Friends For LIFE

Tail Gate for a CURE

2012-02-02T07:44:00.003-05:00

YAY!! I am happy to announce that the theme this year for Relay is Tailgate for a Cure. Since our team is a "blended family" I am suggesting that we come up with some sort of theme that lets everyone wear their own team colors. I know that I would not be very happy about wearing a rival teams jersey all night long and I also know that I have every piece of spirit ware made for my beloved tigers. Feel free to show your team pride and help us FIGHT BACK!

Ready, Set, MERGE!

2012-01-02T07:25:00.001-05:00

This is the 9th Relay for Friends for LIFE, we have been in the top 6 for 7 of those years...not too shabby!! Problem is that our group gets smaller and smaller but the demands remain the same-trying to keep that enthusiastic momentum takes a LOT of work. In an effort to maintain my sanity as a working sports mom, I decided that we needed to merge FFL with the kids elementary school. I currently sit on the PTA as the Health and Wellness chair, this of course encompasses Relay. My goal is to increase awareness that Chalker has had a team for many years and has done extremely well to boot. Since I will be working at school as well as on the personal team, it just made sense to put them together. My co-captain is Amy Scott, a 1st grade teacher at Chalker. I am really excited for what the year will bring!

On the Chalker side of things we will have Chick-Fil-A biscuit sales twice a month on Fridays before school. It has been a very successful fundraiser in the past and I agree that we should stick with what works. Hat days are also part of the plan. Our biggest endeavor is to incorporate "Relay Days" similar to Red Ribbon Week. This has been my dream to go County wide with this program and Chalker will give it a run this year. Relay Days will be the week leading up to the Relay event. Monday will be wear Purple. Friday will be a Hat day. In a perfect scenario we can incorporate fun relay facts into the morning announcements and life saving facts on how to prevent cancer throughout the curriculum. This may not happen all in one year but baby steps can make it happen. I would LOVE to have Chalker students make a trek out to the track with thier families for the actual Relay event. Keep your fingers crossed.

On the FFL side we will still do the garage sale in April. I am looking at 2-3 weeks out from Spring Break which is the 2-6th. I would like to give our Chalker Family time to get items to my house and give myself time to sort and price. Look for final dates to be posted to FB or the blog. We will also do on site Papa Johns sales. I hope to get the Pizza truck again and do our usual thing. Again, stick with what works. We will also do the Ballo-minaries again. These were so beautiful and I have tweaked the process a bit. I stumbled upon a new lighted balloon that I think will work much better for the unpredictable conditions of relay day.

I totally snagged this pic off the internet...maybe I can get the Chalker Cheetah to come out to Relay!?! That would be awesome!

Wrap Up/Charge Up

2011-09-21T17:45:00.002-04:00

WAY TO GO Friends for LIFE!! We came in at #5 for 2011!! We brought in over $19,000 and were recognized last evening at Brunswick Zone in Kennesaw. Cobb Relay is again the 4th largest Relay in the WORLD and we brought in over $820,000. I am so proud to be a part of such an amazing group of people that are helping to Celebrate, Remember, and FIGHT BACK!! Look for details for the 2012 Relay... :D Hope to see you there!

Relay 2011

2011-05-21T17:43:00.000-04:00

Another great year, another TEAM effort by all of our Friends for LIFE. Thank you so much to everyone who came out to support us on the track!

Friends for LIFE 2011

I did not even take my camera this year, all the pictures I have are courtesy of my Dad :)

Color guard to lead the opening lap

Jared selling pizzas

Mommy and Ryan

Survivor/ Caregiver Lap

Mom, Nan and Tracey

Mr. Willy Wonka and the Misster Relay participants

kind of blurry but it's hard to get this shot of the luminary ceremony

Garage Sale 2011

2011-02-09T14:20:00.004-05:00

CALLING ALL COLLECTORS OF STUFF!!!
We need your donations for our annual Friends for LIFE Spring Garage Sale. We will be hosting the sale at Tracey's house on April 15th and 16th. That means you have the entire week of Spring Break to Spring Clean! Please comment here to arrange for pick up or let me know when you can drop things by. We will be accepting item donations the week before.

Cindy and Jennifer

2010-06-02T15:05:00.003-04:00

I wanted to post this picture, I LOVE it!
This is what Relay is all about, bringing people together, CELEBRATING and FIGHTING BACK together...awesome! I waited to post cause I wanted Jen to see it in person first and to thank her for being such a fantastic co-captain this year!!!

Remember that we are still bringing in money until August 1st! Just $1500 or so shy of 1st place overall!!!

Relay 2010 SUCCESS

2010-05-13T15:01:00.005-04:00

FRIENDS FOR LIFE 2010

team picture

Rob and Trace

Rachel and Kayla

Lars and Tracey

Future team captain ;)

Lois fighting the wind

Lars in the pizza truck :)

What an AWESOME Relay! We had such a great time getting the camp set up, running the pizza truck and staying all night long. We had new team members that came out to their first Relay and I hope they will come back next year. We had people drive in from all over, including my brother Rick from Michigan! We gave out PURPLE Survivor shirts since the ACS gave out white ones (THANK YOU HEATHER!!) which was a blessing. I loved hearing the Survivor's stories and seeing their faces at our campsite. I felt honored to have them stop at FFL.

So far we are 3rd at $17,600....we still have plenty of time. We have the Strand Concert and Silent Auction on May 23rd so tell your friends!!

Garage Sale Results

2010-04-17T19:54:00.001-04:00

WAHOO!! We brought in over $2300 for the garage sale this weekend--We R.O.C.K :) We had a ton of little items so it was a dollar here and a dollar there, but we did it. Great job, and a HUGE thank you to everyone that donated, worked and shopped the sale. I know I found a lot of nice stuff, come see my new recliner some time and stay for a frozen margarita. :)

Luminary party is on Friday (yes, this Friday the 23rd) at the HomerHouse. Call or email for more information. 770-924-1971 CKN013@yahoo.com We will start around 6 pm. I need to know if you plan on coming so please RSVP.

We would like to welcome Cindy, Steve and Danielle Grimsley to the team. This isn't the first time we've had Grimsley's on Friends for LIFE, and I'll have to investigate to see if there is a relation there. :) Welcome to all of you! :) Please let me, or Jen, know if you have any questions.

Also, Jen has been working hard at getting the Strand fundraiser off the ground. I emailed information but we have fliers now and could use some help getting the word out about the concert. Contact me or Jen for details. 678-230-6534 or jenhewett@yahoo.com

That's all for now, I'm going to chill for a bit. See you on Friday night :)

Tracey

March 18th Meeting recap

2010-03-24T20:10:00.003-04:00

cANSWER KREWE

A huge thank you to all the FFL members that came out to the meeting last Thursday at the HomerHouse. Sorry it has taken me so long to get the minutes to you. Life gets in the way of living sometimes!

I would like to welcome two new team members that joined today, Sarah and Robin-thank you for signing up to be a part of this FIGHT. Welcome back to Karen as well, she took advantage of the free registration that is going on until Friday. Just an FYI I have submitted team tee shirt sizes for everyone registered as of today. Anyone that joins after today will have to either 1) not have a team shirt or 2) get whatever size I have extra of. Our team theme is cANSWER Krewe and that will be on the shirt in some form, haven't finalized the design yet. :)

Tomorrow (Thursday the 25th) will be a LIVE auction to benefit Relay hosted by the Marietta Jaycees. It is $25 to enter, includes dinner and two drinks. There is an open bar. Doors open at 6 pm. The auction will be held at the Gone With the Wind Museum on the Marietta Square. Contact me for more information. I will be going so maybe I will see you there.

