Local Volunteers Believe In Komen

Once word — and strong opinions — spread last week about the Susan G. Komen foundation nearly cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, Coeur d’Alene Race for the Cure volunteer Cara Kendrick stopped wearing the pink apparel she pulls on nearly every day, accumulated from years of events. Not because she stopped believing in the breast cancer organization, she said. “I just didn’t want to deal with people asking me questions,” said Kendrick, who has raised more than $100,000 for the organization’s efforts with her team at three-day, 60-mile walk events. “It was hard. Almost everything I have is pink.” But on Monday, she was back in her customary color, with the ribbon brandished for all to see. What are politics and rumors, she said, compared to tangible dollars that have been raised to quell the effects of a broad-reaching disease?/ Alecia Warren , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here. (SR file photo for illustrative purposes: A three-year breast cancer survivor gives thumbs up at 2011 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure)

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