THE WOMEN WE HONOR
Michelle M, friend of Team Courage, shows that humor and love can get you through anything! She's an inspiration to us all!
Survivors, Previvors, Fighters, and breast cancer angels are all so important to Team Courage. They are driving force behind everything we do. We race in honor of these women. To show the world the impact breast cancer, or the chance of developing breast cancer, has on so many women we will be adding names to our truck for everyone to see. It’s our way to show the world that we honor each of you. Each badge of honor will read like this:
Heather Berger-Previvor
~Honored by Michele M
We will be using only last initials if that is preferred, and we will be honoring survivors, previvors, fighters, and angels. PLEASE, if you have women you would like to honor, we would be proud to add them to our truck. We want to honor every woman that we can. Just post the information below and we will add your honor badge to our truck. We will be posting photos of the honor badges before our next race on October 8th.
Tribute on our truck to Rose, an angel. Bryan donated his race truck to our team in honor of his mom.
Ginny Dobson – Fighter
~Michele Martineau
September 25, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Betty F – Angel
-Honored in memory of Bill Ray, Angel
September 25, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Heather Berger – Previvor
~Michele Martineau
September 25, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Honey! ILU! Thanks XOX
October 2, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Yvonne Diaz – Previvor
~Courage
September 25, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Debbie Misegadis
~Honored by Cindy Rafert
September 25, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Jayne G – Fighter
~Honored by Kelli
September 25, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Jill Berger – SURVIOR
~Honored by Heather Berger
Sandie Rosen – FIGHTER!
~Honored by Heather Berger
September 25, 2011 at 2:21 pm
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Michelle Micari – Survivor
~Courage
September 25, 2011 at 3:55 pm
I am a SURVIVOR, as is my mom, Roberta Werner.
Diane Aldada – Survivor
~Courage
Roberta Werner – Survivor
~Diane Aldada
September 25, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Thank you Diane! My love and prayers to you and your mom, that you may both stay happy and healthy. Thank you so much for being a part of our team.
Love
~Michele
September 25, 2011 at 7:48 pm
I have tears in my eyes now. For you to honor us in such a special way is amazing.
Amy S.- Breast Previvor/ Ovarian Survivor
~Courage
Kim Apfel- Angel, my dear sister who saved my life
~Amy S.
September 25, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Thank you so much, Amy. It means so much that you would post here, and I am most certainly honored to have Kim’s name on my truck. I love you dearly. Feel free to pass the info on to the other women on the forums you are on, I want to have HUNDREDS of tributes on my truck. Thank you my friend. Love always.
~Michele
September 25, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Martha Marti – Survivor
~michele
September 25, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Tracey McCain
~michele
September 25, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Rose
~Bryan
September 25, 2011 at 9:03 pm
Michele
I would love my mother and grandmother’s names to be on the truck.
Chris Williams – survivor (mother)
~Kris Tiltman
Iris Heaver – angel (grandmother)
~Kris Tiltman
Have missed your posts but can see how busy you ve been. Thanks so much, this is a lovely idea.
xx
kris tiltman – previvor
September 25, 2011 at 10:49 pm
My amazing wife, Michele Martineau – Previvor. I know your name is already a huge part of that truck, but it should be said anyway. I love you, I am proud of you for fighting and not giving up (not that you would have it any other way).
Michele Martineau – Previvor
~Jon Martineau
September 26, 2011 at 12:56 am
Thank you for always standing beside me and taking care of me all of those weeks that I couldn’t take care of myself, and for letting us give up more than we really should to make Courage happen. All of this is such a journey of the heart. I have learned so much, but would still be lost without you and Jamie, and all of my BFFs that have stood beside me too. I am a very lucky woman.
September 26, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Koryn – Survivor since 2008
~Courage
Donna K. – Survivor 2007 / Previvor 2011
~Koryn
September 26, 2011 at 6:44 am
Kris Tiltman
~michele
Tina Ferrizzi-Pappy Survivor
~michele
Stella O’Brien – Angel
~Tina Pappy
Dolly Love – Angel
~Tina Pappy
Sue L – Angel
~Tina Pappy
September 26, 2011 at 8:39 am
Dawn F
~Courage
Chlora A – Angel
~Dawn F.
