Woah it's been a crazy, crazy, crazy January and there is still a week-ish to go!
Here's what has happened since I finished my lovely 2 week vacation from work (much needed time with family!)
January 7 - Vinton Relay Kickoff! They have one of the cleverest theme's every "Step Up to the Plate: Strike Out Cancer" and their Kickoff was covered in baseball themed decorations. Their event is a huge community effort, to include students a the high school making the decorations and setting up the room. It was a great night of stories and determination to raise more than they did last year which was a whopping $100,000!
January 8 - Bedford Relay meeting! This meeting was probably one of the best attended in a while and there were a TON of great ideas shared between veteran Relayers and brand new Relayers! While it wasn't a Kickoff you could definitely feel the excitement to start fundraising and see the wheels turning of new ideas.
January 10 - Lynchburg Area Kickoff! Something like 5 different Relays come together to Kickoff their spring Relay Season and it's awesome! Lots of wonderful guest speakers and videos to get the excitement pumping. They bring in food fundraisers and a Relay store (where I caved and bought a new Relay winter coat) and the community feel that drives those Relays.
January 12 - Central Harford MD Relay Kickoff! The hubby and I made the 6+ hour trek to Maryland to both celebrate Christmas with my side and to help out with Kickoff. Their Kickoff saw all 3 HarCo Relays come together for a celebration luncheon. The theme for all 3 events this year is "There's No Place Like Hope" and you would have thought you had stepped into the Wizard of Oz it's self when you arrived. Yellow brick road, rainbow colored tables, Emerald City, and the joy of fighting back.
January 15 - Salem Relay Kickoff! Salem has decided to traverse the globe this year for their theme: Around the World: A Passport to Hope. The committee and I made sure you knew the theme when you walked in the door - each participant was handed their very own passport to be stamped at each table, and a boarding pass for the door prizes. Did you know that Relay is in more than 20 countries?
Those brief descriptions don't do any of those Kickoffs or meetings justice, they were truly fantastic! Also, way more happened in January but those were definitely the highlights.
Don't forget you can always join the fight against cancer by participating in your local Relay For Life event, visit www.RelayForLife.org and find your event! And help us save more lives than ever before!
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Until We Find a Cure
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Vinton is PURPLE!
First off I have seriously failed updating this blog, that is what happens when the little free time you have is devoted to wedding planning and sleeping...whoops...sorry
Now on to the post!
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I set a goal for this event but that goal was too low for this community. We wanted to them to do better than they did in 2011 where they raised $86,275. Not only did they pass that, so far they have passed it by almost $10,000!!! The event is about $4500 away from breaking $100,000 for the first time in the event's history. Last year the event had a per cap of about $11.04, this year they are already over $12.00 and probably on their way to having the #1 per cap in the state of Virginia for the THIRD year in a row. With the way this event fundraises and comes together, it surprises me everytime I think about the fact that it's only 4 years old, that they have been Relaying in Vinton for 4 years. Yes, many have attended the Roanoke Relay for years but this event is not like the Roanoke Relay, it's a small town Relay with a big Relay heart.
Highlights from this year's event:
- Roughly 3000+ luminaria lined the track
- Medi-vac helicopter landed to bring the guest speakers from Carilion
- Every school within the Town of Vinton limits participated in Relay and raised at least $212
- Student liaison on the committee to keep the high school teams more involved
- Passing goal just after the event!
If you are ever in the Roanoke area in the middle of April, check out this event!
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Until We Find a Cure
Now on to the post!
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When Vinton turns purple it's not just putting purple bows on buildings, it means
Vinton Relayed April 20-21st, and the weather was perfect! For setup the weather was gorgeous, sunny but not hot, and it did not rain once. So now when Vinton Relays it's not just a few people that show up to a Relay in a small town, nope, it's more like 600 people show up and they want to Relay! we had survivors being presented with grommets from old American flags, and fireman selling food like there was no tomorrow, and an atmospher unlike any other community Relay I have been apart of. This event may only be 4 years old but it is already a well oiled machine that can run an event without my help. The students from the high school show up with their classes during the day to help setup the field, the luminarias are brought in on a flat bad filled and organized, and the committee directs the materials to the right place with ease.I set a goal for this event but that goal was too low for this community. We wanted to them to do better than they did in 2011 where they raised $86,275. Not only did they pass that, so far they have passed it by almost $10,000!!! The event is about $4500 away from breaking $100,000 for the first time in the event's history. Last year the event had a per cap of about $11.04, this year they are already over $12.00 and probably on their way to having the #1 per cap in the state of Virginia for the THIRD year in a row. With the way this event fundraises and comes together, it surprises me everytime I think about the fact that it's only 4 years old, that they have been Relaying in Vinton for 4 years. Yes, many have attended the Roanoke Relay for years but this event is not like the Roanoke Relay, it's a small town Relay with a big Relay heart.
