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867-5309.....call jenny....yeah yeah.... Pennsylvania Relayers partied like it was... uh .... 1985 this weekend in State College (We Are...Penn State) for the annual Relay Leadership University!
We walked like an Egyptian, went to the Danger Zone and even woke up before we go-go-ed. (OK, so I was pushing that one.)
Oh yeah, and we continued fighting back against cancer! And fight back we did.
For me, the best part of RLU is being able to meet fellow Relayers from across the great state of Pennsylvania. Sharing ideas from what has worked (and what hasn't) at events all across the state really helps. We've all been there, struggling with an aspect of Relay (or many) and thinking we're the only ones in the entire world with that problem. Truth is, all Relayers need a boost from time to time and an extra idea.
So besides taking in some Peachy Paterno ice cream at the famous Penn State Creamery, let me tell you some of the highlights from my experience at RLU this weekend:
I met some really great people like Laura Donmoyer from the Relay For Life of Lebanon County. I met Laura during a roundtable discussion on publicity. The 15-minute roundtable discussions allowed staff and volunteers to share ideas with each other without being in a formal breakout session. It was a great addition to the event as it was difficult share information in past years.
During my Leadership Development breakout session on day one, I met volunteers from Ohio and Massachusetts who shared great communication factors to think about when dealing with a variety of ages on a committee. In that session, I was the only Generation Y-er. And, to make it even better, the script I had to read "pretending" to be a Gen Y-er involved an iPod and flip flops — both of which I had with me! Haha!
And, of course, I got to see fellow Relayers I've met in the past. I reconnected with Nancy Rutkoski who was my staff partner for my college Relay in Erie. Nancy is celebrating a milestone this year — 25 years with the American Cancer Society. She'll be retiring at the end of this year. I owe her many thanks for keeping my involved with Relay when I moved to Erie, and for helping me get back involved with Relay when I returned back to my hometown near Pittsburgh.
It was in early 2007 when I was searching for a job (you know, that thing that gets in the way of Relay). I decided I wanted to get back involved with my hometown event. But having lost contact with anyone who was last involved with it, I sent an e-mail to Nancy in the Erie office asking her to help me find out how to get involved. And the story, as they say, is history!
In fact, because of Nancy, there is a very safe bet I will be involved with Relay For Life until cancer is no more.
Hats off to the Pennsylvania advisory team and Ed Scholl and Amy Fuller for creating a great event to help make our state's Relays continue to succeed!
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BobbyCherry2 – October 12, 2008 – 11:05am
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