September 26, 2011 at 11:35 am
Dorothy Martin- Angel
~ Don and CarlAnn McBroom
Michele and Heather – my Previvor inspirations
~ Kel
September 26, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Thank you Kelley! I love you!
September 26, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Thanks Kel! ILU!
October 2, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Thanks so much for honoring us in this way, Michele!Continue to inspire.
SURVIVORS
Vanessa Richardson
~Courage
Nathifa B.
~Vanessa Richardson
Destiny H.
~Vanessa Richardson
Marlena O.
~Vanessa Richardson
September 26, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Marian W – mother Survivor and Angel with God. I would be honored to have our names on your truck.
Kath W – Survivor
~Courage
Marian W – Survivor and Angel
~Kath W
September 26, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Dear Michele, thank you for all you do for all of us…you are an amazing woman! I am honored to be part of this….my dear mother, Betty Cope is an Angel…My daughter Terri Lee, is an Angel….My other daughter, Rhonda Rogers is a survivor….it is an honor to have our names on your race truck. Love you, Sandy Moore
Sandy Moore – Survivor
~Courage
Terri Lee – Angel
~Sandy Moore
Rhonda Rogers – Survivor
~Sandy Moore
September 26, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Heather Pearson – Survivor
~Courage
September 26, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Diane T. Welsh -Angel
`Julie White
September 26, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Teri Smieja – Survivor ~Courage
September 28, 2011 at 8:32 am
Nicki Boscia Durlester – Survivor
~Courage
Ally Durlester – Previvor
~Courage
Tara Wiser Beirens – Previvor
~Courage
Melissa Johnson Voight – Previvor
~Courage
September 28, 2011 at 9:24 am
I think this is a great thing that you are doing!!!
Trinity Previvor-June 2011
In memory of my strong fighters who are deeply missed, Judy and Ann, my mom and grandma!!
September 28, 2011 at 9:39 am
Thank you so much Trinity. I will be honored to add you all to my truck. I’m sorry for your losses. My goal is to have our little truck make enough impact to save at least just one woman from having losses like yours. Lots of love always.
September 28, 2011 at 9:44 am
Ritzco Family
Tammy/Brenda – Previvors
Barbara/Linda – Survivors
September 28, 2011 at 12:24 pm
I am a previvor and my name is Carolyn Mackenzie. Feel free to use my name!!! Fight on my fellow previvors and survivors!!!
September 28, 2011 at 12:35 pm
My grandma! Elsie Kern.
Survivor now angel
September 28, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Oh Lana, I didn’t know. It gives me chills to see this. Thank you so much for letting me honor your grandma. I am so thankful to be able to this.
September 28, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Michele,
Thank you.
I found your YouTube site Feb 2010 during one of my sleepless nights. I had been diagnosed with DCIS in a 5cm area in the right breast and then they found LCIS in a 4cm area in the left. I had bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction with tissue expanders. I had expected the pain, but I was not prepared for how I looked and the feeling that I was a freak. Watching your videos, I saw a beautiful woman; the surgery had not changed that. Your videos helped me see that my breasts did not have to define how others see me – it took a bit longer for me to be able to look in the mirror – baby steps.
I found your blog and I found a community of women how were at various stages of the same journey I was on. When doctors and surgeons acted like I was being a wimp to complain of pain with the tissue expanders, I discovered that I was not the wimp, there were many brave, strong women who felt the same things.
Michele, you have made such a difference. Your courage and willingness to show people exactly what you were going through has been so important to my emotional recovery. And now you are honoring your breast buddies! You are wonderful!
