Relay For Life of Second Life 2008

Fought a Good Fight (with stones though?)

Fayandria — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:32:38 -0400

NO! We fought a GREAT fight!

Second Life's Relay For Life Team Members, Planning Committee, and Supporters stepped up to the call to fight cancer with a tenacious determination to do their best and that is exactly what they did. Their relay, Relay For Life of Second Life, the world's only virtual relay, raised over 270,000.00 USD. That's a great fight!

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Walking a Relay for 24 hours

Fayandria — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:00:52 -0400

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

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WE PAINTED OUR WORLD PURPLE

Fayandria — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:24:57 -0400

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

Fayandria — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:53:30 -0400

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!

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*still humming -

Fayandria — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:12:07 -0400

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

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

Fayandria — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:35:52 -0400

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

Ok! OK!

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Relayers in Your Peripheral Vision

Fayandria — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:45:59 -0400

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 ...

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Reaching Astonomical Numbers

Fayandria — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:27:32 -0400

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

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What is Relaying?

Fayandria — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:57:42 -0400

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.

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An Unique Kick Off / Launch Party Idea

Fayandria — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:39:59 -0500

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.

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Thumbing Our Nose at Cancer

Fayandria — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:49:51 -0500

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)