I only have 3 coupon books left for $20 each. They are full of area coupons and discounts. Just the Jiffy Lube coupon pays for the book. Let me know if you want one.

We have scratch off tickets this year. Behind each bubble is a value ($1, $5, $10, $20, $25). What you scratch off, you donate. If you scratch the entire card you "pay" $250. Great ice breaker for the office or other places where you may have people willing to donate but you're not sure how to ask.

As always we have the coin cans and sunshines. I have a friend in Florida selling feet and sunshines for us in all of her stores. YAY! Another easy way to bring in some money for your totals.

Garage Sale: April 16th and 17th at the HomerHouse as usual. I am already taking donations, so please contact me if you have items. Remember that you get credit towards your fund raising for donating and for helping run the sale.

On Site: We will be selling Papa Johns again this year. I talked to my pizza guy and he may even join the team. He is planning on working the pizza truck so that gives us a bit of a breather (yay!) We may do the crowns again this year, they sold VERY well. We will be doing the Keeping Track beads. I ordered the necklaces last week. We will not be doing face painting but we will have the tattoos on site.

May 23 Strand Fundraiser: Jen H (our co-captain) has organized a HUGE fundraiser at the Stand on the Marietta Square. We will be hosting an Organ concert on May 23rd at 3 pm. We will also have a silent auction on site. Tickets will be $10, maybe $5 for survivors...still working on details. If you have any items for the auction, please let us know.

Ok, that covers fund raising. The next team meeting will be April 23rd, 6pm, at the HomerHouse to decorate Luminary bags. We are still doing the 10$ white bags and 25$ gold butterfly bags. Make sure you bring your list of names to the meeting or take a few bags home to decorate. We will also sign up for night of jobs at that time.

Relay Night: May 7th and 8th at Jim Miller. I will be at the site around 8am on Friday to start setting up. More information on the night of later.

THANK YOU so much for being a part of this little team that could. If we can manage to bring in $40,000 we will have raised $250,000 in 7 years. I found old emails that had our goal at 5 years to break $100,000-wow did we beat that goal or what??? That is absolutely amazing and I have each and every one of you to thank. I am honored to be working with you again this year---lets get ready to FIGHT BACK!!!

Please call if you have an questions, FB or email me.

Tracey

"We are Friends with HOPE, We are Friends making a difference, we are Friends for LIFE"

Calling all Friends for a Team Meeting!!

2010-03-05T20:04:00.001-05:00

Hi Friends for LIFE,
Just wanted to touch base with everyone and let you know we will be having a meeting in March. The date is set for Thursday, March 18th at the HomerHouse. I would like to start 6:00-6:30 but feel free to come from work and hang out until the majority arrives. We will have appetizers as usual. Email me if you need directions. CKN013@yahoo.com
I will have incentives from last year to hand out including grand club shirts if you did not pick yours up. We will be discussing 2010 FFL team shirts (do we want them?), team fundraisers and activities the night of relay. Jen H has been working on a great project and I can't wait to have her share what she's been up to. Brandon Richard also has been working hard on a fundraiser and we'll talk about that as well. I bought the campsite decorations on sale after Mardi Gras so that is all set. I think camp will be smaller this year but that's ok with me. We will also be having the garage sale April 16th and 17th so bring any items you may have collected when you come to the meeting on the 18th. We only need to raise $40,000 to break a quarter of a million dollars, that's not too hard-right?? :)
We also have to come up with a give away for Survivors this year, I will explain more in detail but I can't wait to share that with you all as well. If you know of a survivor that has not been to relay, please invite them to come. They are what Relay is all about and we would love to help them Celebrate! They are still taking nominations for Torch Bearers so go to the www.cobbrelay.com website if you know of someone that you would like to walk in the torch ceremony.
PLEASE register if you have not already done so. The deadline for tee shirt sizes from the ACS is March 15th. Also, if you know of a sponsor that may want to be involved in Relay please let me know. We have a great sponsorship package for businesses this year.
There will be a silent auction this year, on Thursday March 25th from 6-9 pm at the Marietta Gone with the Wind Museum. Only 100 tickets will be sold. Dinner and two drink tickets are included. This is a LIVE auction with some silent auction items. The items are bigger ticket items so come prepared. :) If you would like tickets, let me know or email kelliejsmile@yahoo.com Kellie Jett is committee and would be glad to answer any questions you might have.
If you know ahead of time any supplies you might need (forms, stickers, cups, pens, etc) please let me know so I can have them at the meeting.
Thank you so much for being a part of our team. Whether you have donated to our team in the past, you have been or are currently a team member or you just provide us with emotional support, THANK YOU for your involvement. Our Hope is to one day find a cure. My HOPE is that my grand kids will ask, "What WAS Cancer?"

"We are friends with HOPE, We are Friends making a difference, We are Friends for LIFE!"

Team Update for 2010 Relay

2010-02-09T15:28:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone!

It's that time again, RELAY SEASON!! :) You are getting this email because you have been a team member or supporter in the past. If you have already joined the team for 2010, WELCOME BACK and THANK YOU!! If you would like to join, there is still plenty of time. I have a few notes that I wanted to pass along to Friends for LIFE 2010:

I would like to welcome Jennifer Hewett as our co-captain of FFL this year. Jen has been on the team for many years and has graciously agreed to help me run the team. Life has been getting in the way of living recently and I can't thank her enough for volunteering to help me.

This Saturday (February 13th) is a team fundraiser sponsored by our RFL partners, Dixie. Please come out to Brunswick Zone (6345 Spalding Drive, Norcross 30092) for an evening of no-tap bowling (9 pins counts as a strike). Entry is $20 per person for adults and $15 for those under 18. ALL proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. All skill levels welcome and encouraged to participate! I will be there with the kids and I hope to see you there.

This year Cobb Relay will be having a LIVE auction instead of a silent auction. It will be on March 25th at 6pm at the Gone With the Wind museum on the Marietta Square. Tickets are $25 and include all the food you can eat and two drink tickets. Please let me know if you have any items over a $250 value that you would care to donate. Our team receives credit for any items donated to the auction.

We WILL be having a Spring Garage Sale so spread the word. April 16th and 17th from 8am-3pm at Day Lily way (the Homer House). Please save your items and ask anyone you know for items as well. We did not have a sale in the Fall due to lack of items so hopefully by now we have plenty to put in the sale.

We are looking to have a team meeting in March and another one in April. Please respond to CKN013@yahoo.com with what day is best for you. I know many of us have commitments and I would like to catch as many people as possible. Feel free to call me as well if that's easier 770-924-1971. I will post all updates to the blog as well as email so if you need to locate information quickly please visit friendsforliferelay.blogspot.com for more information.

The theme this year for Relay is Carnival of HOPE. FFL's theme for the night of is cANSWER KREWE ( a mardi gras theme). Please keep an eye out for any items in purple/green/gold that we can use to decorate our campsite. It's a fun, festive theme and I hope to get team shirts made to match.

Thank you again for your help in helping me FIGHT BACK!

THANK YOU!!

