A Night at the Movies
Relay For Life of DeSoto County, Mississippi March 2011
“Twelve hours. It can stretch out forever when you're waiting to hear the report on a biopsy. It can literally evaporate when it's the last hours spent with a dying loved one. Or, it can bring hundreds of people together in the fight against cancer through Relay for Life.” - Sheila Blankenship Relay For Life 2011 June 3-4, 2011 6PM – 6AM Dear Relay Supporters,
Snowden Grove Park Southaven, MS
COMMITTEE CONTACT INFORMATION:
UPCOMING EVENTS: March 8
5:00 – 6:30
Sponsorship Committee
6:30 – 7:30
Committee Meeting
6:30 – 7:30
Team Captain’s Meeting
Stephanie McGreger, Event Chair desotocountyrelay@gmail.com 901-218-7482
March 22
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 DONATE ONE AUCTION ITEM / BASKET PER TEAM**
Make Change Jewelry Awareness Themed Fine Jewelry The Pearheads Vickie
We held our first Team Captain Meeting in February. We have made excellent progress in our team development efforts and now have 31 teams registered and have raised over $22,155 in the fight against cancer. Our next team captain’s nd meeting will be on March 22 and the topic will be “Putting the FUN in Fundraising”. All of our team captain’s meetings will be held at the Drury Inn in Horn Lake. If you are unable to come to this meeting, please send a representative from your team. nd
On March 22 , each team needs to bring a silent auction basket or other item for th our reception that will be held on Friday, April 8 from 6:30 – 7:30 PM at the Snowden House in Southaven. Proceeds from each team basket will be credited to your team. Instead of using sand to weigh down the Luminaria bags on the night of the Relay, we will be using cans of food. After Relay is over, we will donate them to a food bank. Please collect and bring these to every team captain meeting. Please help us recruit teams! We are 9 teams away from our goal of 40 teams! If you recruit a team and they go on to raise at least $1000 you will receive a Team Challenger Relay Jacket!
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
Event Progress Fight with all your Spirit Yellow wristbands Olive Garden Ashley
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Fundraiser Ideas Auctions Ballgame Fundraising
Team 20 Team 19 Team 18 Team 17 West Clinic Valvoline Team Fernandez Susan's Gang Sta-Home RiverKings WAC OB YMCA Kays Kids Hope Baptist Hernando Tigers East Win Desoto County… Caesar's… Brooks and… Atmos A&E Hospice
Cancer Bake Auction Casserole Fundraiser Celebrity Waiter Event
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Cell Phone Recycling CEO Walk Charity Basketball Game Cupcake Pops Daycare Fundraisers Email a Day Family Fundraisers Golf Ideas Gospel Sing Green Fundraiser
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Holiday and Seasonal Ideas Hymns for Hope Kids Walk
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Mini Relay Prison Event Mud Bug Races
Team 20 Team 19 Team 18 Team 17 Team 16 Team 15 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 Larry Vaughn Legal Greenbrook Elem GapStanders Cedarview… 0
Lawn Ornaments Legislative Involvement
Program Book Ad Sales Program Book Mock Up Relay A-Z Fundraising Ideas Amount Raised
School Fundraisers Skeet Shoot Spin to Cure Cancer Task Fundraiser Team Fundraisers Wine Tasting Event
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Fundraising Clubs
Search Teams
3/6/2011
Individuals
Rising Star Level - $1,000
Rising Star Level - $100
Hernando Tigers
Crystal C.
Phyllis C.
Deanne D.
Ashley E.
Paula G.
Mary K.
Donna M.
Deanna S.
Sherry Boyer Simmons Annual Bike Ride
Bronze Level - $2,500
Silver Level - $3,500
Gold Level - $5,000 Susan’s Gang
Bronze Level - $250-$349 Platinum Level - $7,500
Zadie M.
Silver Level - $350-$499
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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 the following supporters of our Relay For Life.
Committee Needs: We are in need of volunteers for the day of the event. We can use all types of volunteers – tell us what you are interested in doing and we will find something for you to do! All ages are welcome to volunteer!
Help us invest in a cure. EMAIL us for more information.
