Picture this...Relays taking place all around the world on the same day, sharing their experiences together. Celebrating Survivors, Remembering those we've lost to cancer and Fighting Back against the disease...together!
It already takes place throughout the year. Relays take place in 19 countries, at different times of the year, raising money for research, education, advocacy and services. Bringing all kinds of communities together in the fight. But what if a group of them took place on the same day? They could share in their experiences together. Learn from each other, share ideas and get even more out of their experience.
Last year, Relay For Life of Bury, UK had the fabulous idea of becoming a Relay Twin with a Relay here in the US. They figured they would find a Relay that was taking place on the same day as theirs and they would Relay together. We in San Ramon, California, USA were honored to be able to be that Relay and together on June 28 - 29 we Relayed Around the World.
We decided that between the 2 Relays we would attempt to walk the distance between us. Having read about Lap Beads on this site, both Relays decided that that was the way to keep track, so we got a bunch of beads and shoestrings and hoped we would have enough to cover the 5190 miles between us.
On the day of Relay, Bury started at 2:00 AM our time and by the time we were cheering our Survivors around their first lap, Bury was well into their day. The Lap Beads were an amazing incentive! People said they walked longer than they had intended just so they could get more beads on their shoestring. And in the end, Bury and San Ramon must have crossed paths, because we walked 6611 miles... more than 1400 miles further than we needed!
So now the plan for this year is to REALLY have a Relay Around the World! 24,900 miles!!
Is it possible to get enough Relays taking place over the same weekend to walk the circumferance of the Earth?
We think it is!
We think it is!
Do you want to be a part of this?
Is YOUR Relay sometime between July 26-28th?
Is YOUR Relay sometime between July 26-28th?
We need to walk 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 kilometers).
We are certain that if we get enough Relays together we can accomplish this feat!
We'd love to have you join us!
If your Relay is interested, then get in touch with either Andy Graham (Relay For Life Bury UK) at andy@relayforlifebury.org or me (Relay For Life of San Ramon) at relaydivajuli@comcast.net. With 3 weeks to go, we'd love to here from you soon!
Juli Fountain
Relay For Life on San Ramon
www.RelayForLife.org/SanRamonCA
relaydivajuli@comcast.net
Relay For Life on San Ramon
www.RelayForLife.org/SanRamonCA
relaydivajuli@comcast.net
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June 5, 2009 - 5:36pm
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