2009-05-10T15:10:00.002-04:00

To all My Friends for LIFE,

We had one awesome year...we raised between $26,000-$27,000 AND the totals are still rolling in!! We shattered the $200,000.00 mark and next year we WILL break a quarter of a million dollars---our "little team that could"! That's absolutely amazing and I couldn't do it without each of you. We have until August 1st before the 2010 Relay kicks off but please be thinking about folks that may want to be on the team in 2010. We will be having a team kick off in September.

Mom-Thanks for all your help last week getting ready and for all your help on site. You should be an honorary committee member. Also Dumpy is a lifesaver-thanks for sharing!

Bev-Thank you-Thank you for getting the cd's, team water, change, and helping things run smooth on site.

Steph-Thank you for your leadership onsite and your decorating...Best Campsite 2009!! Awesome job!

Rob-I could not do ANY of this without your support-all my love, thank you!

Jen H & Angie-The tee shirts were fantastic and sold very well, thank you!

The Pizza krewe-Christie, Adam, Cliff, Lars, Andy, Jen H & Kevin- Awesome job feeding the masses!! People love the pizzas and you guys did a great job, thank you!

Rachel, Kayla, Michele, Piper & Jared-great job walking the track selling crowns and glow sticks. You guys ROCK! You also stayed all night and were helping pack up till the bitter end, thank you!

Licha-you got there so early and stayed till the end. We hope you enjoyed FFL and look forward to having you with us next year! Thank you!

Laura-Your crowns and clips were beautiful, they really helped make the site look pretty and they sold very well. Great idea, great job and Thank you!

Mom Homer-Thank you for hanging with the kids, your job was one of the toughest and I appreciated you helping them have a great Relay experiance!

Kelli-Great job at the rock wall, I didn't get to see you much but I hope you had a great Relay! Thanks for taking all three shifts off site! :)

Brandon-Thank you for sitting with me at the info booth and for running the poker tournament-an extra $1,000 for FFL-way to go!

John-Thanks for keeping the co-chair duties running smooth so I could divide my time between chair and team. It's been an honor working with you this year. I hope you stay on FFL next year! :)

To the Friends that came out to support us, thank you! I got to see a couple of you, if only for a moment. Some of you I completely missed and for that I apologize. Next year I won't have to be off site at all and that is a wonderful feeling! I missed that aspect of Relay so much these past few years and I am already looking forward to next year.

I appreciate each and every one of you being on the team or supporting our team. If I forgot anyone, my sincere apologies. I cannot thank you enough for letting me lead you as well as supporting me while I was the co-chair. It has been a long road but now I can go back to being just Tracey. I truly believe the work we are doing is saving lives everyday and I would have been selfish to not step up and be chair. But--I know for a fact that FFL would not have survived these past two years without the strong backbone of team members like all of you. I'm already looking forward to next year and I hope each one of you is planning to return to the team as well.

Even though the tone will be a LOT more relaxed next year, we will still have a goal of $18,000...I fully believe we can do that! If you have any ideas for fundraising, please let me know. I think the auction is going by the wayside, but there should be plenty of opportunities out there. We will have the Fall and Spring garage sale and a bowling tournament is in the works. There have been rumors of a poker tournament or a 5K walk/run...we will just have to wait and see.

Thank you everyone for being a part of the 2009 Relay for Life team. As you know, "We are friends with HOPE, we are friends making a difference, we are Friends for LIFE".

Ready to Relay?

2009-05-05T22:55:00.002-04:00

We only have three days to go...can you believe Relay is almost here!?!!

I have been working on getting a schedule together for the night of activities. We will be selling Papa Johns and Drinks. We will also have a sale table on site with the following items:
*All Are Our Heroes Cd's
*Princess Crowns
*Glow necklaces
*Friends for Life 2009 Tee Shirts
*Keeping Track Bead Necklaces

We are sponsoring a rock wall down in the KidZone area as well as selling the cd's and Keeping Tracks beads down at the main information booth for the ACS.

We have four fantastic opportunities to sell items and raise even more money in the fight against cancer. Granted, coming in as a Top Team is always a bonus :) It helps with the order of campsite selection for the following year so that we can keep our same spot. Don't forget to turn in any money that you may not have gotten in by team bank night. Stephanie is our on-site money person.

Just a few quick reminders:
* Label any items you bring from home, especially if you are leaving before Saturday morning.
*FFL shirts will be $9 if you pre-ordered, $10 on the track (pick up shirts the night of).
*I have everyone's 2009 Relay for Life participant shirt, they are labeled and will be at the track for pick up-look for the clear bin near the team sign in table on our site.
*Team picture will be taken at the campsite immediately following the team lap (first is Survivor lap, then Kids Walk Lap and then Team Lap).

Directions to the Park:
Coming from the south on I75, take the Windy Hill Rd exit and go west to Austell Rd. Turn right on Austell Rd and go to County Services Rd. Turn left on County Services Rd and go to Al Bishop Dr. Turn left on Al Bishop Dr

Coming from the north on I75, take the North Marietta Parkway exit and go west. The North Marietta Parkway becomes Powder Springs Rd. Continue to County Services Rd. Turn left on County Services Rd and go to Al Bishop Dr. Turn right on Al Bishop Dr.

Coming from West Cobb, take Powder Springs Rd to Callaway Rd. Turn right on Callaway Rd.

Thank you everyone! I look forward to seeing you soon! :):) !

February 19th Meeting Recap

2009-02-19T20:45:00.001-05:00

Hi Friends!

I would like to thank everyone that came out to the meeting tonight. Our team is taking shape and we have some really good ideas. Here are some important highlights:

1) We are working on the FFL tee shirt design for 2009. It will not have FFL on it so that we can sell some on site. I will email a picture out when we finalize everything. Thank you to Angie and Stephanie for taking this on. We will let you know how much they cost as soon as we can. These shirts are optional but most team members chose to get one to wear the night of Relay.

2) The silent auction is on Monday March 16th from 6-8 pm at Piedmont Church off Piedmont road and Canton road in Marietta. Food will be provided and there will be a free will donation to get in the door. We need items to be donated so please try and find something to contribute. The more items we have to bid on, the more money that comes in to Cobb Relay. Our team gets credit for whatever items we bring in...any questions please ask.

3)The Spring Garage Sale will be the 17th & 18th of April at the Homer House. We have our luminary decorating team meeting that week, so please bring any items you have to the Homer House that night or some time before the 15th. This is usually one of our biggest fundraisers. Please make sure that the items are in fairly good condition. A good once over with a rag will help me tremendously with pricing and organizing all of the items to make sure the sale goes as smoothly as possible.

4) This year, in order to receive a tee shirt from Cobb Relay, you must raise at least $100. They are still doing the $1,000 club shirts if you are able to raise that much individually. Other incentives are available starting st $250 or you can forgo a prize with the money saved going back to Relay.

5) Cobb Relay as a raffle this year for a credit of $30,000 towards a new or used car from Hayes automotive. Tickets are $5 each and I have those if you would like to sell them. Please let me know and I will get them to you. This is a GREAT way to meet your $100 goal--take them to work, the gym or your church.

6) For on site this year we will again be doing Papa John's pizza and cold drinks. I will try to get Monster to sponsor us as well. We will have our "Keeping Track" beads and we are going to try a couple new things. First is butterfly headbands and second is butterfly pens. These may be used as give aways for the kids walk portion of our on site fund raising.

