Relay has wrapped...Now What?

American Cancer Society is known for their research & funding of now 40 Nobel Prize winners. But Relay benefits much more than the "big" items. A few examples of how Relay dollars will be used:

$1000 = covers 10 day stay at Hope Lodge in Indy, always free of charge for patients and families going through treatments.

$500 = provides visits to 5 patients matched to trained breast cancer survivors in the Reach to Recovery program for questions and one on one support.

$250 = 83 hours of toll free access on1.800.ACS.2345 where cancer information specialists speak with 1.2 million callers each year.

Camp Catch-A-Rainbow, the resource libraries at both Parkview & Lutheran Oncology Centers, Road to Recovery volunteer driver program in Allen County...the list goes on!

Luminaria Ceremony

The Luminaria ceremony was led by news personalities from WANE TV, who did a great job honoring those being remembered and celebrated.

I had a new honoree to Relay for this year, as my grandma's brother passed this past January.

Night Owls News Volume 2

Being the Night Owls’ second year in existence and first year fundraising, I’m pretty proud of the contribution we could make. Just over 20 people came out to participate or support the event throughout the day. $200.00 was raised during on-site fundraising for a total of $1,095.00 donated this year.

I'm pleased to say that ours was recently named "Favorite Fundraiser" at Relay this year. Thanks guys!

A heartfelt “Thank You!” to all those who, purchased (or ate!) cheesecake, generously donated, and participated in the ‘07 Relay. And for putting up with my emails :)

Special thanks to Tangie Rasnick for decorations, Kim Cole for the Night Owl design & Emi Piebenga for being my right wing all day!

For those of you who know Braiden well, or at all...Relay was a very big deal. With the kindness of the event’s DJ, he got to talk in the microphone. Not just once, but throughout the evening making announcements.

Thanks to Monty for making Braiden’s year and helping him on his current quest to be a news anchor. He was a natural!

The theme for Relay this year was Relayville—reinforcing the community aspect of our local Cancer Society and services.

We served as Relay bakery serving up cheesecakes twice throughout the day. 8 different cheesecakes and a carrot cake were almost completely gone by midnight. I’m thrilled they were a big hit, and grateful for the sales over the past few months, but 70lbs of cream cheese later I think my love for it is gone. That’s certainly not a bad thing!

In addition there was a bookstore, tattoo parlor, pizzeria and security among others.
It was a great day to be together out in the sun and a beautiful night under the stars.