The Northshore School District recently unveiled its “Wall of Honor” for our local heroes, and I feel there should be a bigger, larger-than-life wall somewhere for those people involved with last weekend’s Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure.

I was only down at the cheering station near Red Robin on Bothell-Everett Highway for about an hour last Friday, but that was more than enough time to soak up the inspirational and giving atmosphere put forth for the hundreds of walkers helping find a cure for breast cancer. They were walking for loved ones, they were walking for themselves — and they were glad just to be alive and enjoying such a great day.

It I didn’t have to roll back to the office, I could have stayed there for a while more and continue talking with all the folks who descended upon our area from Michigan (Karen Eickemeyer and Toni Pratt), Texas (Shannon Straty, Amy Grein, Kelli Kubicki and Amber Fairless), Bellingham (Debbie Dykas), Spokane (Roger and Rena Coon) and I’m sure more out-of-town spots, as well.

Just watching all the cheery Texas girls point to “Aunt” Betty Dickschat, a breast-cancer survivor whom they were walking for, was enough to make you want to join in and walk forever.

Last January, Valerie Spagnolo’s beginning leadership students over at Bothell High held a “Paws for the Cause” breast-cancer-awareness run/walk to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

I was on hand for that event, as well, and couldn’t help but be moved by the stories I heard that day from survivors and their friends.

Yes, there’s some good stuff out there in this world — especially with the pink Komen crew.