Tuesday, April 10, 2012

puffy paint, sports bras, and breast cancer awareness


A couple of months ago I was approached about contributing to an important cause. MZ Emmers was gathering sports bras signed and decorated by female athletes and then auctioning them off to raise money for Breast Cancer. I thought this was a fantastic idea and so myself and some of the other athletes at the Olympic Training Center got together for a night of puffy paint, glitter, and bedazzlements--all in the name of charity. What resulted was typical athlete competitiveness--we tried to see who could get the MOST puffy paint, glitter, and bedazzlements onto our little sports bras. Well, at least this is what I tried to do since I obviously was not going to win any artistic competition on merit alone. I got a little carried away and someone had to come over and wrestle the bedazzlements and hot glue gun from my hand. What resulted is some of the most creatively decorated sports bras in the auction, and we don't really know if this is a positive or not.

Since the whole point is to actually have people bid on our bras and raise some money for charity, I encourage you to head over to Ebay and take a look at the bras and then BID! It would be awesome if someone out there was nice enough to give me a bid so that all my puffy painting wasn't in vain. If it sounds like I'm begging…I totally am. If you have another favorite athlete that decorated a bra though, feel free to bid on that. I would assume you did so because you didn't like my decorating, not because I'm not your favorite athlete. :)

I am sure most of us have been personally affected by Breast Cancer or know someone who has and I really just think this is a creative and inspiring way to show our support. I encourage you to take part and share the auction with your family and friends!!

BID ON MY SPORTS BRA HERE

BID ON ANY SPORTS BRA HERE

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Picasso in you is appealing!
That is a great set of figures you drew on that bra Bri. Maybe you should try painting one drawing just once weekly up to the big Oly Trials. Auction it off for charity on ebay also.
Such a well rounded speedster. Jump well and prosper.

Allen W said...

Good for you that you got yourself involved in this cause. Would like to acknowledge that I saw you on TV two weeks ago for an infomercial that you got involved with a while back. Just giving you some credit as I finally got a chance to see it. Take Care

Anonymous said...

If I win it, can I get a date?