Marcella Ruland – survivor
Phyllis Farley (my sister) – survivor
Dolores Ruland (my mother-in-law) – angel
September 28, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Tamey Rohweder. Survivor
Honored By:
David Red Williams-Brother
September 28, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Gail Plants – Survivor
~Kristin Rubin
Carol Montgomery – Survivor
~Kristin Rubin
Denise James – Fighter
~Yvonne Diaz
Lucy Davis – Angel
~Yvonne Diaz
Susan Purdy – Fighter
~Denise Reinarz
Paula Fruchtman – Survivor
~Ellen Haas
Karan Sanders – Survivor
~Mitch and Shelia
Nancy Reinisch – Survivor
~Michele Martineau
Shirley Weiler – Survivor
~Stacy Sorensen
Nancy G – Fighting
~Karen M
Marcella Ruland – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Phyllis Farley – Survivor
~Marcella Ruland
Delores Ruland – Angel
~Marcella Ruland
Elsie Kern – Survivor & Angel
~Lana Grant
Carolyn McKenzie
~Courage BFF
Barbara Ritzco – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Linda Titzco – Survivor
~Barbara Ritzco
Tammy Ritzco – Previvor
~Barbara Ritzco
Brenda Ritzco – Previvor
~Barbara Ritzco
Trinity – Previvor
~Courage BFF
Judy, Mom – Fighter Angel
~Trinity
Ann, Grandma – Fighter Angel
~Trinity
Debbie W – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Jane U – Survivor
~Michele Martineau
Debbie P – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Melinda L – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Laura S – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Kellie Downes – Survivor
~Michele, Tina, Heather, Courage
~Karen R – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Joanna S – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Sharron J – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Kath – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Marcia – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Lisa – Survivor
~Courgae BFF
Kathy – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Adelina – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Carmen – Survivor
~Courage BFF
Kay King – Previvor
~Michele Martineau
Diane – Previvor
~Courage BFF
Melissa W – Previvor
~Courage BFF
Sherry L – Previvor
~Courage BFF
Sue – Previvor
~Courage BFF
Shawna – Previvor
~Michele Martineau
Christine – Survivor
~Michele Martineau
Erin – Previvor
~Courage BFF
Denise – Previvor
~Courage BFF
Valerie – Previvor
~Courage BFF
September 28, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Cathy Tougher – Survivor
My sister
Connie Eddy – Survivor
My Mom
Catherine Sapienza – Angel
My cousin
Janet P – Survivor
September 29, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Susan spinelli Surivor Your love and understanding helped me recover from the worst year of my life. At times I thought I would not make it,but your site encouraged me to look forward. Thank you so much ! I will always love you. Remember LOVE is what does the healing. God Bless you! susan
September 29, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Michele, I just want to tell you how brave I think you are and that your video helped me more than you will ever know. I’ve had cancer 3 times and I’m a breast cancer survivior. THANK YOU
October 1, 2011 at 9:31 am
Rachel Hommersen – Previvor
Baukje Hommersen – Angel
XOXO
October 2, 2011 at 9:43 am
Niki Quasney – Previvor, to Survivor, and fighting like hell!
October 2, 2011 at 9:48 am
I would be so humbled if you put my name on the truck as well as my mother’s,her sisters, my cousin and my father’s widow.
Cheryl Munro-Previvor
Theresa Munro-Angel
The Ouellette Sister’s-Angels
Joan McInnis-Survivor
Peggy Munro-Survivor
October 2, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Maureen Fitzgerald – SURVIOR
Auntie Joan – ANGEL
Sandie Rosen – FIGHTER
Jill Berger – SURVIVOR
Joanne Wade Kelly – Previvor
October 2, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Our Aunt Judy is a Survivor!!
October 5, 2011 at 6:45 pm
My Aunt Judy is a survivor!!
October 5, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Beverly K- Angel
Honored by Valerie (sister)
Melita F –
Honored by Claire K.
October 5, 2011 at 8:47 pm
My Mum
Keiva Gregory – Angel
In memory of my Mum, and for my own fight. Thank you xx
October 5, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Please add my mother-in-law, Virginia Veith, survivor! She is an inspiration at age 84… still works pretty much 6 days a week at her own business, is full of life & dreams, inspires others around her (you would never guess her age if you met her in person), and runs 2 orphanages in Kenya with her husband – they travel there 2 or 3 times a year & make a better life for orphaned children in Kenya.
October 6, 2011 at 3:56 am
Keiva G – Angel
Honored by her daughter Melita F – Survivor
October 6, 2011 at 7:29 am
My sister
Kristie Shirley-Survivor
October 6, 2011 at 9:00 am
MaryAnne Smith – Angel
Honored by her daughter Melissa Z.
October 6, 2011 at 3:10 pm