7) There are three options this year for tribute items. In Honor or In Memory of those who have fought cancer, of all ages. A-Traditional White Luminary bags for a donation of $10 each. B-Sponsor a Butterfly for the Butterfly Release for $25 and also receive a gold luminary to personalize for the Luminary Ceremony. C-A Candle Sponsorship to be lit at the main stage during the Luminary Ceremony for $100. Loved one's picture will be displayed on an LED screen during the Luminary Ceremony.This is a great opportunity to raise money for your goal as well as CELEBRATE and REMEMBER those who have fought so hard against this awful disease.

As most of you know, we have had a matching donor for the past few years. As a team we are entirely grateful for every penny we have received to go towards Relay. This year we are on our own so we need to work extra hard to Fight Back. I usually set our team goal at half what we did the year before in case we had no matching. This year I would REALLY love it if we could raise $18,000---in 5 years we have raised $182,000 in the fight against cancer, I would love to see FFL go above $200,000. Not bad for a few friends and family members!!

Thank you all for your commitment to Fight Back! See you at the Silent Auction on the 16th of March or the next Friends for LIFE meeting on the 15th of April. As always, please call or email with any questions, comments or concerns.

Tracey, Christie and Stephanie

Friends for LIFE Captains

2009 Relay Season Dates

2009-01-19T20:54:00.007-05:00

Steering Committee Dates (if you're on committee)
Monday March 30th 5:30 at Wellstar
Monday April 20th 5:30 at Wellstar
Thursday April 30th BANK NIGHT at the Cobb EMC building
Tuesday May 5th at Jim Miller Park

Team Captains meetings (all team members are invited to attend)
Monday April 13th at 5:30 Sedalia Park Elementary

Friends for LIFE Meeting (all team members are encouraged to attend)
Luminary Decorating:Wednesday April 15th 6:00 Tracey's house BRING GARAGE SALE ITEMS and Luminary Names

Silent Auction
Monday March 16th at Piedmont Church (corner of Piedmont and Canton Roads in Marietta) from 6-8 pm

Garage Sale
Friday and Saturday April 17th and 18th from 8 am -3 pm

A few important details:
*The ACS is requiring that the $100 goal be met by each participant before receiving their tee shirt.
*This year individuals have the opportunity to purchase space in the program like an advertiser would do.
*As a transition from Kids Walk to Relay we will have a butterfly release (If someone does sponsor a butterfly (for $25 each) they will receive a special gold luminary bag for the campsite for the Relay Luminary Ceremony to be held later in the evening)
*As far as team fundraisers; we have the silent auction, the Spring garage sale, Papa Johns the night of and some sort of fundraiser for the Kids Walk (6 pm Friday night)

Registration Reminder!

2008-10-26T20:20:00.006-04:00

This Friday (October 31st) is the last day of early bird registration. If you would like to register for only $5 then you need to do so by Friday. After this week the fee goes up to the normal $10 per person. We already have a great start on our team but if you know someone who would love to be involved with the American Cancer Society, please invite them to join Friends for LIFE. If they cannot commit at this time but would like to stay updated with what we do as a team, just email their information to me and I will keep them in the loop.

Our 1st year:
1 campsite, 10 members, $2,000 raised
Our 5th year:
6 campsites, 53 members, Over $182,000.00 raised-
number 1 team in the 4th largest Relay--in the WORLD--for the last 2 years...

What can we do with the 2009 Relay???
Go to www.cobbrelay.org to register

Garage Sale is ON!

2008-09-10T13:00:00.004-04:00

ATTENTION FRIENDS!!!
We WILL be having a Garage Sale in the Fall. The date of the sale will be
October 3 & 4
at Tracey's house, as usual.
There was way too much interest to not hold the sale, so please clean out your closets and send stuff my way. As always, I will be available to come get items, just give me a call or send an email to the gmail address on the top right of the blog page.

If you have not registered at www.cobbrelay.org please do so asap. You do not need to pay the money now and it only takes a few minutes of your time. If you are uncomfortable paying with a credit card online, or just want to wait to pay, you may give me the $5 when you see me. Remember, if you register by October 31st you are in the drawing from the ACS for two round trip tickets on Airtran.

Also, if you register by December 15th, you will guarantee your shirt size for the Friends for LIFE annual tee shirt. We are working on the design now and want to have them ordered by the first of the year. Ordering the shirts, as well extra shirts for those who have not registered yet for the team, comes out of the Team Captain's pockets so please be aware of this. Ordering early will enable us to wear them at the FFL team fundraisers in the Spring as well as to the night of Relay.

TIME TO REGISTER!

2008-09-09T10:25:00.006-04:00

It's time for us to once again register for Friends For LIFE. If you are new to the team WELCOME!! If you have been involved in the past THANK YOU for returning!!
Your team captains (Tracey Homer, Christie Blair and Stephanie Moore) are getting together this week to determine the meeting dates schedule as well as potential fundraisers. We will post all information to this site as well as sending out emails.
Please go to www.cobbrelay.org to register,
there is a $5 registration fee that includes your Relay for Life tee shirt. After October 31st the registration goes up to $10. Anyone who registers during the early bird is put into a drawing for two round trip airline tickets, anywhere that Airtran goes.

The theme this year is
The color of HOPE
Our team theme is
Wings of HOPE
We will be using butterflies to help decorate the campsite with many different cancer colors.
If you have any ideas for fundraisers please contact us, you can click on the gmail link on the upper right hand corner.
THANK YOU!
Here's to a great 2009

Wrap up--Charge Up

2008-08-21T15:35:00.000-04:00

COME OUT AND PLAY AT

ON SEPTEMBER 4th at 5:30 pm

ACS sponsored Wrap up/Charge Up
CELEBRATION
FFL was the Top Fund Raising team for 2008
All team members invited
Way to go Friends!!

Thank you 2008 Captains!

2008-08-21T15:34:00.003-04:00

With our sincere, HEART filled appreaciation,
Friends For LIFE
would like to thank our 2008 captains

Christie Blair
Angela Carley
Stephanie Moore

2008-2009 Transition

2008-08-21T15:25:00.000-04:00

Hi team, it's your captain Tracey. Yes, I took over the team again, and yes I am still the chair of Cobb County. Christie Blair will still be my co-captain, but she has three young ones involved with sports and school--and is also on steering committee with me--so her involvement is as crazy as mine. If you would like to help us as a co-captain, please let me know.

I have quite a bit to discuss with you so listen carefully. :)

1) I will be using the official ACS website to send a majority of the emails (like I am doing today), NOT the Yahoo! account that I have used in the past. This format is MUCH easier for me to use and this year I need all the help I can get. Please visit the FFL blog at http://friendsforliferelay.blogspot.com/ I will post items here after I have sent emails.

2) There will be no October garage sale. I have very few items in my garage and there is a wedding in October that requires some attention. For those of you that do not know Jennie, my co-captain in past years, is getting married on 10-11-08. Therefore, I don't think that I will be able to pull it all together. If this is a BIG problem let me know and maybe we can work something out for a November garage sale. Usually it's warm enough so that shouldn't be a problem. Time and need of things to sell is the problem.

