Over 12 years ago one of their neighbors died of breast cancer and instead of feeling helpless to a disease that has touched too many of their lives - they decided to do something about it.
Once a year, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, they invite all the friends they know who play bridge to join them - they charge their guests $10 and $1 a down trick and with that they started to move closer to a cure.
They started in 1995 inviting 27 women and raising $603.00; This past year their guest list has grown to 215 and they raised over $4,000; And over the past 11 years they have raised over $20,000... Not too bad for an afternoon of bridge.
These 8 women want to invite bridge groups and book groups all over the country and the world to do the same thing...take the month of October - when they are playing bridge and meeting in their book groups anyway - and invite an extra table or two - put out a donations dish and make a donation to the Breast Cancer Research Group at the University of Washington or a hospital near you.
Make a difference - help put an end to us losing our friends, mothers, sisters, daughters and loved ones to this aweful disease.