Youth Involvement

Letters to the schools?

Mamacita24 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:32:20 -0400

Hi everyone! I am trying to gain more youth involvement in our Relay. One thought was to send letters/emails to all the schools in our county basically inviting the individuals or organizations to become involved in Relay. However, I am having a hard time constructing a letter that is quick, to the point and thorough. Does anyone have a similar letter they have used in the past or could direct me to where I could find one?Thanks so much!

Great West Division Youth Summit (videos?)

McKenzie-WCY — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:52:01 -0400

Last weekend two other committee members and I attended the GWD Youth Summit in Arizona. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life! So many of the General Sessions were really powerfull. Immediately I thought that some of those videos would be PERFECT to show at one of our Committee meetings to get our crew pumped up and even more passionate about this relay. I have been looking for these videos on both this website and YouTube but have been unable to find them... Does anybody know:

1)If they are going to be posted ever

2)If so, when?

3)Where could I find them?

Thank you so much for you're help! I really appreciate any advice you could give...

-McKenzie, West County Youth Event Co-Chair

Get someone in the schools!

liz333 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:39:04 -0400

i am youth chair for my town and i am actually in high school! this helps because i can put videos on the school news show that runs daily and i can put posters and flyers everywhere to encourge youth to come do relay i also hold fun fundraisers at my school to show how much fun and easy relay really is!!

Youth Development Chair

rmkiser — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:48:55 -0400

Hi! We are adding a Youth Development chair position this year ont he recommendations of our division. As of right now, there isn't a good description of the requirements of the position. I was wondering if anyone on here has this position and if so, if you can provide me a description of the job they do?

My Childern

mmperez2006 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:08:13 -0400

My son helps me to raise money. He is 18 but he knows how it help others to find the end to cancer. I have to daughters my oldest helps as much as she can. She talks to theher coworkers to see if they want to help in any way. My youngest helps a lot she has alot of friends. Her friends help. We have a team of 10-13 of teens. They have pride of working hard to raise money. I am glad to have the team that I have.

National Honor Society

nickkissel — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:31:48 -0400

Has anyone had luck getting their local National Honor Society involved with their Relay? If so, please share how they get involved (ie: teams, volunteers, etc)..

Thanks!

Nick Kissel

Marching Band Involvement

kcrox — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:03:54 -0400

I am the captain for 2008's Warrior Marching Band Relay For Life team. This is our first year to do this. Last year, I was walking during this event with another band member, and we thought the band should do this. The turnout has been amazing! There are over 25 people doing it now, (our band is quite small..... ) We plan to do a Midnight March, the name explains itself pretty much, but Devin and I will move the band around the track marching at midnight. Devin and I have no authority in the band actually, so its pretty amazing that we had such a turnout. Only 2 seniors are doing it though, I guess the others didn't want Freshman in charge.

This is an amazing thing for bands to do, because when you see us on the field, we're stiff, we move like robots, but we're not that. Atleast half of the band has been affected by cancer in some way, I've lost 3 family members and my grandmother has breast cancer right now. This is such a delicate thing, and what RFL does may start a tradition for our band. As far as we know we're the only band doing this....

Youth Relay to Partner with Cultural Exchange Club Team

Erin_RelayForLife — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:44:54 -0400

Hi- The Sussex-Menomonee Falls Relay For Life event takes place June 20th & 21st 2008 in Wisconsin, United States. We have a new team this year, which is our High School's Cultural Exchange Club. We are looking for an international Relay or a youth team to partner with. We were orginally thinking a web cam or having something that we could pass (mail) back and fourth between Relay's for years to come. Please let me know your thoughts and I can get you in touch with our Cultural Exchange Club.

Erin Kegler- ACS staff partner

Community Relations

Erin.Kegler@Cancer.org

www.events.cancer.org/rflsussex-menomoneefallswi