Hello Researchers!

Some friends and I will be participating in the 2003 Race for the Cure
in Sacramento, CA in May of this year.  We're looking for a fun,
catchy yet meaningful name for our team.  Most teams that enroll
together are work colleagues or something like that, so they would use
their company name.  However, our team will most likely be a mismash
of men, women, coworkers, friends, survivors, etc. so we need
something that would encompass a wide range of people.  Race for the
Cure, if you don't already know, is a run/walk that raises funds for
breast cancer research and treatment.  The theme this year is
"Together for the Cure."  Can you help me come up with a few options
for team names?

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Request for Question Clarification by journalist-ga on 27 Mar 2003 10:16 PST

Greetings Susan_California:

An interesting project that you offer here!  I am assuming you would
like suggestions from many Researchers and then you will request that
the winning Researcher post their comment as an answer.  That said, my
suggestions are:

The Eclectics
Extreme Eclectics
Extreme Team
Freedom Fighters (freedom from cancer)
Blight Fighters
Sprightly Sprinters
Embrace the Race
Chaser's Racers

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Clarification of Question by susan_california-ga on 27 Mar 2003 10:45 PST

journalist-ga : great idea! I would love suggestions from many
researchers. Thanks for offering up the idea./Susan

Hi Susan,

There were so many great suggestions.

Thank you and your teammates so very much.

I hope the name brings you and your teammates 
lots of luck and great health - always.

Incidentally, if you want to tip anyone, 
all you need to do is open another question and
put their name in the subject line. 

One of us will alert them (as feilong-ga just
alerted me - thanks!).

Best wishes,

Your TaxMama-ga

Excellent answers -- far surpassed my expectations!

Combining the use of pink ribbons with the animal imagery used by
activist groups such as the Black Panthers and the Gray Panthers, I
suggest "The Pink Panthers."

If you need musical inspiration for your team, I suggest the beautiful
song "Runner," by Manfred Mann's Earth Band:

Through the night, through the dawn,
Behind you another runner is born.
Don't look back, you've been there;
Feel the mist as your breath hits the air.

And it's underneath the moonlight 
Passing some,
Still your heart beats in the moonlight
Like a drum,

And you will run your time,
A shooting star across the sky, 
And you will surely cross the line
To pass on the flame.

Sun come up, sun go down. 
Hear the feet, see the sweat on the ground.
Watch your step, keep your cool,
Though you can't see what's in front of you.

And it's underneath the moonlight 
Passing some,
Still your heart beats in the moonlight
Like a drum,

And you will run your time,
A shooting star across the sky, 
And you will surely cross the line...

Pink, I would accuse you of nepotistic naming except that the idea fits so well!  :)

A co-worker just suggestion the following (question - does this work?
will people get the reference? or is it slightly too ballsy for such
an event?)

"They're Real and They're Spectacular"

-Susan

Susan,

I can't speak for others, but as a woman who has undergone
reconstructive surgery on one breast, I feel a bit uncomfortable about
the slogan "They're Real and They're Spectacular." For some of us,
only one of them is real. :-(

~Pink

You know what, Pink - you are entirely right.  I had not yet
considered that aspec,t and I agree that in that light it's probably
not appropriate.  Thanks for your opinion!  Susan

I rather like the name "Front Runners," except that perhaps it might
call too much attention to the chestworks of the gals on the team. ;-)

And along those lines....

A Cure or Bust!

Busting Records

Lusty Leaders

Cure4Sure

Peerless Fearless

Well Endowed (financial...and/or otherwise?)

Wish they were doing this when...never mind

Best wishes,


Your TaxMama-ga

My suggestions:

- Women's Health, Inc.
- The Treasure Chest Club
- Breast Hoppers United
- Best Bouncers
- Kitty Twisters
- Resting Beast
- Best Feast
- The Togetherunners
- Bonbon Troops
- Bouncing Bodies
- Best Chest Battalion
- Restless Runners
- Reckless Racers
- Wicked Walkers International
- The Cure Corpse
- Wonderbra Barbies
- Happy Bosom Speedway Runners
- Nipple Nation
- Cure Company
- Forepart Fighters
- Fest Breeders
- The Breast-Strokers
- Cure-It Itinerants
- Cure Dot Com Team
- The Curacers
- The No-Rest Breast Helpers
- Women's Health Wild Walkers


Tools used:
http://dictionary.com

Bosom Buddies

Survivor Soles

Thanks to all for such wonderful suggestions! I posed all suggestions
to my teammates and everyone seemed to have an affinity for the name
"Cure4Sure"  -- so that's it!  taxmama-ga -- please post your answer
to claim the fee.  And if possible, a big tip would go out to all who
offered such creative names.  Thanks again!

Susan

"...our team will most likely be a mismash of men, women, coworkers,
friends, survivors, etc. so we need something that would encompass a
wide range of people..."

How about the name TRAIL MIX? Ever eat any trail mix? I you have then
you know what I mean.

I tickled myself.

tutuzdad-ga