Would you walk 50 Miles for a Friend? Would they walk that far for you?

Good morning everyone, today is Friday, August 21, 2009 and I am Vince Scuncio, your mortgage dude.

I have to be honest with you; the last several months have been incredibly stressful for me. The ups and downs of the mortgage business, the overregulation by the government and the just plain stupidity and unprofessionalism of the lenders we broker to drives me nuts. It got to the point where I could barely sleep at night.

But yesterday I had a rude awakening, literally. I woke up with my side really hurting and within an hour it felt like I had a 100 pound weight on my chest. Feeling that it is better to be safe than sorry I went to the emergency room where they ran all these tests on me for several hours. The good news is that I am fine, mainly stress.

But while I laid there I could hear the sounds of the patients in the other rooms who weren’t getting the same good news and I began to realize that I take my health, and the health of my family for granted. I may not be at the top of my game right now, but this is simply a chapter of life that will soon pass.

This leads me to why I am writing this today.

Recently I had the opportunity to reconnect with one of my best friends from when I was in the Navy, Cindy Pressley. We spoke for quite a while about life over the years and what is going on now. Seems Cindy is training to do a 50 mile walk for MS next month. Hell I don’t even like to Drive 50 miles but Cindy is doing in to raise money and awareness for MS.

You see, in 2006 her best friend Jannea Varni was diagnosed with MS when she went to see her doctor for what she thought was an eye infection. Turns out it wasn’t.

So Jannea and Cindy decided to do this walk and have been training all summer long for it.

But they need help. In order to participate with all the other walkers, they need to each raise $2500.00. Right now they are both at $1325.00 so they are a little over half way to their goal. But they are running out of time.

And this is where you come in.

I know times are tough right now. Everyone is cutting back and charitable giving is the first thing to go. Ironically, Starbucks still seems busy.

But I am not asking for much here. Even $5.00 will make a difference and if you don’t have it please forward this video to as many people as you can. I know that the power of the internet can help Cindy and Jannea blow through their goal in no time flat.

So here is what you do. Go to www.mymschallenge.com. The link is down here to your right and also right on the page here. When you get there, go to Donor and enter either Cindy Pressley or Jannea Varni and then follow the prompts to donate. It’s that easy and your money goes to a great cause and helps a very special person fight for a cure.

Thanks again for your help everyone. Remember, if you can or cannot donate, please forward this video to everyone you can and together we can make a difference.