Relay for Life of Second Life

15 October 2008

Newsletter of the Relay For Life of Second Life®
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What is RELAYER?
Note from our 2009 Chair, Fayandria Foley
Off-Season RFL Fundraising (Yay!)
Introducing our co-Chairs!
Planning Committee List
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What is RELAYER?

RELAYER will be your information source for the 2009 Relay for Life of Second Life.  It is produced by our Internal Communications committee to bring committee members, team captains, and volunteers alike the most up-to-date information we can find.  No frills, no glitz — just the real deal, whenever we need it.

We will produce RELAYER as often as needed, made available as in-world notecards and as an off-world blog.  If you subscribe to any of the major RFL of SL groups, each issue of RELAYER will be delivered straight to your av through the miracles of Linden Lab blue boxes.

Note from our 2009 Chair, Fayandria Foley

Hi Relayers!

So exciting to have this avenue of communication available. Too wonderful!  Please join me in thanking Valentine Janus and Otenth Paderborn for providing this opportunity.  They understand  that we need to stay in touch, that you need to know what’s going on with Relay in the “off-season”, and they are helping us fulfill that need. Thank you Val and Otenth!

And speaking of off-season please be sure to read the statement concerning off-season fund-raising events.  We took the best possible steps for all concerned and you, as a volunteer of Relay For Life of Second Life, need to understand what is happening and why.

The Planning Committee for Relay for Life of Second Life is setting up a bit differently for 2009.   There is the Event Chair and then there are 4 Event co-Chairs.  Each co-Chair has areas of Relay they are directly responsible for guiding but each co-Chair is responsible for the total Relay too. With 4 Event co-chairs to handle concerns  and make decisions, your questions and issues will be handled quicker and more efficiently. Tayzia Abattoir, Nuala Maracas, Tequlia Tapioca, and Belle Loll have each stepped into the position of Event co-Chair and I know you are as excited as I am to be “relaying” with them!

There are Planning Committee  areas still in need of committee members so please contact myself, Tayzia, Nuala, Tequlia, or Belle if you are  interested in  seeing what positions are available.

I hope you are having a very well deserved rest and maybe doing a little planning on what you and your team  might ”do” to raise funds next year.  Relaying with you!

Fayandria

Off-Season RFL Fundraising (Yay!)

Relay For Life is the signature fundraising event for the American Cancer Society.  In Second Life, our goal for the Relay For Life is the same as in real life - to raise funds for the American Cancer Society and the International programs that ACS supports. Relay For Life of Second Life representatives have been asked numerous times to make a kiosk available for Second Life communities’ “cancer fighting” events. The need to fight cancer happens regardless of the time of year, and with that fact in mind Relay For Life of Second Life will follow the actions of real life communities and accept off-season donations.  Relay For Life of Second Life will make available an off-season fundraising kiosk for those individual supporters intending to raise funds with an event outside the scheduled fundraising time.  Donations made to these kiosk will not apply to any team total but will go into Relay For Life  of Second Life general donations account.  These funds will count towards the 2009 Relay For Life of Second Life campaign total.

To schedule the placement of an off-season kiosk at an event just contact Fayandria Foley, Tayzia Abattoir, or Stingray9798 Raymaker.  These kiosks will only be available for the duration of the event.

Thank you for your support of the American Cancer Society through Relay For Life of Second Life.

Introducing our co-Chairs!

As Fay mentioned above, there are four co-Chairs for this year’s Relay.  Each oversees certain parts of our planning committee, and all four work together with Fay across all areas to build a strong RFL of SL team.

We sent these loyal volunteers a short questionnaire on really short notice, to introduce them to you.  They’re all great people and dedicated members of our Relay team for 2009.  Here we go . . .

Nuala Maracas

4+ years in SL, 4 years in RFL of SL, 2 years in RL Relays

“I relay for my friends and family who have/ had cancer, who have won / lost the battle.  I relay so that one day if I ever hear those words ‘you have cancer” I know there will be a cure.”

