Spring Kickoff 2011

In 2 days Relay For Life at Virginia Tech will host it's annual Spring Kickoff!!!

The event is this Wednesday at 6:30pm in Commonwealth Ballroom.  It's a free event with free food from our sponsor Campus Cookies and entertainment by Naturally Sharp, the Sensations, and the Low Tech's.  Our guest speaker is Dr. Kelly Harrison from the Virginia Tech Psychology Department.  She is not only a supporter of cancer research but she is also a 4 year breast cancer survivor.  We are incredibly happy to have her as our guest speaker.

We also have a few team's selling team fundraising items: shot glasses, t-shirts, paper chain links and sunglass croakies. And if people sign up for VTRelay at Spring Kickoff they get an awesome free gift!!

We really hope to see a lot of people there, it is going to be a great event!!

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Until We Find a Cure

Script Writing

On Wednesday February 16th I will have been in charge of leading the planning for 4 of the last 5 Relay For Life at Virginia Tech's Kickoff events (spring '08, spring '09,  fall '10, spring '11).   And even though I can basically plan these entire events over night there is still one aspect of planning that always takes me forever....writing the script.  It's just always a struggle for me (every time) trying to figure out exactly what I want to say without sounding silly or "scripted".  Luckily because I've written 4 of these before I've learned what works and what doesn't work and what sounds good and what sounds cheese/lame.  This is my last Kickoff so I want the script to be perfect, fingers crossed.

There is one great thing about writing a script though, being able to tell everyone just how important the work of the American Cancer Society and Relay For Life are.  All of the work that we are doing is saving thousands of lives every year and the number of survivors grows every day.

Make sure to attend this year's Spring Kickoff on Wednesday February 16th.  I promise that well before then I'll have this script done and ready to go.  The event is going to be fantastic, you don't want to miss out!

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Until We Find a Cure

Cupcakes everywhere!!

Relay For Life at Virginia Tech's Annual Spring Kickoff is in a week from tomorrow!!
So as my committee and I finalize preparations we started to make homemade decorations (they are super cute and well...free).  This means that I've been making lots of cut out construction paper cupcakes!

Creating these have caused me to realize...why don't we still make homemade decorations or play with construction paper?

We've still got more to make but I'm thinking Spring Kickoff is definitely going to look like a Birthday Party!

Happy 10 Years VTRelay

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Until We Find a Cure

Looking ahead...

These next few weeks (or rather the rest of February) are going to be incredibly jam packed!!  Aside from first round of exams showing up and patiently waiting for spring break, lots of incredible Relay things are going to happen.  Here's a sneak peek:

Friday February 11th

Relay's Best Dance Crew Featuring a Special Performance by Fighting Gravity

This event is going to be incredible!! We know this event is going to sell out!

Sunday February 13th

Hokies on Fire Blackout Basketball Game vs. Georgia Tech

The proceeds from the shirts are being donated to VTRelay!  (see a previous post)

Wednesday February 16th

Annual Spring Kickoff

It's going to a great birthday themed event full of sweet treats and great entertainment!

(I'll post a flyer about it when the artwork is complete)

And there's one more huge event going on but it's top secret and I cannot wait for everyone to hear about it....

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Until We Find a Cure

What if...

A fantastic video put together by Annalee, our Fundraising chair.   I know that this can go from a "what if we can cure cancer" to a "we are curing cancer".  Help make this change.

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Until We Find a Cure