If anyone has a team dealing with Australian outback(could be oylmpics,around the world) I have extra outback hats . There are 4 different colors green, brown, off-white, and camo. I sold them as a fundraiser last year for $5.00 each; I am with a different team this year.

                                                                         Yours in relay,

                                                                 David A Roessler II

I need help!  I am planning and organizing the Fight Back/Closing Ceremony for our event.  Yes, the Fight Back & Closing Ceremonies are one and the same for our event.  The event is 24 hours and the ceremony will begin during the last hour, 8:00 am, of the relay.

Before the Fight Back Ceremony will begin, we will be presenting all the awards for the event.  Once this is completed, we will transition into the Fight Back Ceremony.

We plan on creating a lot of hype about the Fight Back Ceremony through word of mouth and in the press.  The goal is to get as many people as possible to attend.  I have a basic idea about what I want to do, but that's about it.  Here's what I have:

The Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back. flags enter with music playing.  Not sure what song should be playing, but strongly considering Right Now by Van Halen.  Once the flags reach their position, the music is lowered, but still playing.  The speaker, probably myself, then begins to speak.  I do not know the content yet and I am still reviewing the script.  The speech will end asking people to come forward and take their pledge to Fight Back.  If they wish, they can speak into a microphone and share their pledge.  They will remove a flag from the ground and sign the Fight Back banner.  The whole time, music will be playing.  Again, not sure of what songs or in what order.  As the final people take their pledges, the flags will begin moving to the track.  The crowd will be asked to meet behind the flags in preparation of the final lap.  When the crowd is gathered, We Are The World by U.S.A for Africa (written by Michael Jackson) will begin along with the final lap.  Upbeat music will continue to play until the last person completes their lap.  Songs will include, but not limited to Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Walking on Sunshine by Katrina & the Waves, Power of Love by Huey Lewis & the News, etc. 

I am a new Survivor chair this year & want to make this year very special for our survivors and caregivers.  I need help coming up with gift ideas for the goodie bags we will hand out.  How are you getting businesses to donate a large amount of items? 

For the first time in RelayForLife.org history, a group has reached over 350 members. The South Atlantic Division's Relay Online Chair Network (ROCN) is a support group for volunteers who manage Relay event websites. The idea behind the creation of the group was to provide the volunteers with an online location where they could share their experience with each other, as well as receive training, a Q & A forum, best practices and lessons learned.

The SA ROCN Group is primarily comprised of Online Chairs and staff from the South Atlantic Division, but there are a couple of members from other Divisions who have found it helpful.

The group was moved to RelayForLife.org for the 2008 Relay season so that they could take advantage of the open forum message board features, as well as being able to email all members of the group from RelayForLife.org.

The group is managed by one passionate volunteer, Rick Bodson, who set up the group and is subscribed to it, so he receives email updates every time a new member joins or a new post is created. With over 350 members, the group is also "self-managed," where members can answer other members' questions. Bodson also sends out weekly notices of updates to the group, including the training schedule. Bodson checks up on the ROCN group every day to make sure that information is always up-to-date.

Attention all geeks!  If you're interested in a cool blog about the future of non-profits and how they will revolutionize the online world, check out the American Cancer Society's Futuring and Innovation blog.

For the first time in my experience, it's a techie blog w/ witty commentary! 

I have been involved with Relay for Life for about 6 years. I feel that the American Cancer society does a good job finding new treatments and new cures for cancer. I participate in the Amite area relay for several reasons. I lost my father, my sister-in-law, my mother-in-law, a very dear friend, and several co-workers to cancer. I have three first cousins who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I have a brother, a sister, and a brother-in-law who are survivors.

As a twenty -eight year educator in the public school system, I encourage my co-workers and students to support our team's efforts to raise money. This year I am happy to say that we will have an active team rather than a silent team. The past few years, I have not had enough volunteers to support a team. Although, we managed to raise almost five thousand dollars. We have a 13 member team that consists of energetic teachers who want to be "Warriors for a Cure". We hope to bring a lot of excitement as well as donations to the event on April 4 at the Florida Parishes Arena. We hope to see you there.

I've been involved with Relay for several years now. It started when the support group at the hospital my mom goes to invited us for the survivor's lap when the hospital was involved with the Relay at this one event. Last year was the first year that I was a team captain for my own team for a Relay Event and unfortunately I didn't have very many people get involved because a lot of people were busy with other things and we didn't raise very much, This year I have branched out and am now on Committee for the first ever Relay For Life in my township this year and I'm the Relay Online Promotional Chair and my mom is the Relay Online Tech Chair. I am very excited this year for this year's event and looking forward to getting more people involved, hopefully the Singles ministry involved with Relay this year. This year as our on-site fundraiser, I will be selling two different size squares in two or 3 different shades of purple and then for the survivors giving them t

Yes, this is my 3rd year to be a part of this worthy and awesome event! I am looking forward to the walk in April. I do plan on staying for the entire evening, night and early morning. Fund raising is beginning as we have a city wide garage sale tomorrow morning, March 1. Of course, all money received goes for such a worthy cause and donations are appreciated.

LET' S ALL HELP RELAY FOR LIFE FOR A CHANGE WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Hey, Relayers and Visitors!!! I hope you are enjoying your visit to RelayForLife.org, and that you get active with it! There is so much information that can be valuable to you, your family and/or your friends. Definitely take advantage of this website!

I am from Morgan City in south Louisiana,.. well.., let me re-phrase that. I live in Morgan City.  My wife and I just moved here in November 2007 from Thibodaux, Louisiana.  We are about 70 miles southwest of New Orleans. I was involved with the Relay For Life of North Lafourche-Thibodaux since 2001, and I am still active with them for now. They're a great group of people who work very hard and are committed to making Relay the greatest thing ever, except for when a cure to cancer is found...that will be the greatest thing ever! Our event is coming up on Friday, April 4th, 2008 at Nicholls State University. If you can, come on down!!!

Anyway, I just wanted to give everyone a "shout-out" in Relayville, and I hope that this little note finds all of you doing well!

We have planned to do a fundraising night at Applebee's. How it works is every person who brings in a flyer we hand out to people on a certain night we get a 15% of their check. We need to fill out a W9 form and now we've run into the problem of legality. So now we need to know if this is legal and where can I get the info for the W9 form.