“I wandered upon the very first SL RFL one day and walked the track (it was much smaller than it is now, but not any less impressive or hope filled).  I saw how it all came together, how a community of people worked virtually to fight cancer and I knew I had to get involved.  Then my RL / SL best friend started his chemo during the 2007 Relay season and I dedicated my efforts that year to him.”

“I am excited this year that we are expanding over into the Teen Grid and am looking forward to working on that aspect. To help raise awareness in the younger population from everything on how important early detection is, even for teens, to raise  their awareness level over all regarding cancer, and to help them understand how RFL works virtually.  Then when they come to the adult SL, they are ready to join our [RFL of SL] full force.   I am excited about how the Adult [RFL of SL] will continue to grow in 2009 with more people involved and more awareness, and of course more fundraising dollars coming in.”

“[RFL of SL] 2009 will be bigger and better than ever and I look forward to working & fund raising with everyone again this year.”

Tequlia Tapioca

4+ years in SL, 4 years in RFL of SL, 1 years in RL Relays

“I’m charitable because I am fortunate enough to be able to be and I feel it’s important to contribute to change. I Relay because cancer touches almost every bodies life in one way or another at some time and that really does, need to change.”

“I relay in SL because the opportunity presented itself when I was not active with another and I continue to relay in SL because I keep getting invited back.”

“I want to see the hundreds of people coming back together and then hundreds more joining us to raise spirits and raise hope and a raise whole lot of money for the American Cancer Society to use in their good works.”

“Go Relay 2009!  Thank you.”

Belle Loll

2 years in SL, 2 years in RFL of SL, 2 years in RL Relays

“[I relay] So that children & parents all over the world do not have to go through the pain and sorrow of losing their loved ones to the awful disease that cancer is.”

“RFL of SL makes you feel so much more personally involved…SL Relayers are the best!”

“[I would like to see} That we double RFL of SL participation and the fund raising donations from 2008.”

“To the memory of my mother who died from cancer. . . I pledge to Relay For Life!!”

(We’ll share Tayzia Abattoir’s responses with you next time.)

Planning Committee List

It takes a big team to make a Relay happen.  We’ll close this issue with a list of key volunteers and areas of responsibility as of today.  There are lots of job openings, and all of these folks will need a lot of help as we put together a bigger, more successful program in 2009.

Steering Committee:

Event Chair:   Fayandria Foley
Event First co-Chair:   Tayzia Abattoir
Event Second co-Chair:   Nuala Maracas
Event Third co-Chair:   Tequlia Tapioca
Event Fourth co-Chair:   Belle Loll
ACS Staff Partner:  Stingray9798 Raymaker

Planning Committee:

(Reporting to Chair Fayandria Foley and ACS Staff Partner Stingray9798 Raymaker:)

Technology and Security - Chair: Chase Marellan; Jamie Brokken, Kamilah Hauptmann, Jiminy Roo

Convio and Website - ACSJerry Larkham

Internal Communication - Valentine Janus, Otenth Paderborn

(Reporting to First co-Chair Tayzia Abattoir:)

Teams - co-Chairs: Catt Gable, MamaP Beerbaum; Mentors: Elizabeth Tinsley, Panza Eilde, Peachy Sassoon, Elizabeth Antonelli

Corporate Sponsorship - Chair: Estaban Graves; MsHope Andel, Catz Jewell, Sapphire Hotaling

Mission Intergration - Chair: Trader1 Whiplash

Non-Team Events & Off-Season Events - Jaelle Akula, Seaway Brodsky

(Reporting to Second co-Chair Nuala Maracas:)

Teen Grid - Saeriah Thei  (’ria), Eureka Nitely, Woodstock Burleigh

Event Broadcasting (not team related) -

Kick-Off Party -

Wrap-Up Party -

Event Day Activities (not team related) - Ren Stonecutter, Tria Broucher (silent auction)

Live Entertainment - Bourque Rau (BQ)

(Reporting to Third co-Chair Tequlia Tapioca:)

Design and Build - Hamish Stewart, Bjorn Collins

(Reporting to Fourth co-Chair Belle Loll:)

