I'm walking...

Some of you know that I was treated for cancer last year; I’ve been cancer-free since June 18, 2007. This year, I’m walking in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life on June 7-8 and have asked (and been granted) permission from the mods to put up a link to my Relay for Life page which is here.

If anyone would be interested in supporting my walk, I’d be much appreciative, or if anyone is interested in in finding out about Relay for Life events in their area, they can check out www.relayforlife.org for more info.

:smack: And this should be in MPSIMS, which is where I thought I was. Anyone want to report this to have it moved?

Moving at request of OP.

I’m walking too, this weekend, in my county’s Relay. I’m on a first-year team and we’re just getting started with our plans for next year. For this year’s Relay, since we came together so late (March), we held a bake sale and raised $300, plus individual members are soliciting donations from friends.

Good luck with the fundraising! I hope everything goes well for you!

Walk on, my Mafia sistah! I will be stopping by your donation page.

I’m unemployed, so can’t give generously – but recently happened upon a forgotten $20. Hope it helps.

Just because it’s a great cause, I’m really just wanting to bump this and I hope you get loads of pledges. We just had our RFL – our company is huge into it and wins the award for biggest fundraiser every year (as well as several other awards). We currently have several people who are being treated for different cancers, so it’s a cause close to the company’s heart. Good on you for your upcoming anniversary, and here’s to never having to start the count again!

Thanks so much, Cookies and twicks! Don’t think I’ll let ya win the next Mafia/Fantasy Teevee/Fantasy Moguls game for that, though! (But you’ll both be on the list if that chocolate cake idea goes through :smiley: )

Bake sale sounds like a grand idea, Suse. Maybe I’ll suggest that for next year, if I’m on this team again.

And I hope so, too, Litoris. I think my odds are good, since they caught it pretty early.

It was chilly and windy and sometimes it rained to beat all hell, but we made it through the Relay for Life!

35 family members and a couple of friends turned out, and we walked, and walked, and walked - and raised the impressive-for-having-only-been-at-this-for-6-weeks figure of $1350! Our oldest walker was 70 and our youngest was 9 months (well, he was in a stroller). We had a great time, even in the middle of the night when we were freezing and exhausted, and I am so proud of everyone on our team!

Things that worked: The bake sale, mentioned above. Selling inexpensive packages of candy, individual pickles, and ‘faith bracelets’ woven out of yarn by my 9 year old great-niece. Surprising how many people stopped and bought these.

Other teams sold food; they didn’t price it but asked for donations to keep the health department happy. Raffle items that did well included Mud Hens tickets, an Ohio State cooler and related items, and a large vintage-looking hope chest and hutch. Teams that donated items for the raffles received credit for the number of tickets (and corresponding amounts of money) entered for their particular items.

Things I’m glad we brought: A tent, a canopy with sides, coolers, crock pots, lots of chairs, blankets & sleeping bags, a portable heater, rain gear, wagons/strollers, and comfortable shoes (and a change of socks).

Things we’ll want next year: More signs - team name, better sale signs; sunscreen; a coffeepot or some way to heat water; more collapsible chairs; more items to sell on-site.

We are planning more bake sales over the next year, also we’ll have a table at our local festival with raffle items and items to sell, kids’ games and face painting.
My niece has good contacts with the area professional sports teams and she has already gotten promises of tickets and other items to raffle off. We think next year will go even better!

I know most of this doesn’t apply to your Relay, Kat, and I hope things turn out great for you. But if anyone was thinking of starting a team, or joining an established team, I thought this might be helpful information. Good luck!

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One week until I walk, and I’m a little nervous. I hope it doesn’t rain.

On top of that, I’m going to be walking all night and then going to a baby shower the next day. :smack: I hope I don’t fall asleep at the shower.