3)PLEASE take note that this site (the Cobb Relay 2008 site) will be shutting down and we will have to re-register for the 2009 year. Registration is set to launch the beginning of September so check back in a couple weeks. There will be an early bird registration discount of $5 before kick off in January. Go ahead and sign up ASAP and you can utilize the end of year donations that folks may need for taxes. We also have a continuous giving tool on the website that allows people to donate on a monthly basis with an auto withdraw system. Instead of a one-time $50 gift you may get 12 months at $10...just a thought.

4) If everyone would PLEASE :) send me an email, and let me know if you are planning on returning to FFL, that would be greatly appreciated. We have dates to set for our meetings but I will email you about that at a later date. The meetings will still be here, at my house, so stay tuned. My email address is the same as always, CKN013@yahoo.com

5) On Thursday night, September 4th, Cobb Relay is having a Wrap up-Charge Up celebration to honor top participants/teams from last year and get us geared up for this coming year. All team members are invited to attend. Please let me know if you can make it when you RSVP to me about your plans to join/not re-join FFL.

As a team we were shy of $60,000 by a couple hundred bucks...close enough in my opinion! Great work team!!! Cobb County stands at $990,000.00 as of this morning. I would think we are going to still be considered a million dollar Relay-and you ALL played a very important role in achieving that goal. Thank you so much for your past and, HOPEFULLY, future involvement in FFL.

Thank you so much!
Tracey Homer
770-924-1971 home
404-406-7422 cell

Friends For LIFE 2008

2008-05-15T08:37:00.001-04:00

Garage Sale Results!

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So the numbers are in! The big FRIENDS raised $1,764 and the little FRIENDS raised $36 from their bake sale. That makes our total $1,800!!!

thank you so much for everyone coming out to help, shop, and donate! And a BIG thank you to Tracey for all her hard work to organize and run the event...THANK YOU!!!

Also, we received $1,000 for having the most items at the silent auction and $1,000 for earning the most money at the silent auction. Thank you to everyone who got items donated and also to Christie for doing such an amazing job organizing the whole event.

Our total amount raised from the silent auction was $3,824!! That is without the $2,000 from the rewards above.

Everyone is doing such a great job...keep up the good work :)

Relay Carnival

2008-04-04T07:57:00.002-04:00

The Tuz and Osborne families have planned a carnival as an individual fundraiser. Please mark you calendars and come out to support these families in their efforts....the kiddos will love it!!

Sunday April 13th - 1:00p to 4:00p
The Tuz and Osborne families
3440 Bracken Ct. (Tuz House)
Chestnut Creek Subdivision

GAMES
Sponge Toss
Jell-O Marble Relay Race
Face Painting/Tattoos
Cake Walk

AMAZING ANIMALS
PICTURES WITH A SUPER HERO
LIVE MUSIC BY NICHOLAS
DANCE LESSONS BY SARAH AND MICHELLE

hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, drinks and snow cones

All proceeds go to our Relay for Life team:
“Friends for Life”

Cash only will be accepted

Spring Garage Sale

2008-03-29T08:57:00.004-04:00

Hey everyone, it's time to clean out your closets for the
5th Annual American Cancer Society Spring Garage and Bake Sale
to benefit the Relay for Life.
We are accepting item donations at 4959 Day Lily Way or pick ups can be arranged.
We will start taking items on April 14th and we will have the sale
April 18th and 19th from 8 am-3 pm.

Silent Auction Thursday Night!

2008-03-21T19:27:00.003-04:00

So today marks 50 days until Relay for Life 2008!! I would like to personally invite you to the Silent Auction next Thursday, March 27 from 6 to 8 pm. The auction will be held at Roswell Street Baptist Church (774 Roswell Street in Marietta) in the Vision Center. We have a wonderful assortment of auction items from Air Tran, Stone Mountain, Woodmont Golf Club, the Atlanta Symphony, Boutier Winery, the Whitlock Inn, Tennessee Aquarium, and more. We hope you'll attend and spread the word to your friends and family, including those who are not already a part of Relay. The tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. The team that brings in the most people to the auction will receive $1,000.00 to their team funds...that's double for us so bring your neighbors and your friends! Our very own Christie Blair has been in charge of the event so come out and see what all she has been able to put together. Chick-fil-a provided the food and there are hundreds of items to bid on, all for a great cause!

Friends for LIFE Shirts

2008-03-15T14:24:00.011-04:00

Before we begin, I want to clarify the 2 different shirts that we are ordering now. One is just for our team members and the other is for a fundraiser...they are 2 different designs!

team shirts - these are the underdog shirts that you will purchase to wear to fundraisers and the night of Relay. The cost is $12.
fundraiser shirts - this is the shirts that we are giving to people if they commit to a $20 donation.

Okay, at our first meeting we asked everyone to commit to getting donations for 10 shirts. This would be a quick and easy way for you to raise $200. We would like to pre-sale the shirts so that we know how many shirts we need and also which sizes. If you would like to commit to this fundraiser, please print out the pre-sale form (attached) and get started!

The deadline for the pre-sales is March 26th. This gives you 2 weeks to find 10 people to give you donations. We need to keep the time frame short so that the people who order the shirts do not have to wait too long to receive them.

Here are some thoughts on this fundraiser:

I would suggest that you word it like this: "If you make a donation of $20, you will receive a FREE t-shirt". Instead of asking them to buy a $20 t-shirt.
Some teammates are suggesting a donation of $25 if they would like for it to be tax deductible.
Long sleeve shirts are available for $2 more.
If they pay by check, just put it in your envelope and hang on to it.
It they pay by cash and it is $25 or more, please fill out a cash receipt so that we have records for tax purposes. If it is $20, just put it in your envelope and hang on to it...you don't need a receipt.
If they want to pay by credit card, you can give them a link to your personal fundraising page. Please make sure you receive their payment before we order their shirt!
You will receive 100% of what you raise. If you get $200 in donations, all $200 will go towards your fundraising goal!!
Feel free to "sell" more than 10 shirts!!

I have attached a file of the design will look like so that you can show people. The image with the design on the shirt is not 100% accurate, I just used that to give you an idea. The design will probably be a little larger across the chest.

Please reply back if you plan on participating in this fundraiser. I have the list of names from the first meeting and would love to have the WHOLE team on the list!! Be creative! Think of co-workers, friends from church, family members...everyone LOVES t-shirts!

Bowling Tournament Pictures

2008-03-10T14:46:00.005-04:00

Bowling Tournament Success!

2008-03-09T11:30:00.002-04:00

A big Thank you to all of the team members that came out support our bowling fund raiser. A huge Thank you to Brandon Richard who envisioned and coordinated the event. The the tournament brought in $550.00 for Friends for LIFE and will be matched dollar for dollar by our anonymous donor. Each of the team members that helped pull this off will receive a portion towards their personal fund raising goals.
Way to go Friends!

Bowling Tournament Details

2008-02-26T15:51:00.004-05:00

Cancer Affects Us All

Join Us on Saturday, March 8th
At Midtown Bowl
1936 Piedmont Circle NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
(404) 874-5703

9 Pin No Tap Tournament
$20 Entry Fee
($15 for those under 18)
ALL proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org

Registration begins at Noon
Bowling starts at 1 PM

Cash prizes, strike pots, 50/50, and raffle!!!

Contact Information:
Brandon Richard
347.409.2595

2008 Cobb County Relay Logo

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Kick-Off Meeting

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The Team Kick-Off Meeting will be held on January 24th at 6:30 pm. Feel free to invite a friend to come along and join the team!

