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Relay For Life of DeSoto County, Mississippi April 2011
YOUTH Mini-Relay Saturday May 7, 2011 4-6 PM Hernando Sports and Fitness Park (at the old Hernando High School football field)
Please bring your family and join us for an afternoon of fun and games. We are hosting a Mini-Relay for KIDS this year. There will be many different games and awareness activities promoting good health that will in turn help to reduce cancer incidence in the future. We will also be having a survivor celebration, a remembrance ceremony, and a fight back ceremony. We need YOU to come out to this unique event and support our local Relay For Life while having a fun day with your children, grandchildren, school groups, or church youth groups. We are looking for volunteers to help run activities, sponsors to provide activities and entertainment, teams who would like to do onsite fundraising (while catering to the needs and interests of children), and most importantly children who are survivors or children who have or had a parent with cancer. Come and help us make a difference in the lives of people with cancer! Fundraising incentives for this event start at just $40. If you are interested in learning more about this event, need a fundraising packet, or wish to sign up a team for onsite fundraising or volunteering, please email Stephanie McGreger.
COMMITTEE CONTACT INFORMATION:
UPCOMING EVENTS: April 8
6:30 – 7:30
Reception and Silent Auction
Snowden House
April 12
6:30 – 7:30
Committee Meeting
Drury Inn
April 26
6:30 – 7:30
Team Captain Meeting
Drury Inn
Stephanie McGreger, Event Chair desotocountyrelay@gmail.com 901-218-7482
Team Development Current Fundraisers Sponsor and Volunteer Appreciation Reception Silent Auction/Awards April 8, 2011 6:30 – 7:30 PM Snowden House Please invite all of your coworkers, friends and family to this event! **PLEASE DELIVER ONE AUCTION ITEM / BASKET PER TEAMBY 6 PM**
URGENT MESSAGE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TEAM TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NEXT TWO TEAM CAPTAIN’S MEETINGS. WE HAVE RUN INTO LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS DUE TO A SCHEDULING CONFLICT WITH A SNOWDEN GROVE AMPHITHEATER CONCERT AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF LOGISTICAL INFORMATION THAT YOUR TEAM WILL NEED TO KNOW. PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND BOTH THE APRIL AND MAY MEETINGS. th
April 26 from 6:30 – 7:30 at the Drury Inn in Horn Lake will be our next meeting.
Quick Facts:
Current
Make Change Jewelry Awareness Themed Fine Jewelry The Pearheads Vickie
Fight with all your Spirit Yellow wristbands Olive Garden Ashley
To promote your fundraiser here please email
To ensure accurate and up to date accounting, please do not hold onto money raised throughout the year. You can turn it in at any team captain meeting, by dropping it off at the ACS office in Memphis or by emailing Linda Reeves
(4/6/11)
Goal
(8/31/11)
$32,000
$90,000
32 Teams
40 Teams
202 Participants
400 Participants
320 Survivors
325 Survivors
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Returning Teams TEN EASY WAYS TO RAISE $100 Team 20 Team 19 Team 18 Team 17 West Clinic Valvoline Team Fernandez Susan's Gang Sta-Home RiverKings WAC OB YMCA Lifespring Kays Kids Hope Baptist Hernando Tigers East Win Desoto County… Caesar's Tunica… Brooks and… Atmos
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Donate $20 yourself and ask 4 friends for $20 each.
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Ask 20 friends for $5.00 each.
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Ask 10 friends for $10.00 each.
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Send a letter to family and friends, explaining what Relay is and ask for a donation. Suggestion: Always ask for more than you expect. Example: If you want $25, ask for $50. Be sure to include a return by date.
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Send a letter from your pet to family and friends. You might also want to send this out to your veterinarian.
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Take a walk around your neighborhood. Knock on doors and ask your neighbors for their support.
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Arrange a dress down day at work. Anyone dressing down will have to pay. Be sure you have a sign that says, “Please excuse our appearance today, we are dressing down to benefit the American Cancer Society Relay For Life”. You could charge anywhere from $1.00 to $5.00 per person to dress down. You could arrange these on a weekly or monthly basis.
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Arrange with the principal of a local school for baseball cap day. Usually caps are not allowed, however, for $1.00, once a month a student could wear a baseball cap in class. Be sure to have a sign ready that says, “Caps for a Cure, you will see students today sporting baseball caps as a fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society
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New Teams Amount Raised Team 20 Team 19 Team 18 Walgreens UT Cancer Institute The Pearheads Team Zaxby's Team Walker Sherry Boyer Simmons Selph Soldiers Relay for Jeff Olive Garden OBHS Interact Nana's Warriors Maples Mem. Larry Vaughn Legal Homeschoolers for Jeff Greenbrook Elem GapStanders Cedarview Pentecostal
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Relay For Life ”. 9.
Hold a can and bottle drive.