HalfWay There Fair - Ariana Petrova

Public Relations and Advertisement - Tria Boucher, dana Vanmoer

International Relations - RoseinUK London

Community Outreach - Cinders Vale (Survivor Make-overs)

Caregivers - Marissa Goodliffe

Survivors - Poppy Zabelin

AMOUNT RAISED:  200,000.00 USD
ATTENDEES: 2,300

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HALF WAY THERE FAIR AWARDS
The criteria for the Half Way There Fair awards was based on original idea, actual design, the fundraising event itself and team participation during the event

3)  Relay Rockers (team capt - Arizona Ballinger)

2)   SS Galaxy (team capt - DBDigital Epsilon)

1)  Relay Wizards for Spunky   (team capt - Shawna Montgomery)

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DESIGN AWARDS
These designs captured the essence, the reality and scale of the real or imaginary worlds they represented. and truly gave us a world to call our own for a brief and unforgettable moment in time.

#)  For over-all atmosphere, ambiance and detail - TracyLynne Carpenters’s “Venice”

#)   For the clever way they took difficult requirements and made them into a center piece - Bitterleaf Menge and Bjorn Collins “Fortress of Solitude”

#)  For the tasteful and enlightening way she incorporated cancer awareness into her theme, Daniva Glitter “Athletic Heroes”

#)  For the best storytelling heroes theme, Tya Fallingbridge’s “Troy”

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SURVIVOR AWARD FOR RFL OF SL 2008
The criteria for this award is that the person must be a valuable contributor to survivorship in Second Life, and/or someone that has gone out of their way to support other survivors. Someone that has set an example in the way they handle their cancer in Second Life and/or Real Life. It is also about being an advocate in sharing their experiences.

LadyKay Gable
- for always being ready to step up and help, for her team spirit, and for having a heart of gold.

Artistic Fimicoloud
- who died  on 5/26/08 but who played a busy and active role in the Survivors Group and in Relay for Life until just a few weeks before her death - for fighting her cancer with her paintbrush and crayons, and for teaching us — how to live.  She may have passed on, but her influence is still very much alive in SL.

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MOST LAPS WALKED BY AN INDIVIDUAL AWARD
Three people will be awarded the Most Laps Walked by an Individual Award. The criteria for this award is that the person  walked the most laps during the actual  24 Relay hours, as declared on the official Relay Lap Counter.

Honorable Mention:  Jaelle Akula 

Honorable Mention:   Viderian Vollmar  

3)  Pheonix Bright

2)  Dren Raymaker

1)  Erielle Clary

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NEW TEAM PARTICIPATION AWARD
Three new teams will be awarded the New Team Participation Award. The  criteria for this award is that the team displays “sticking with it/ endurance” attitude.

3)  Porta’s Tigers   (team capt - Bondagegirl Porta)

2)  Romo Pro Vita (team capt -  Spaciva Ivanova)

1)  Virtual Aggies (team capt -  Rachelle Munro)

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BEST CANCER AWARENESS CAMPSITE AWARD
Three teams will be awarded for the Best Cancer Awareness Campsite. This is the campsite that has the most informative and entertaining display on cancer awareness.

3)  (3 way tie) RadioRadio  (team capt -  Madame Maracas) &
      Info Maniac Racers (team capt - HollyJean Allen) &
      Pixels in Pink (team capt - Torrid Midnight)

2)  Relay Rockers (team capt -  Arizona Ballinger)

1)  VBA   (team capt - Zoom Dweebie)

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BEST THEME DECORATED CAMPSITE AWARD
Three teams will be awarded for the Best Theme Decorated Campsite Award. The criterion for this award is all-round design interpretation of the Heroes theme. 