** Remember to register with our team on-line so that you will be credited for you donations!! **

A BIG Thank You

2007-11-12T09:51:00.000-05:00

A BIG Thank You goes out to the following consultants for donating their time and commission to our fight against cancer. Please keep these consultants in mind when your are looking to purchase any of these products in the future or if you are interested in hosting a party at your home.

Patrice Binns - Usborne Books
Christie Blair - Pampered Chef and Mary Kay
Alison Nay - Taste of Home Entertaining
Diana Cooke - Creative Memories
Bekki Sulliven - Creative Memories
Kathleen Amsterdam - Tupperware
Kimberly Hunt - Partylite Candles
Marilyn Davis - Posh Designs by Marilyn
Shayna Peiken - Jilly Jewels

Home Show Open House Flyer

2007-10-26T22:18:00.001-04:00

click on the flyer to view the details. print them out, pass them out...spread the word!!

There's No Need to Fear...A Cure is Near!!

2007-10-02T08:02:00.000-04:00

2007 Wrap-Up Meeting

2007-10-01T08:42:00.000-04:00

Fall Garage Sale

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trying to pass the time...and let out any frustrations!

the younger Friends pitch in

2007 Wrap-Up

2007-09-28T08:16:00.000-04:00

Last night the ACS had the 2007 Relay Wrap-Up. Here are some of the stats:

Cobb County raised just over ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!
We are the 4th largest Relay in the nation - one of only 5 to raise a million!
Raised $177,616 online - 10th in the country!
One of only 42 counties in the US that raised one million dollars!

We also had a few individual awards handed out:

Individuals that raised the most online - 2nd place, raising $3,055 online, is Ty Harvey!
Overall individual fundraisers - in 3rd place, raising $5,176, is Jennie Harvey and in 1st place, raising $6,040, is Christie Blair!!
We also had MANY team member receive their grand club shirts for raising at least $1,000!

Now for the Friends for LIFE stats:

We received an All-Star Award at the Diamond Level (which means that we raised an average of $1,000-$1,999 per team member).
We also received our 1st place (Top Ten Team) Award and our name will be printed on the back of the 2008 T-shirts...AGAIN!!

Friends for LIFE amazing list of accomplishments for this year:

5th highest fundraising team in the Metro Atlanta Region!
13th highest fundraising team in the South Atlantic Division (Georgia to Delaware - 6 states and the District of Columbia)!!
50th highest fundraising team in the ENTIRE United States!!!
#1 Cobb County Friends and Family team and #1 overall...raising $57,421!!!!!

Oh yeah, and my personal favorite....we were called "the machine that is Friends for LIFE" by the chairs of the event. I could get used to that :)

Wow!! What an amazing year! You should be so proud of yourself, of our team, and of the county! Let's make this year even more unbelievable!

** The garage sale pictures will be posted soon (I just got them last night). **

garage sale recap

2007-09-22T19:39:00.000-04:00

our fall garage sale was a great success with a grand total of $1,330!!! that is a great way to kick-off the year. the "younger Friends" set-up a stand and sold cookies and lemonade to contribute to our overall total. they raked in $25.50...great job guys!!! we had a great time this weekend and we are really looking forward to out next fundraiser :) a big thanks to everyone who donated and to everyone that came out to work!

check back for pictures from the weekend (which include your Friends and a fur coat, a sledge hammer, and some exercise equipment...yes, it was an interesting weekend)!

also, don't forget to RSVP by tuesday for the wrap-up on thursday...hope to see you there!

Fall Garage Sale - September 21-22

2007-09-04T22:22:00.000-04:00

Our first fundraiser this Relay season will be our fall garage sale on Friday, September 21st and Saturday, September 22nd at Tracey's house. We will be around from 8 am until 3 pm.

Please price your items and get them to Tracey's no later than Wednesday the 19th!!

New Season Soon!

2007-08-16T08:23:00.000-04:00

The new Relay season begins September 1st. Check back for more information about the Friends for LIFE kick-off party and details about the fall garage sale in September. Start setting aside your stuff to sell!!

Directions to Bike Ride

2007-06-22T08:00:00.001-04:00

Double Vision is on the corner of Hwy 120 (Dallas Hwy) and Atlanta Hwy. It is one light past Hardy Chevrolet on Hwy 120 if you are traveling West.

When you get to the intersection you will turn Right and Double Vision is immediately on your left. There is a strip center with a Napa in it and Double Vision sits next to the road in front of the strip center.

The address is 3716 Atlanta Hwy if people want to mapquest it from their location.

From Kennesaw I would take Kennesaw Due West to Mars Hill and turn left. Go to Hwy 120 and turn right. Take 120 to Atlanta Hwy and turn right

Friends Update

2007-06-18T17:45:00.000-04:00

Hi Team,
Just a reminder that we have the bike ride THIS Sunday. If you have already responded that you can help, we will see you there. If you can bring a cooler, please bring it with ice inside. If you said you could bring a table, please pack that as well. You may want to throw a couple of those bag type chairs in your car to sit on, not sure what we will have available at the stops etc. Also, PLEASE wear your red team shirt so that we all match and folks know that we are the ones running the Ride. We are all meeting at Double Vision, and then people may go to the water stops from there. We need help setting up and we also need to make sure that we have all bases covered with helpers before we "dispatch".

12:00 arrive to set up
1:00 registration begins
2:00 ride begins
4:30+ riders arrive back at Double Vision
food will be served when we arrive back
raffle prizes will be awarded while people are eating...probably about a half hour to an hour...
People are welcome to stay as long as they want

I also wanted to take a second to thank you for being such a wonderful team. As many of you already know, Jennie and I are moving onto the Steering Committee to help the ACS run the actual Relay. I am actually going to be the co-chair of the event and Jen will be on one of the committees. Christie will stay on as a captain and Jennie's two sisters; Angie and Stephanie have graciously offered to step up to help Christie run the team. Jennie and I wanted to make sure you were all in "good" hands before we moved over, so we are confident that the team will be even better then ever. Meetings will still be at my house and so will the garage sales. You may still hear from me occasionally via email so watch out!

I am looking forward to this Ride for Relay, I am so thankful for all the hard work that has gone into this from Angie N., Angie C., Jennifer H., Stephanie M. and many others. You all have done a tremendous amount of work to get this ready and I really hope it does well!

See you Sunday!
Tracey

Scrapbook Fundraiser

2007-06-14T06:39:00.001-04:00

I just wanted to let you know that I am cancelling the scrapbook fundraiser scheduled for July 21st. I made this decision for a couple reasons. There has not been a good response, and I fell and injured my knee and don't feel like I can continue with it at this time. I would love to try it again some time in the future.
Thank you,
Stacey :o)

FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!

2007-06-05T19:40:00.000-04:00

Hey Team!

GUESS WHAT?!?!?! We have broken $50,000.00 this year!!!!!! Last night another donation came in for $1,000.00 and that pushed us over the $50 K mark!!! Awesome job and way to go, SUPER!

Wanted to again remind you of the Bike Ride on the 24th of June. This is a Sunday, and you should have all the info you need about this. If you have any questions please contact me. We could always use volunteers to help with handing out water, registration, ACS give aways and Raffle items. If you have anything that you would like to donate as a raffle items, please let us know. Please remember that these folks are on motorcycles so no large items (no way to get them home)...gift certificates and small items are great. THANK YOU!!

