VíaVienté’s On-Going Commitment To The Komen Foundation

Why would thousands of people walk sixty miles in three days? Because Everyone Deserves a Lifetime! On October 26, more than two thousand women and men gathered at Southfork Ranch east of Dallas well before dawn to begin the sixty mile trek over three days for the Breast Cancer 3-Day. This event is one of more than one hundred Komen Foundation events around the world that raises money for breast cancer research and education. The goal is to eradicate breast cancer worldwide.

Friends walk in celebration and memory of friends. Moms walk for their daughters, and daughters and sons walk for their moms. Husbands walk for their wives. Every single walker walks for someone who has been touched by breast cancer. Every walker must raise a minimum of $2,200 to participate in the walk. 

Kris Hundt has been training for a solid year to walk the Dallas 3-Day. VíaVienté has been a big part of her training. Vía sponsored Kris with product to support her year of training. “I’m carrying Vía with me to drink all during the walk. Drinking Vía has really helped me prepare for this,” Kris says.

At the end of each day, walkers gather in the tent city that will be their refuge for rest and relaxation before tomorrow’s long journey. Kris says, “We walk twenty miles each day. Some of the walkers are battling breast cancer themselves. It’s really an emotional experience to be out here for three days with almost twenty four hundred people who’ve been affected by breast cancer.”

For those who suffer injuries or exhaustion along the way, sweeper vans are available to rescue them and take them to the next checkpoint for medical assistance. 

Even the crew is here because their lives have been touched by breast cancer. One crew member who lost his wife to breast cancer several years ago participates in four of these events a year. At each event, he brings his Harley and a Pink Hog to give to an individual walker who needs extra emotional support to make it through. 

The Dallas 3-Day raised 6.5 million dollars for breast cancer research and education. Since 1982, the Komen Foundation has raised and donated one billion dollars for breast cancer research and education through events like the

3-Day. Kris says, “If you think one person cannot make a difference in the world, just look at all of these individual people who have come together to end breast cancer for good. They are changing lives with their dedication and courage.”