3)  (tie) Spirit Chasers (team capt -  LadyKay Gable) and
      BBA Hotshots (team capt -  MamaP Beerbaum)

2)  (tie) Purple Tears (team capt - Jill Caldera)  & 
       Friends Fighting Cancer (team capt - Ozz Seattle)

1)  (tie)  Relay Hope (team capt - Alexandra Fallon) &
       Relay Racers (team capt - Chelle Moore)

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MOST INVENTIVE CAMPSITE FUND RAISING AWARD
    Three teams will be awarded the Most Inventive Campsite Fund Raising Award. Decided by three independent judges, the criteria for this award is to come up with the zaniest, inventive, craziest, wackiest way of fund raising at their Relay campsite.

3)  (tie) Giant Snail Races (team capt- RacerX Gullwing) and
      Thread (team capt- KiN Raymaker)
     
2)   Relay’s Flying Aces (team capt - Cubey Terra)

1)  Sailing For Life (team capt - Nber Medici)

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HERO TEAM SPIRIT AWARD
Three teams will be awarded the Hero Team Spirit Award. This award is given to the teams whose over-all  Relay  team spirit and energy to Relay was exemplary.

3)  SL Families Against Cancer (team capt. -  Jaelle Akula)

2)  Dis RFL Team (team capt - Tigerlily Koi)

1)  Eternal Beacon Team ( team capt - Dione Kohime)

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TOP FUNDRAISING AWARD

Honorable Mention) Passionate Redheads  (team capt - Sabine McGettigan) L$2,596,301

Honorable Mention)  BBA All Stars (team capt - Nikki Mathieson) L$2,910,178

3)   Dis RFL Team  (team capt - Tigerlily Koi)  L$2,920,937

2)   Team Caledon  (team capt - Erasmus Margulis)  L$3,063,760

1)  Relay Raiders (team capt. - Harrythe Burrel)  L$10,321,095. 

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HERO TEAM AWARD
Three teams will be awarded the Hero Team Award. This award is given to the teams whose OVER-ALL Relay participation was exemplary.

3)  BBA All Stars (team capt - Nikki Mathieson)

2)   Relay Raiders (team capt - Haroldthe Burrel)

1)  Passionate Redheads (team capt - Sabine McGettigan)

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SPIRIT OF RELAY AWARD FOR 2008
    One team will win the Spirit of Relay Award. This award will be given to the team that has been voted (by the Team Captains) as the “Spirit of Relay”. The guidelines voting will be handed out at the Relay to the team captains. Start looking now to see which team captures the essence Relay.

THE VOTING TEAM CAPTAINS DECIDED THAT  ALL OF THE  2008 RELAY FOR LIFE TEAMS OF SECOND LIFE  WOULD BE AWARDED THIS HIGHEST OF HONORS

(Again,  you wonderful, giving  souls humble me and I am so blessed to have had you each in my life.  If you have not received your Award please contact Tayzia Abatoir. Thank you and  I look forward to  volunteering with you again.  Most Sincerely,  Fay )

HEY FOLKS!

Just to let you know we have our Wrap-Up Party this Saturday (August 9th) at 9AM SLT!

Places to go:

Sea of Intrigue (13, 244, 24)
Isles of Intrigue (244, 11, 24)
Isles of Intrigure2 (246, 245, 24)

Thanks,
Fay + Dave

I wanted to give a personal thank you to all of the people that made RFL of SL happen. I want to thank the Chair and Co chair as well as all of the team captains. They did a great job organizing the efforts of hundreds of volunteers.

I want to thank the design team, for without them RFL of SL would not have looked so amazing, organized so well, or accommodate as many 2,300 attendees. They are owed an deep and genuine thank you for all of their hard work and time that they put in.

Thanks are due to the various committee members, who do so many things that I could spend an entire page listing their job duties. It is amazing how many people and how many jobs need to come together to have a successful RFL.

Thanks go to all of the team captains and the team members for all of their fund raising and recruitment. You outdid yourselves for the 3rd year in a row. Absolutely amazing!

Final thanks go to Survivors, Caregivers, and Patients. We are fighting for you. We are working to find cures, and identify causes so that no one has to endure the pain and suffering of cancer ever again.

To everyone that participated in RFL of SL 2008 I say thank you, and I can not wait to see what 2009 holds!