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. Full Page $500.00+ ½ Page $250.00 ¼ Page $125.00
Some available jobs are: Serving at Survivor Dinner Registration Tables Information Booth First Aid Personnel (EMT, EMTP, RN, BSN, NP or MD preferred) Security Logistics Set up / tear down crews Lighting luminarias Shuttling participants in golf carts (mobility impaired)
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)
Accounting Kid’s activity area
Survivorship Plans are coming along nicely for the survivor activities. We now have 302 survivors listed and would like to ask everyone to let us know about any other family, friends, church members, etc. that are cancer survivors. I also would appreciate hearing from anyone that might be interested in helping with the Survivor dinner and the Survivor tent at Relay. We are planning to have a tent with Survivor Registration forms and survivor shirts for those survivors that might attend the event but who are not presently on our list. We are hoping to pick up some additional survivors for future events. To add survivors to our invitation list please Email Mary Louise Grubbs or call 901-491-3577 Thanks, Mary Louise
Mission Delivery Report Says Large Proportion of Colorectal Cancer Deaths Could Be Prevented ATLANTA –March 1, 2011 – A new report from the American Cancer Society says a large proportion of the 141,000 cases and 49,000 deaths from colorectal cancer expected in the United States this year could be prevented by increasing the use of established screening tests and by applying existing knowledge about colorectal cancer prevention. The report, Colorectal Cancer Facts & Figures 2011-2013, released during National Colon Cancer Awareness Month notes there has been substantial progress in the last decade reducing colorectal cancer incidence and death rates in most population groups in the U.S., largely through the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer through screening. But even more progress is possible by increasing access to and utilization of colorectal cancer screening tests; almost half of Americans 50 and older are not getting screened according to guidelines.
According to new data in the report, about 141,210 new cases and 49,380 deaths are expected in 2011. About 72% of cases arise in the colon, and about 28% in the rectum. Other highlights of the report include: •In both men and women, colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death. •The lifetime risk of being diagnosed with cancer of the colon or rectum is about 5% for both men and women in the U.S. •Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates are highest in African American men and women. Incidence rates are 20% higher and mortality rates are about 45% higher than those in whites. •Incidence and mortality rates among other major racial/ethnic groups are lower than those among whites. •Colorectal cancer rates in the US vary widely by geographic area. Contributing factors include regional variations in risk factors and access to screening and treatment, which are influenced by socioeconomic factors, legislative policies, and proximity to medical services. •Colorectal cancer incidence rates have been declining in the U.S. since the mid-1980s. Since 1998, rates have been declining by 3.0% per year in men and by 2.3% per year in women. The acceleration in the decline in the past decade has largely been attributed to the detection and removal of precancerous polyps as a result of colorectal cancer screening. •Modifiable risk factors that have been associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer in epidemiologic studies include physical inactivity, obesity, high consumption of red or processed meats, smoking, and moderate-to-heavy alcohol consumption. •A recent study found that about one-quarter of colorectal cancer cases could be avoided by following a healthy lifestyle, i.e., maintaining a healthy abdominal weight, being physically active at least 30 minutes per day, eating a healthy diet, not smoking, and not drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. •One of the most important determinants of individual screening participation is a health care provider recommendation. “The value of early detection has become a topic of wide debate for some cancers,” said Edward Partridge, M.D., national volunteer president of the American Cancer Society. “But for colorectal cancer there should be no debate: screening for colon cancer saves lives. The American Cancer Society has identified colorectal cancer as a major priority because of the enormous potential to prevent the disease, diminish suffering, and save lives.”
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Affordable Care Act: Colorectal Cancer Screeningnsurance Each year, an estimated 146,000 people in America will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 40,000 will die from the disease, making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women combined. The disease is easily preventable through the removal of precancerous polyps, which are detectable only through screening. When colorectal cancer is detected and treated early, survival is greatly enhanced. Yet, only 39% of colorectal cancers are diagnosed while the disease is still in the localized stage. If the majority of men and women aged 50 or older participated in routine screening for colorectal cancer, we could cut the risk of death by 50 percent. But too few Americans have access to colorectal cancer screening tests. Today, only half of the U.S. population aged 50 and older is regularly screened. Among those without health coverage, the screening rates drop to only 15 percent. Highlights of Colon Cancer Screening in the Affordable Care Act Requires that all private health plans cover colorectal cancer screening tests with a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) rating of “A” or “B” without any out-of-pocket costs to patients. Currently, the USPSTF recommends screening for colorectal cancer using fecal occult blood testing, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy in adults beginning at age 50 and continuing until age 75 (Rollout for new plans begins 2010; most group and individual plans will be required to comply by 2014) Eliminates out-of-pocket costs for preventive services such as colonoscopies and exempts preventive services from deductibles under the Medicare program. The deductible will be waived for colorectal cancer screening tests even when polyps are detected and removed (Effective beginning 2011) Gives states a 1 percent increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) if they offer Medicaid beneficiaries preventive services recommended by the USPSTF, immunizations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and remove cost sharing for all these services (Effective beginning 2013) Creates a public health investment fund to expand and sustain national investment in prevention and public health programs, including health screenings (Effective beginning 2010) Implications for the American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) ACS CAN will strongly advocate to protect and increase health insurance mandates that guarantee coverage for colorectal cancer screening tests. ACS CAN will continue to fight for state and federal funding for colorectal cancer screening and treatment programs, which provide a critical service to medically underserved men and women. ACS CAN will work with Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that all Americans have access to evidencebased prevention, early detection and treatment services critical to colorectal cancer patients.
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