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| Each letter sold for $250! |
- Roughly 3000+ luminaria lined the track
- Medi-vac helicopter landed to bring the guest speakers from Carilion
- Every school within the Town of Vinton limits participated in Relay and raised at least $212
- Student liaison on the committee to keep the high school teams more involved
- Passing goal just after the event!
If you are ever in the Roanoke area in the middle of April, check out this event!
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Until We Find a Cure
Friday, April 13, 2012
LU Relay For Life is TONIGHT!
First off it has been far too long since my last post (I think it was Jan 31?!), things haven't slowed down and I haven't had a second to even contemplate what to write. This post however HAD to happen:
Tonight is the Relay For Life of Liberty University! It is only their second year as a full 12 hour event and really only their first year as a stand alone event. I could not be happier and prouder of the work the committee has done, they have huge hearts for Relay and I'm incredibly excited for their event tonight.
As of 9am this morning (and believe me this number will change big time!) they have 376 participants on 48 teams and have raised $10,283. I'm anxious to see how much that number jumps throughout the day. And I have been warned that the numbers will definitely continue to jump.
The event may be young but they are already holding big challenges and really trying to engage their students. I may or may not have brought some ideas from my four years with VTRelay but that's what a part of Relay is - sharing ideas to make everyone successful. The biggest one I've brought to them is 10 For 10. At VTRelay that meant $10,000 a day for 10 days, for LU Relay For Life it means that each participant raises $10 a day for 10 days. For it being last minute and a totally new concept to everyone, it has been very successful. Our 10 For 10 even included THREE percentage nights! Thanks Moe's, Cici's and Bdubs!
Their theme tonight is Hope Has No Curfew which plays off the fact that their on campus students do have a curfew each night but that tonight they are allowed to break curfew and help fight back against cancer. Also, cancer doesn't go to bed when we go to bed, it continues to rear it's ugly head all night long. They have taken this theme and really run with it. We have a logo for the theme and each team selected a country to represent all of the time zones in the world and they are to decorate their campsite to represent their country.
If you live near Lynchburg, Virginia come out tonight and support the incredible work these students have done in the fight against cancer. They have some great guest speakers lined up and a ton of entertainment to keep the students awake and energized all night long.
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I'll try to post again next week, I have another Relay next weekend that I have to brag about as well! And I nave to give you all the rest of my reasons to Relay (as promised in a January post)
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Until We Find a Cure
Tonight is the Relay For Life of Liberty University! It is only their second year as a full 12 hour event and really only their first year as a stand alone event. I could not be happier and prouder of the work the committee has done, they have huge hearts for Relay and I'm incredibly excited for their event tonight.
As of 9am this morning (and believe me this number will change big time!) they have 376 participants on 48 teams and have raised $10,283. I'm anxious to see how much that number jumps throughout the day. And I have been warned that the numbers will definitely continue to jump.
The event may be young but they are already holding big challenges and really trying to engage their students. I may or may not have brought some ideas from my four years with VTRelay but that's what a part of Relay is - sharing ideas to make everyone successful. The biggest one I've brought to them is 10 For 10. At VTRelay that meant $10,000 a day for 10 days, for LU Relay For Life it means that each participant raises $10 a day for 10 days. For it being last minute and a totally new concept to everyone, it has been very successful. Our 10 For 10 even included THREE percentage nights! Thanks Moe's, Cici's and Bdubs!
Their theme tonight is Hope Has No Curfew which plays off the fact that their on campus students do have a curfew each night but that tonight they are allowed to break curfew and help fight back against cancer. Also, cancer doesn't go to bed when we go to bed, it continues to rear it's ugly head all night long. They have taken this theme and really run with it. We have a logo for the theme and each team selected a country to represent all of the time zones in the world and they are to decorate their campsite to represent their country.If you live near Lynchburg, Virginia come out tonight and support the incredible work these students have done in the fight against cancer. They have some great guest speakers lined up and a ton of entertainment to keep the students awake and energized all night long.
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I'll try to post again next week, I have another Relay next weekend that I have to brag about as well! And I nave to give you all the rest of my reasons to Relay (as promised in a January post)
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Until We Find a Cure
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Getting closer to my goal!
I have raised $180 so far! Not exactly where I want to be this time of the year but I'm getting there. I reached that number thanks to a generous donation by JMSP. Having reached this bench mark I am currently only $32 away from raising $212 in 2012.
In case you don't remember the American Cancer Society is challenging every Relay For Life participant to raise $212 in 2012 and Turn Up the Heat Against Cancer! My goal is to raise $1300 which means I would raise $212 SIX times!! That's 3000 test tubes for a researcher, or six more nights stay at Hope Lodge, or more kits for Look Good...Feel Better, or helps raise the number of lives saved from 350 to 1000 a DAY! For more info on $212 in 2012 check out www.relaybuzz.org.
Help me raise AT LEAST $212 in 2012 (well actually help me raise $1300) to help fund the fight against cancer. Donate today at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/JulieTerrell2012. Everything from $5 to $20 to $100 will make a world of a difference to cancer patients everywhere. We are so incredibly close to finding a cure, help make it happen now!
Until We Find a Cure
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