With much appreciation,
Randal

On behalf of the Teams, Team Captains, Mentors, and Planning Committee, of Relay For Life of Second Life 2008, I extend a heartfelt and soul shaking thank you to the residents of Second Life for your support and participation.

Thank you so very much for making our cause your cause. Thank you for reaching out to us with arms of support and friendship. Thank you for your understanding and sense of humor as we bumped our way down the fundraising path. Thank youfor your tolerance of our growing pains.

Thanks to you,Relay For Life of Second Life 2008, has ended an outstanding season. You were the punch in our swing at cancer so - please join us in our shout of joy – TAKE THAT CANCER!

See you next year, July 18 and 19; we’ll be looking for you,

Fayandria Foley-McDunnough
event chair
Relay For Life of Second Life 2008

SLCN.TV Telethon

This year features the exciting debut of the SLCN.TV RFL Telethon that will broadcast the relay event live out to the 40,000 TV sets inworld that feature SLCN.TV channels as well as to audiences on the web.

On 19 July 2008 SLCN.TV will be encouraging viewers to donate to the Relay For Life of Second Life during the 2008 virtual Relay.

Starting at 10:00AM SLT SLCN will broadcast events directly from the all-day event happenings plus several special treats from popular TV personalities.

All the excitement is to raise awareness and donations that benefit the American Cancer Society and their work to find a cure.

Go to the live Telethon now Chat Bridge

The 12 hour telethon will feature the following events:-

Telethon Schedule

10am Opening Ceremony
HOST: Saffia Widdershins

11am Survivors Lap
HOST: Saffia Widdershins

12pm Parade of Teams
HOST: Callie Cline

1pm Sail On - Sail for Life
HOST: MarkTwain White

2pm Tiny Snail Races
HOST: Wiz Nordberg & crew

3pm Live Music
HOST: Angie Mornington & Paisley Beebe

4pm Furries, Fairies, Dragons, and Mythical race
HOST: Yxes Delacroix

5pm SLASCAR Celebrity Kart Race
HOST: Suku Ming

7pm Hereos Tour
HOST: Ducky and Crap Mariner

8pm Bald is Beautiful
HOST: Pooky Amsterdam

9pm Luminaria Ceremony
HOST: Paisley Beebe

Wanting to communicate in SL without being in SL?

USE: Chat Bridge

Thanks to Chase & Tria!

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Below is listed the amount that participating teams on the convio site have had donated as of July 17, 8:30 PM SLT.  The first number is the  convio amount in lindens and the second number is a snapshot of the team’s total  donations, including the convio donations, at the time stated above.  Please note that the addition of the convio donations to the kiosk amounts may have caused a change in the overall standings.  You will need to take this number and verify where it fits into the side-bar listings. We are working on achieving the ability to have the kiosk totals reflect the convio totals and automatically change the standing but for now this is the best we can offer.  We apologize for any confusion.

 

Fay and Val  

 

MC Estates L$280,900 off world / full total L$485,605

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Relay Rockers L$139,125 / L$2,153,010

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Gianfar Kingdom L$124,550 / L$339,061

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Team Elizabeth Blackwell L$115,275 / L$214,776

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RFL of SL General Donations L$99,110 / L$1,075,978

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BBA All-Stars L$79,500 / L$2,463,998

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Passionate Redheads L$72,875 / L$1,988,351

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Relay Raiders L$59,230 / L$9,317,400

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Eternal Beacon L$46,375 / L$1,127,961

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Team Unity L$31,800 / L$ 224,364

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Adam ondi Ahman and Lyonesse L$27,825 / L$115,705

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RadioRadio L$27,825 / L$600,187

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HEART n SOUL RELAYERS L$26,500 / L$420,291

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Frozen Peas L$13,250 / L$15,250

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BBA Hotshots L$6,625 / L$447,841

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Judy’s Angels L$6,625 / L$330,787

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MASH L$6,625 / L$122,972

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Spinners 4 Life L$1,325 / L$247,344

I’m a bit of a private person but I will tell you a bit about my reasoning for being so vocal about RFL. I’m a cancer survivor! I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in August of 2004. I went thru chemo and radiation . . . thinking it was all over and done with. But, this wasn’t to be. I was diagnosed a second time in July of 2007. I finished my chemo in late March. I’m finishing up with my radiation now and I fully intend on being around to spoil my grandbabies SOMEDAY. My son is 21 and a senior in college. I will be here to see those grandkids. I know that. I feel it in my heart.

