Their name may sound funny - "The Boot Scootin' Boobies" - but they developed their own creative way to raise money in the fight against breast cancer.

Dee Baker started the group of line dancing ladies. They teach dance lessons to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk this fall in Florida. Baker and her "Boot Scootin' Boobies" will walk 60 miles over the course of three days.

The ladies' cause is greater than just having fun. Cancer has touched more than one woman's life.

"Talk about hell on an emotional roller coaster," Baker said, "That's pretty much where we've been ever since. "

Baker watched her daughter, Lisa, face breast cancer at the age of 29.

"They found a lump, and she went in to get checked, but they thought she was too young to get cancer, " Baker said. "Never did a mammogram. Never did an ultrasound. Never did a biopsy until she went in with what she thought was an infected hair in her armpit, and it ended up being stage-three breast cancer."

Baker's aunt and grandfather both died of breast cancer. Although her daughter is now 33 and, after a four-year battle, currently cancer free, Baker plans to raise as much money as she can to give the rest of her family their best chance against the disease.

"Hopefully my beautiful 18-year-old daughter won't have to go through this. My granddaughter, who will be 16, won't have to go through this. Or my sons, because it's not just a women's disease," Baker said.

"I also had a mother who had breast cancer, an aunt who had breast cancer and two co-workers," line dancer Ann Binggeli said.

Whether personally or through their loved ones, many people face the battle against breast cancer and the scare of its influence on their lives and those around them.

"Every year when you go get that mammogram, you don't know if it's going to be your turn whether it's in your family or not. So I figure if the $2,300 I can raise can help improve that chance, then I think it's a great worthwhile cause," line dancer Trudie Murphy said.

The group is also selling custom-made purses at Granny's Antiques in Rocheport, which they hope will hold even more money for breast cancer research.

The "Boot Scootin' Boobies" will continue their lunchtime line dancing, in hopes of one day giving breast cancer the boot.

You can also help the "Boot Scootin' Boobies" by attending its first annual "Costume Ball" October 10th at the Shriner's Club on Blue Ridge Road in Columbia. For tickets, you can contact one of the line-dancers: http://www.the3day.org/site/TR?team_id=55521&fr_id=1301&pg=team