There is an army (well, a big group of us anyway) in the virtual world of Second Life celebrating the victories of survival, remembering those we’ve lost, and fighting back against cancer. So …

If you need a place to volunteer where you can wear your pajamas – join us.

If you can't get out to your local Relay - join us.

If you can't Relay with your family and friends due to distance - join us.

Or, if you just want another front to bring your fight to - please join us! You will be warmly welcomed and needed.

Fayandria,  RFL of SF Event Chair


Walking a Relay for 24 hours

Some people actually think that walking a Relay for 24 hours is un - important?  OMG!  UN-IMPORTANT!  Could they be more wrong?


Fayandria – June 15, 2009 – 9:00pm

WE PAINTED OUR WORLD PURPLE

 


Fayandria – June 2, 2009 – 7:24am

" And...we had a GREAT fundraising weekend:) "

to quote my friend and co-Event Chair Belle Loll.  I intended to hit the highlights of the weekend now  but there was so many exciting  activities I could never do them all justice and I would hate to leave one out, as all are certainly note worthy.  So I am asking for a representative from each team that fundraised this weekend to hit comments below and tell us of your event, maybe even add why YOU Relay.  We really want to know - what went on, roughly what you raised, and why you Relay.  Come on now! No shyness please, this is Relay we are talking about!


Fayandria – May 25, 2009 – 11:53am

*still humming -

 the same tune and sadly off-key too but ...


Fayandria – May 21, 2009 – 7:12am

I'm So Excited and I Just Can't Hide It -

I'm About to Lose Control and I Think I like It - LIKE IT! 
 
Ok! OK!

Fayandria – May 18, 2009 – 8:35pm

Relayers in Your Peripheral Vision

I was talking to a friend the other day that is always in my peripheral vision but never in the direct line of sight.  Wonderful person; friendly, compassionate, always has time to listen but a non-Relayer who at the start of relay had  stepped in, without a word, and shouldered my responsibilities in a project.  Great person!  We  had reached a point in the conversation where I was thanking them for taking on my responsibilities and expressing my Relay created reasons for not doing them myself, when I said "I am so sorry you don't Relay ...


Fayandria – May 16, 2009 – 7:45am

Reaching Astonomical Numbers

Corporate Sponsorship money.  WOW!  Gotta have it!  It makes the totals of your Relay reach those astronomical numbers that many of us only dream of reaching.  And those numbers make your Relay standout and gain recognition, recognition that one wants their Relay volunteers, their teams, their committee members to receive because  they deserve it!  Boy, they deserve it and so much more. 
 
But how does one get that corporate sponsorship money? Send a form letter requesting placement on a budget at the beginning of the year?  Walk into the

Fayandria – May 11, 2009 – 11:27pm

What is Relaying?

We plan and experience an activity called Relay but in my mind getting to the event, raising monies, planning activities, reaching out to others in our communities is called Relaying. And Relaying is made up of so many different facets, one is awareness.

A woman came to my office and found me at my desk. She was looking for information. She told me about a lump she had found, she said she was nervous, and also embarrassed and just wanted some information. I said “go to the doctor”. Seemed simple enough to me but she stalled and stalled around. No work was getting done so I asked “want to talk ... maybe to a doctor or nurse?” She instantly said “OH! YES! PLEASE!”

Now I know that a doctor or nurse walks a thin line with giving advice but I also know they know, better than I, what that line is and this visitor needed more, was looking for more than my answer. I suggested the 1-800 number but she wanted to talk now while she had privacy. So, I asked on our Volunteers’ chat group if a nurse was available. And like an answer to the visitor’s prayer and mine, Mercedes Lassard answered the call.


Fayandria – June 26, 2008 – 12:57pm

An Unique Kick Off / Launch Party Idea

My friend and RFL of SL Survivor Chair, Poppy Zabelin who lives in Denmark but is from the UK, grabbed me for a few minutes this morning to let me know she couldn't make the planning committee meeting. We were talking about the "Thumbing  Your Nose at Cancer" fundraiser and that our committee was to be shot this morning.  We were laughing and talking about what fun it would be and what a good attention-getter it was when Poppy mentioned that I should read her blog entry for today.  OH MY GOODNESS!  When I read her entry I burst out squeeling!  What a Kick Off / Launch Party idea!  Talk about increasing attendance. CRUK ( Cancer Research United Kingdom) is on to a serious attention-getter here I think, see if you agree with me, http://poppyzabelin.blogspot.com/ . 

*smiling* Though our ACS Community Rep would go goofy if he  even thought we might be considering such a thing (and we aren't Randy!  PG all the way) but it is fun to read and see how our brothers and sisters in the fight find unique and original ways to bring forth cancer awareness. 


Fayandria – March 2, 2008 – 8:39pm

Thumbing Our Nose at Cancer

This is just the neatest fundraiser idea and just as doable (is that a word?) in real life as Second Life. My sister, Tay, also the Teams Chair for our Relay, passed me a note about this fundraiser our friend, Clio, was  organizing and the more I read, the more I giggled, and thought how much fun it would be to participate. It was a major belly laugh too, as Jed (my husband) and I posed for the pictures and made faces at each other and Clio.  (picture below) 


Fayandria – February 21, 2008 – 9:49pm
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