I think it is amazing at what we can do when we pull together and work towards the goal. SL RFL last year was one of the most touching things I’ve ever experienced. I’ve been involved with RFL for many years and I was just as touched at the Survivors Lap in SL as I was my first survivors lap in so called real world. I sat in front of my computer on a beautiful summer day. . . . I sat there all day . . . couldn’t tear myself away from the computer screen. Everyone came together for the same cause. This is a beautiful thing!

Cancer is a horrible disease but it doesn’t have to be a death sentence. Don’t look at me like I’m sick or a patient . . . just look at me. . . . I’m a mom. . . . I’m a daughter . . . a sister . . . a wife . . . a friend. I am you.

Cancer can happen to anyone. Let’s just find a cure. Please join me at Relay for Life and be generous. Help us Remember, Celebrate and Fight Back against Cancer!

Until there’s a Cure,
Wilma Delgado

Oh, I forgot this part . . . grins. I walked my first Survivors Lap with my 75 year old mother. She is a breast cancer survivor of 40 years! I walked in our honor and in memory of my older sister that lost her fight to ovarian cancer at the very young age of 46.

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If you are interested in submitting a blog post for RFLofSL.org (Our current theme is Heroes!) please send your entries to Madison Donnelly (for the Hero posts) or David Jacobs (for any other type). This is open to all who have experience with Relay (be it going to your very first event, or coming up to your third year on the committee), we WANT to hear about it!

Thanks,
Otenth Paderborn

Twenty-five years ago I was a young mother with a one-year-old son sitting in a doctors office when I heard those words “you have cancer” - a recurrence of the thyroid cancer I’d had in my teens.

A few days later a colleague came back from a visit to a local research hospital and told me that the walls were covered with posters for a fund-raising event. His words gave me hope. The posters read “40% of cancers are curable… now we need to cure the other 60%”.

He hugged me, and told me he was sure I was in that first 40% …

… and, I was.

Two and half decades on, my thyroid cancer is well under control, although I still need medication and I will need regular checkups for the rest of my life. And, according to ACS sources, more than half of the people who are diagnosed with cancer today will_die_of _something_else.

So we’ve made progress. But not nearly enough.

We still have a long way to go before we can say that *no-one* will die of cancer. And we have an even longer way to go before we can prevent it entirely.

In the meantime we still need to support those who, after hearing those words “you have cancer”, have to go through often distressing, disfiguring, and debilitating treatment, and the anxiety of waiting to learn whether the treatment has worked, punctuated by stress, uncertainty, depression and loss of control.

And that’s why I Relay. I relay to raise money for cancer research and to help find a cure. I relay to help raise awareness so that others are encouraged to live in a way that reduces their chance of cancer or at least to detect it early on. But above all I relay to support my fellow survivors who are walking this journey and especially those who are going through treatment right now. I relay because I care.

If YOU are a survivor, or a caregiver, join us on the opening lap of Relay For Life on July 19. The web page for registration is : http://tinyurl.com/5t64bh

IF that fails to work (which it does if your browser security doesn’t allow redirection), this is the “long” web address:
http://www.formlogix.com/Manager/UserForm56375.aspx?Param=VXNlcklkPTU2Mzc1LkZvcm1JZD0x

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If your interested in submitting a blog type post for RFLofSL.org (Our current theme is Heroes!) please send your entries to Madison Donnelly (For the Hero posts) or David Jacobs (For any other type). This is open to all who have experience with Relay (be it going to your very first event, or coming upto your third year on the committee), we WANT to hear about it!

Thanks,
Dave.
“Fight Back … Relay For Life”