Hokie Hoops: Blackout Game

Sunday February 13th the virginia Tech Men's basketball team takes on Georgia Tech in the annual Hokies on Fire Men's Basketball Game.  Like all years a shirt is produced for the student body and all fans to wear to the annual game.  This year was no exception.  However, there was one difference: where the money form the shirts was going.

In the past the profits from the shirts go to the VT SGA.  This year the money is being donated to the Relay For Life at Virginia Tech!! The shirt was designed in memory of Allen Calloway, a former Men's Basketball player who lost his battle with cancer last year.  I don't believe there is a better way to remember him than to have the money from the shirts donated in his name to an organization that is striving to help fund the fight against cancer.

The shits can be ordered through VT Bookstore Website for $10 or at any of the bookstores on and off campus.

2011 Hokies on Fire Blackout shirt

Let's make sure these shirts sell out and then pack Cassell Coliseum on Sunday February 13th!!

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Until We Find a Cure

Why Do You Relay?

By this point everyone knows why I Relay:
-My Grandma Mary who lost her battle with cancer on November 12, 2009
-My Grandpa Rex who lost his battle with cancer in January 2001
-Friends who have been diagnosed and lost their battles
-And for those who have been triumphant and won


But now I want to know why you Relay? Or why do support the American Cancer Society in general?


Share your stories so we can all see why this event is bigger than just those of us on the VTRelay Exec committee, or the sub-committees or even our participants...it's probably bigger than any of us can imagine.


When you are done maybe remember those we have lost and honor/support those who are currently fighting or have won the battle against this awful disease by donating in their name to VTRelay so that one day no one has to the words "You have cancer."  


Relay for the future!


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Until We Find a Cure

Less than 100 days!!!

There are less than 100 days until the 2011 Relay For Life at Virginia Tech!!!

As my last spring semester starts I realize how unbelievable it is the amount of work that myself and others have put into this fantastic event over the course of my 4 years at Virginia Tech.

When I first filled out a committee application in the fall of 2007, the event had about 2,000-3,000 participants.  Now the event has more than doubled in size and is on the verge of tripling. Our goal of 7,500 participants is easily reachable and possibly even passable.
In 2008 we raised over $200,000 but by fall that year we were hearing numbers like $300,000!! Those of us on Exec that year thought that was absurd but little did we know we'd pass it.  Not only did we pass $300,000 in 2009, in 2010 we raised over $480,000!!  In the last 2 years our event single handily raised over $1 million for the American Cancer Society.  We are looking to raise 3 quarters of a million dollars this year alone...that's $750,000 (in case you didn't know). 

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My committee and I have begun plans for the Spring 2011 Kickoff and we're super excited about some changes we've made from past Kickoff's as well as an incredibly exciting theme -- Happy Birthday VTRelay!
*In case you didn't know the Relay For Life at Virginia Tech turns 10 year's old this year! We've been helping fund the fight against cancer for a whole decade :)

I've also been working on a secret fundraiser that is sure to cause some excitement around campus - keep an eye out!

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As always if you want to help me reach my goal of raising $1000 in the memory of my Grandma and Grandpa Rex who lost their battles with cancer please use the 2nd link under "Links" on the side of my page to donate!


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Until We Find a Cure