only walk in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer but we have also been volunteers. I can say that this aspect of the walk did not hurt my feet as much but it did hurt my stomach. We laughed so much that I think I actually got a workout! Below is a picture of the 2009 Avon Walk Crew Team. We were in charge of Rest Stop 4 at mile 17. We had...

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Are you "In the Pink?"

I would like to introduce the Pink Pacers' FIRST sponsor for 2010! If you have not heard of the wonderful store In the Pink Wigs & Boutique then you need to stop by and meet Dana Powers! Dana is a wonderful new member of the Pink Pacers and our first sponsor! We look forward to many years together! Walk on... In the Pink is a wig shop and post-breast-surgery garment boutique offering confidential appointments in a private, relaxed setting....

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When it rains it pours!

For some reason, the weather has not cooperated with us over the past few walks. I think that the rain likes the Pink Pacers! We had 2 teams walk this year and both of them were poored on! Below is a picture of the Charlotte 2009 walk team! This team was so positive during the HUGE downpour! I love this picture and was so excited when Suzie sent it to me today! I had to share! Walk on... (even when it rains!) Suzie McGuinn (3x walker), Katie Robertson...

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