10. Sell Relay For Life sun and moons. Available through your American Cancer Society staff partner.
Fundraising Clubs Teams Search
Individuals
3/6/2011
*does not include sponsorship dollars*
Rising Star Level - $1,000 Hernando Tigers - $1876 Sherry Boyer Simmons Annual Bike Ride $1425 Desoto County DJs - $2222 The Pearheads - $2215
Bronze Level - $2,500 Olive Branch High School Interact - $3185
Rising Star Level - $100 Brandi A.
Felicia B.
Phyllis C.
Andre C.
Jessica C.
Pam B.
Deanne D.
Jason D.
Melissa D.
Janet S.
Ashley E.
Paula G.
Stephanie G.
Harry G.
Mary Louise G.
Amanda J.
Susan J.
Mary K.
Donna M.
Ashley P.
Rebekah P.
Sonia S.
Deanna S.
Doris T.
Bronze Level - $250-$349 Zadie M. - $300
Silver Level - $3,500
Brad E. - $295 Crystal C. - $251
Silver Level - $350-$499 Nancy T. - $360
Gold Level - $5,000 Susan’s Gang - $7036
Gold Level - $500 - $749 David C. - $560
Platinum Level - $7,500
Platinum Level $750 - $999 “Lancey Joe” R. - $922
Jade Level $1000 - $1499
Team Focus
Flush Out Cancer! EMAIL
Laura Dunning
The purple potty is the fundraiser of East Win Christian Church for Relay For Life. The purple potties will be making their way around the area, visiting many homes in the DeSoto County area. The original purple potty was so popular that the team had to add 3 more!
Catch the Purple Potty on
If a potty lands in your yard, you may pay $10.00 for removal or $20.00 to send it to a friend. For $30.00 you may send it and receive "potty protection" and it will never come back to your yard.
Luminaria After dark, we honor people who have been touched by cancer and remember loved ones lost to the disease during the Luminaria Ceremony. Candles are lit inside bags filled with sand, each one bearing the name of a person touched by cancer, and participants often walk a lap in silence. As people take time to remember, those who have walked alongside others battling cancer can grieve and find healing. This is a time that truly highlights the importance of defeating this disease.
Luminaria bags - $10 suggested donation
Torch of Hope Small - $50 suggested donation Large - $75 suggested donation
If you dedicate more than one Torch of Hope, we will take $5 off each additional torch that you dedicate.
All Luminaria and Torch of Hope donations get credited to your team’s totals!
Relay For Life Melissa Durham
Sponsorship We would like to offer special thanks to our sponsors.
Platinum Sponsor - $5000
Gold Sponsor - $2500 level
We are currently preparing the program for this year’s event, and we would like for you take part in a wonderful opportunity. Our community is selling advertisements to be published as a supplement to the program. You may purchase an advertisement for your business, school, place of worship, a favorite survivor, etc. You may also purchase a space in honor or memory of someone. Unlike sponsorships, these advertisements will count as team money. The deadline for advertisement purchases is MAY 1, 2011. Forms are available at any meeting or by emailing desotocountyrelayprograms@gmail.com
Silver Sponsors - $1000 level
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Full Page $500.00+ ½ Page $250.00 ¼ Page $125.00 Business Card Size $100.00 (no photo) Relay For Life Patron $50 (name only) In Honor/In Memory / In Prayer $10.00 each (name only)
Mission Delivery Together with our millions of volunteers, the American Cancer Society saves lives and creates more birthdays by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back. Whether it’s giving a cancer patient a ride to chemotherapy, putting together a team for Relay For Life®, or sending an email to family and friends about our cancer screening guidelines, there are multiple ways you can get involved in the Society’s lifesaving mission. Many volunteers with the American Cancer Society support the programs listed below. Each program supports one of the Society’s top priorities and provides valuable services to people who need our help. Want to do a lot of good with a little of your time? Click on each of the programs and find one that’s just right for you. Education and Awareness Share lifesaving prevention and detection messages with your local community.
Great American Smokeout®
Patient Service Programs Offer direct assistance to local cancer patients and their families through programs like these.
Hope Lodge® I Can Cope® Look Good…Feel Better® Man to Man® Reach to Recovery® Road to Recovery®
Advocacy Make your voice heard today. Tell your lawmakers why increased cancer research funding is important to you.
American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN)
Community Events Get involved with local Society events in your community, including Relay For Life ®.
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® Relay For Life DetermiNation
Survivorship We are currently making our guest list for the Survivor Dinner and Celebration that will take place on June 3, 2011 at the Snowden House and Relay For Life. If you are or know of a Survivor that would like to be invited to a dinner courtesy of the Olive Garden and Ann Olivia’s Sweet Shop, please contact Mary Louise Grubbs or call 901-491-3577.
Resources
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American Cancer Society Relay For Life Midsouth Relay For Life Relay For Life of Desoto County, Mississippi DESOTOCOUNTYRELAY@GMAIL.COM On Facebook TO SIGN UP YOUR TEAM ONLINE