Relay for Life 2009'

I’m writing this letter/blog to hopefully rally some troops! As many of you know, I’m very involved in an amazing charity called “Relay for Life” in West Jordan. Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature activity. It offers everyone an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people from all walks of life will camp out at West Jordan Park on June 26th -27th. We have fun while raising much-needed funds to fight cancer and raise awareness of cancer prevention and treatment.
Our goals are to:
· Celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer. The strength of survivors inspires others to continue to fight. • Remember loved ones lost to the disease. At Relay, people who have walked alongside people battling cancer can grieve and find healing. • Fight Back. We Relay because we have been touched by cancer and desperately want to put an end to the disease.

I’d like to share with you the reason I Relay:
I relay because: In my lifetime, I’d like to see the day we find a cure for cancer!
October of 2007, I lost, a very inspirational friend Amy Greetham to Ewings Sarcoma. Amy was only 22 and lost her battle after almost 2 years of fighting. Since then, I have wanted to carry on her legacy and try to help reach her goal of putting an end to this awful disease. I feel so much sadness for Amy's family and every time I hear that a good friend or family member is diagnosed or has lost someone to cancer. It is the hardest thing to watch anyone, suffer so much due to this disease.

With that said, I’m asking for your help to join our charity in hopes that no one else we love, loses someone special to them, due to cancer. You can be involved as little as or as much as you’d like.

Some ways to help are below:
Start a Team: Team Captains and Team Members are the "foot-soldiers" in the fight against cancer. Team Captains lead their team by representing them at monthly update meetings and are the liaisons between the Event Committee and your team. Team Captains organize the team's participation in activities before and throughout the night of the event. The teams also set up activities and booths to sell goods to the public to raise funds.
Recruit Survivors: If you know of a survivor that you think should be honored, please give me their contact info. as we would love to honor them.
Corporate Sponsorship: Have some pull in your company or think the company you work for would be interested in donating for a tax write off? We advertise very heavily to the huge crowd we draw and allow companies to set up a booth to sell goods at the relay if they’d like.
Youth Involvement: Start a team of children to camp out for the night and be a part of this fun event. Involve their schools to help raise money. Ask me how….
Purchase/Sell Luminarias: During the event, we honor our loved ones with the luminaria ceremony. The luminaria bags are $5 and are usually decorated to honor someone who has either beat, is beating or has passed away from cancer. If you’d like some, let me know and I’ll either deliver them or mail them to you.
Become a Committee Member/Volunteer: We have a couple positions still available if you’d like to be involved individually. A committee member has a specific role, where as a volunteer helps the day of. If you are interested, let me know and I’ll get you added to our google group!
Donate Yard Sale Items: We are having a yard sale the morning of May 16th in the southwest parking lot of Furniture Warehouse 7144 So. and Redwood Road. If you have anything you’d like to donate, let me know and we’ll arrange to have it picked up. (No clothes please.) All proceeds go to the charity.
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Thanks for your support! For more information about the Relay, visit www.relayforlife.org/westjordanut or donate to my team page at
http://main.acsevents.org:80/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY09National?px=4295954&pg=personal&fr_id=14940