Also a reminder of the scrap booking fundraiser, see the flier below.Enjoy your summer, and see you on the 24th!

Relay for Life 2007

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2007 Pictures

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Please send any 2007 Relay Pictures that you have to friendsforliferelay@gmail.com.

Thanks :)

Ride For Relay Flyer

2007-05-06T13:52:00.000-04:00

New Pictures

2007-04-29T15:38:00.000-04:00

There are new pictures up of Friends For LIFE and the past Relays....you can really see how we have grown!!! Scroll down to the bottom and check them out!

If you have any pictures you want to share with us, please send them to friendsforliferelay@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Saturday Relay Update

2007-04-28T09:13:00.000-04:00

Hello Team!

Two weeks from now we will be so tired! Hard to believe that in just a few days we will have had our 2007 Relay. I wanted to give you an update from last nights meeting. I would like to thank the 22 people that came over to decorate luminary's and to turn in money. We made over 115 Luminary's so our camp will have lots of candle light. This also means that we will need plenty of people on the luminary committee (these folks fill the luminary's with sand and a candle on site and help arrange them in front of our campsite).

We have awesome news about the breakfast...Diane Grimsley was able to get 6 cases of breakfast sandwiches to sell in the wee hours. This is excellent news since John's and Jack's will not be there. Thank you Diane!!! We will start selling Pizza around 5 pm, hot drinks around midnight and breakfast/juice around 4 am. We are working with Publix to try and get some drinks for free. I will keep you posted.

I have even more good news. The Motorcycle Ride committee has been working really hard to get sponsors, water stops scheduled and routes planned. They have been working really hard behind the scenes and is slowly seems to be pulling together. I got this from Jen Hewett last night:
I got word today from the electric co-op (GreyStonePower) that they will allow their Paulding office tobe the water/restroom stop on our Relay Ride. They don't normally do things like this, but because they had such a super relationship with Ty Harvey (and as they said, because he was who he was!), they agreed it would be a good fit. Guys, I will try and get us some extra press in the magazine as well for the Ride. (Especially now that there is an EMC connection to sweeten the deal!)

This is fantastic news, plus a little publicity...great work bike crew! I know that they would love for me to ask you to consider helping with little details for the bike ride. We will need things like giveaways, more sponsors, advertising etc. The ride will be on June 24th, it's a Sunday. You don't need to be there to help out. Most of the help they need is in the next couple ofweeks getting things nailed down. If you would be willing to help, please send me an
email.

We will be getting the relay shirts and the red team shirts before Relay but we will hand all of them out on the night of relay. This will be much easier to control to make sure everyone gets their shirts and also decreases the chance of it being left at home by mistake.

I have Pampered Chef stuff for Jen Hewett, Angie Nails, Helen DuVall, and Karen Davis. I also have an order for a Kimberly Aquino...I do not know this person, so if you do, please let me know. I will try to get with you to schedule a pick up or else I will bring it to Relay.

Last night we also had the sign ups for the on site committees and for the list of items to bring the night of. Alright, are you ready for the EXCELLENT news? We collected $2,860.02 last night, plus the $725 from people who couldn't make it...added to our on line totals, we are at $16,277.47!!! First place is at $16,095.00 as of this morning. So technically we are in first going into bank night. A matching check of $17,000 has already been sent in the hopes of it being deposited before Relay night. Our total is now at $33,277.47!!! We need to raise $1,000.00 more dollars to be over $100,000.00 in four years.

Thank you all, this wouldn't be possible with out you!!! We still have on site fundraising and the Ride for Relay in June, so I am certain that we will reach our goal.

Thanks for all you are doing! We will let you know what campsite we have chosen when we go for bank night on Thursday.

The Younger FRIENDS!

2007-04-27T23:28:00.000-04:00

Our Luminary Decorating Entertainment...

Number Two!

2007-04-23T15:57:00.000-04:00

Hi Friends!!

We are in second place online!!! Way to go team. We still have $1500.00 yet to be posted to our site. We are also waiting for a check from the Pampered Chef Party, we made $350.00 from that fundraiser!!! Also, go to the site and check out our very own Christie Blair who is currently top individual fundraiser, awesome!

Also wanted to let you know that you may come over Friday anytime, but I know some people will start coming around 5 pm. We will have some food & drinks as usual. I will also have more kids friendly stuff since quite a few little people will be in attendance. Bring your list of luminarys to make. If you don't have any of your own to make please come and help those who have really long lists. Thank you for all you continually do to help win the fight.

Team Update

2007-04-20T17:15:00.000-04:00

Morning Team!

Last night we had a captains meeting and I wanted to go over some things with you.

First we were recognized as TOP FUNDRAISING TEAM from the auction. We kind of already knew that, but it was still really great to hear. We also received $500 from the ACS for bringing so many people to the auction. We were in second place, Sedalia Park Elementary bought in the most so they got $1,000.00. That is one reason why ticket sales are so important. Thank you to all that came out to the auction!!!

We may have some more people joining the team, we are working on mentoring another team who's captain got sick with her new round of chemo, so they may need to come under our wing. This is their first year and that makes it tough in itself. Hopefully they will agree to come with us and we can help them out. It will add about 13 more people to the team. Last night it was mentioned that we mayget 1 site for every 10 people instead of 1 for every 15. ACS will get back to us on that.

We did have someone volunteer to be our "Giggles the Gorilla" for the night of Relay. THANK YOU to Cory Grimsley for stepping up to do this. Mr./Ms. Relay is one of the most fun activities the night of, I just need to remember the bribes for the judges...

They did mention that there will be a Survivor Pancake breakfast. We had this in the past, before the days of John and Jack's, so I think we should still go ahead with doing breakfast. The years that the ACS did it were the ones were we had made mental notes that we should have done something for breakfast as well. What we had made us so woozy, Pillsbury biscuits cut up and thrown in a fryer, rolled in sugar. It sound good, we thought so too, but it sits like a lead weight at 4 am. So we are trying to get maybe some muffins and maybe something like we had last year~pastries and bacon, egg & cheese; sausage, egg and cheese, etc. THANK YOU to Diane Grimsley...she was able to get coffee, cocoa, cups, lids, cream &sugars donated. AWESOME! We also have two large coffee makers that we will use on site, one for coffee, one for cocoa. We should be pretty popular around 4am when the chills set in...

We got the design in for the tee shirts. I hope to wrap that up today and get the shirts ordered. THANK YOU to the Carley's-- Joe's brother designed the shirts. We are thinking about designing a logo for Friends for LIFE...boy are we getting fancy or what?!?

In the next few emails I will go over some housekeeping for the night of. The information that comes to us as captains is available to all of you this year on the Kintera, http://www.cobbrelay.org/, site. If there is anything you need, look here. They are also asking people to write about why they relay. There is a big section for that on the homepage for kintera.

We are less then a month away. Relay will be here before we know it, but now is crunch time for getting details worked out. I will be increasing my emails as important things pop up that you need to be aware of.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the luminary party (bring your money to turn in) next Friday the 27th. I will be home, so come whenever~after work, after dinner, after the kids go to bed. Kids are invited though so don't let the last thing stop you from coming and having a good time with team members. Use this chance to get to know your fellow Friends before the night of. If you cannot make it then we will see you TWO weeks after that for Relay!!! Please, please, please try to stay all night long. The entire point of relay is to stay the whole night. I have a poem about this that I may send later (hand is starting to hurt from typing) about why we relay all night long, what is the significance and though it's not easy..there is a point to it. Plus I need folks to help with breakfast duty and for tear down. Closing ceremony is neat too when we get to hear names called out ( hopefully ours will be one that get recognized for oodles of things) for top fundraising teams, top individuals, grand club members, campsite decoration awards, trivia winners, team spirit etc.

