Western Pennsylvania media...

Hey folks...

I'm a journalist for Western Pennsylvania's largest publishing and media company so I would be more than happy to help with getting PR for your events.

While I can't guarantee coverage, I can at least help!

E-mail me at MoonRelay@gmail.com and let me know how I can be of assistance.

I've got some media contacts in Erie and the Youngstown/Warren area, too.

Please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail! 

chemogirl1963's picture

Good News???

Hi Gang!  Well, I saw the dr yesterday.   My counts are getting a little better...slowly.....but the weirdest thing was, that 2 weeks ago when I saw him, he said he could feel a little node under my arm, but when he checked it yesterday, he said he really couln't feel it?????   Since the "uptake" on the PET was so slight and dull, could it have possibly been a false positive?   Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....the plot thickens...hahaha      Well, he said no need for anymore chemo at the moment, so I'll go back and see him in a month and he'll repeat the scan and then we'll see.   Since he's my new Dr, he doesn't realize that he's banned from any scans on me until after my birthday on March 18.......the last 2 years I've gotten my scan results just a few days before my birthday, and both years I was told my cancer had returned......anyone else see a pattern here??? hahaha     So, that means, that even if I need to go back on chemo, the earliest I'll have to start it again would be April.....YEAH!!!!!!   I get a couple more months of freedom from the needles and chance for my old, decrepid body to heal a little more!!!!!   Our relay is the last Saturday in May, so even if back on the chemo, it would only be a couple doses and I should still have lots of energy to walk lots of laps this year!

chemogirl1963 – January 29, 2008 – 8:16am

Team Redwings

Relay for Life team compromised of students, teachers, staff, etc of the Eminence R1 School District
MelanieG – January 29, 2008 – 11:22am

Team Name

My team is having a hard time pick our name.

The theme is "kicking cancer off the planet" and each team is supposed to pick a country. for example, goofy germans, chillin' chileans, etc.

 

All we have come up with is Gnarly Norweigans.

 Help us out if you have any ideas please!

Help with entertainment ideas

Last year I covered our local Relay For Life for our small town newspaper.  It was the first RFL I'd ever been to.  I was so moved I volunteered to be on the committee this year and was assigned as the entertainment and activities chair.

 I am so clueless as to what to do.  Our Relay is indoors and our crowd turnout is not really the sort to do theme laps or the like.

 Please send me all the entertainment and activity ideas you can think of.  Our Relay goes from 6p.m. to 6 a.m.  

We do a survivor's lap, a "future" lap (children's lap).  

 We are a very small community so any ideas you can give me will help greatly.

 mandasue00@msn.com

 

Thanks,

Amanda 

Zeta Phi Beta Soroity Inc. (Upsilon Mu Chapter)

Towson University
NikkiS317 – January 29, 2008 – 2:43pm

HI IM JESS MARIE AND THIS IS WHY I RELAY!!

HI EVERYONE! WELL IM 25 YEARS OLD AND LIVE WITH MY HUSBAND. I JUST WANTED TO FILL YA IN WHY I RELAY! I RELAY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS BUT THE NUMBER ONE REASON IS BC OF MY MOTHER! MY MOTHER WAS TOLD SHE HAD THE C WORD ON SEPT. 24 OF 2003 AND THERE WASNT MUCH THEY COULD DO! SHE WAS ONLY  40  YEARSOLD! i WAS 21 AND MY BROTHER WAS 13 AND WE WERE HUGE MOMMY KIDS! WE TOOK IT REALLY HARD! I REMEBER MY MOM SAYING IF YOU ARE GONNA LIE HERE AN CRY PLEASE LEAVE THE ROOM! wELL SHE LOST THE BATTLE TO CANCER DEC 6TH OF 2003. iT SUCKED! NOT ONLY DID I LOOSE MY MOM BUT MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD!  SO NOW I RELAY SO LESS DAUGHTERS AND SONS HAVE TO WITNESS THAT! i ALSO RELAY BECUASE I WORK IN A HEALTH DEPT. AND I SEE MANY PEOPLE FIGHTING AND I WANT TO HELP!!!

Jessica Brinkman – January 29, 2008 – 8:31pm

Committee Issues!

I am a co-chair of the WPI relay for life and this is our second year doing this event. We had a slow start with the committee this year but through some contests and persuasion we filled the committee spots well. Well now its comming close to kickoff and the event, and the committee members seem to be getting less involved and are not responding to emails or attending meetings. Im getting very stressed about everything and I know getting angry with them is not the best way to go. I was looking at other forums and I know the best way is to inspire them. I was wondering if anyone could give me tips on inspiring my committee or things I can say to them to get them back to 100%.