It's two days before the big event. and Kristi Yamaguchi and Peggy Fleming are busy putting the finishing touches on A Golden Moment, an extravaganza conceived by Mervyn's California and Kristi's Always Dream Foundation to raise awareness and funds for the fight against breast cancer. Televised this season on KTVU and the Lifetime channel, A Golden Moments features top female talents from the world of skating and music. Yamaguchi, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Tara Lipinski and others skate to the sounds of Sarah Brightman and Taylor Dane, all to spotlight the fight against a disease that claims the life of one woman every 12 minutes.

For Kristi, the evening is her biggest and most ambitious effort ever to rally skating star power for community gain. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society and a special Always Dream Foundation fund to support San Francisco Bay Area breast cancer organizations. (Always Dream, Kristi's own charity, founded in 1996 was created to support organizations that have a positive effect on children.)

For Peggy, A Golden Moment as a more personal significance. The 50-year-old skating icon, whose gold-medal-winning performance at the 1968 Olympics single-handedly rekindled America's interest in figure skating, was struggling with Breast Cancer herself only a year and a half ago. Since beating it, she has become an unofficial spokesperson, promoting the significance of early detection, regular checkups, and monthly self-exams. "It's so important to be familiar with your body," she stresses, "to pay attention when something's a little different and to question it. That, and getting the right help, saved my life."

Speaking out about the early detection is just one of ways Fleming stays busy these days. On top of her regular schedule as a skating commentator for ABC, she also represents numerous organizations -- from the National Osteoporosis Foundation to the Special Olympics to the U.S. Postal Service -- and regularly participates in other fund raisers. But it's family-focused events like A Golden Moment and Yamaguchi's "Skates in the Park" efforts that she relishes the most. Indeed, her husband, Greg,, and sons Andrew and Todd, are obviously her greatest source of comfort and pride. And she's quick to whip out photos and share stories about the newest object of her affection: nine-month-old Miles, her first grand child.

Her ability to mix a packed work calendar with quality family time leaves good friend and fellow skater Kristi in awe: "Obviously Peggy has been a huge role model for me. It's not only what she's done for skating, but how much she does for her community, and how she balances her career with her family. She's found that equilibrium, which is hard for anyone, let alone a women with such an amazing career."

Issues of work and family are paramount to Kristi now, as she and fiancé Bret Hedican, who plays for the Florida Panthers ice hockey team, work at juggling busy schedules and maximizing their time together. Their summers -- the only significant stretch of time they share -- are currently spent in the Bay Area and in Reno, where Kristi has homes, and in Minnesota, Bret's home state.

But Kristi looks forward to a future when their lives on the road will end, and the two can settle down in one place. After their wedding next July in Hawaii, Kristi will keep up her two-year commitment to the 50-plus performances in the annual Stars on Ice tour. "Beyond that," says America's skating sweetheart, "I'll slow down and maybe do more shows that I can just travel to, do, and come back. Then I'll at least have a home base, and not be on the road as much."