OK, that's enough. Tune in next week for "8 Rules Set by the ACS for the night of Relay" and other exciting topics like "Committee Sign-ups" and "Sign-ups for items to bring to relay". You don't want to miss it. This has been your host, Tracey...until then~ keep workin' ! We're so close to number one overall~ before matching.

Update

2007-04-17T07:48:00.000-04:00

The Pampered Chef closes out today. If you have not done your order, and plan to do so, you have until tonight to get it in. www.pamperedchef.biz/lynntaylor click on "order products" and search for "Relay for Life".

We are finishing up the tee shirt design and hope to get those ordered in the next day or so. If you have not told me your tee shirt size, you will not get a shirt. These are the red shirts that we will wear the night of as our team shirts, and will stand out from the free white tee shirts that the ACS provides for all walkers. I have not heard from these people: (the last names were removed to protect the forgetful)

Brandon
Colleen
Helen
Isabelle & Michelle
Jeannine
Jennifer
Kelli
Nancy,Sarah & Nicholas
Stacey
Stephanie T.
Susan William

We got confirmation on the Papa Johns Pizza for the night of. They will be sending out their "Pizza Mobile" (they called it a trailer...) to be onsite. This trailer does not make pizzas, it just stores them and keeps them warm. It does open up to serve the pizzas and serves as a nice attention getter seeing as it is about 15 feet long. Papa Johns is giving us plates and napkins which saves us money and we are getting the pizzas for $6 each and we can charge what we want. If we charge $2/slice we will make $10 per pizza. I was hoping to get the pizzas for free, but it should still do well. They are giving us over 50% so we are happy about that. We will just have to keep an eye on the pizza supply and order fresh when it is running low. We will have cheese, pepperoni, sausage and pepperoni/sausage. Since it is just slice and serve we will need folks to volunteer to hand out pizzas.

We will have sign ups for committees that I will send out soon: (set up & tear down~need lots of help since I broke my arm and can't lift anything, Pizzas, decorating the site, luminary bags (filling and placement of luminarys), face painting/tattoos, lap bead sales, Mr & Mrs Relay (need someone to wear the gorilla costume), breakfast (we are working on getting coccoa, coffee and food for breakfast since John & Jacks pancake shack will not be there. This could be a big money maker since there are usually very few teams that do breakfast items) and finally, advertising (put flyers for our campsite on the back of restroom doors and hand out on track).** We also need to have at least 1 person on the track at all times. I will get that list done next week for the Luminary Decorating Party. I will put the list on email after that to make sure it gets filled. If everyone does a little, then no one does alot.

I think that is all for now.

Car Bash 2007

2007-04-07T10:26:00.000-04:00

Relay

2007-03-29T15:51:00.000-04:00

Hi All,

I forgot one of the most important things this morning. We are trying to get a bike ride off the ground. "1st Annual Ride for Relay"...We were going to sideline this, but one of our team mates found 160 bikers that would be willing to do this...at $35-$50 a person we cannot turn this down. We may have someone who would be willing do donate tee shirts for this event. In light of what is going on with Ty, the captains cannot take on any other responsibilities. Angie Nails has very graciously volunteered to head this up. The date is to be determined by Angie and her committee. If you would like to be on her committe please email her: a.nails@seagullfloors.com

WOW!!! I have been attacked by emails this morning! Here is the website for the Pampered Chef, kudos to all of you who want to take advantage of this fundraiser. I really think it will be one of the easiest we have ever done. I seriously have never ordered a Pampered Chef product that I was unhappy with. The fundraiser will end 4-19-07. Here is what you need to know:
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/lynntayloron the bottom left it says "Order Products"Click on that buttonIt will take you to a search site--enter either Relay for Life for the organization OR Homer for my last name. That's it! How simple is that?!?! Items can be shipped to me for a flat rate of $4 I believe. If you pay a few dollars more it can be shipped to your home. Thank you to all of you that jumped on this opportunity.

Here are just a few items we have set up for the auction:
Location
Item Description
Cobblestone Golf Course
Foursome Green Fees
Hooch Golf Club
Foursome Green Fees
Hooters-Corporate
Hooters Gift Basket
Hooters-Cumberland
3 Hooters Girl Shirts - Large
Hooters-Cumberland
Hooters Girl Shirt - Medium
Hooters-Cumberland
Hooters Girl Shirt - Medium
Hooters-Cumberland
Hooters Girl Shirt - Small
Hooters-Cumberland
Hooters Girl Shirt - Small
Hooters-Cumberland
Hooters Girl Shirt - Small
Hooters-Kennesaw
All you can eat wings for 10
Hooters-Kennesaw
All you can eat wings for 10
Reunion Golf Club
Foursome Green Fees
14th St Playhouse
2 Tickets "Respect - A Musical Journey of Women"
Agatha's - A Taste of Mystery
Dinner for Two
Barnsley Gardens Resort
Round of Golf for 4 at "The General"
Bob Steele Salon
$50 Gift Card
Chattahoochee Nature Center
Family of 4 Passes
Chattahoochee Nature Center
Family of 4 Passes
Chattahoochee Nature Center
Family of 4 Passes
Chattahoochee Nature Center
Family of 4 Passes
CNN
2 Tickets Inside CNN Atlanta Studio Tour
Cobblestone Golf Course
Two Green Fees
Embassy Suites-Centennial Park
1 Weekend Night Stay w/ reception & breakfast for 2
Funny Farm
4 VIP Passes
High Museum of Art
1 Family Membership
Plantation Golf Club
4 Rounds of Golf including cart and fees
Shakespeare Tavern
2 box seat tickets
Tennessee Aquarium
4 VIP Passes
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments BA II Plus, Financial Calculator
Theatre in the Square
2 Tickets
Whitlock Inn
1 Night Accomodations
World of Coca-Cola
4 Tickets to World of Coca Cola
World of Coca-Cola
4 Tickets to World of Coca Cola
Melting Pot
$50 Gift Certificate
Melting Pot
$50 Gift Certificate
Fernbank
2 Museum Admission Passes
Zoo Atlanta
4 Admission Tickets
Creative Discovery Museum
4 Tickets to Creative Discovery Museum
Stone Mountain
4 - One Single-Day All Attraction Passes
Boutier Winery
Wine Tasting Gift Cert & Personalized Bottle Wine
Boutier Winery
Wine Tasting Gift Cert & Personalized Bottle Wine
Pump It Up!
Gift Basket
Escalade Rock Climbing Gym
Family of 4 Passes
Escalade Rock Climbing Gym
Family of 4 Passes
Booth Western Art Museum
Print - To Catch A Mountain
Booth Western Art Museum
Print - Border Tales
Atlanta Symphony
2 Passes
Build A Bear
$10 Bear Bucks
Girl Scout Cookies
Girl Scout Cookies Basket - 8 boxes of cookies
City Club of Marietta
Round of Golf
Bradshaw Farms
Round of Golf
Omni Hotel
1 Night Accomodations
Lawnsmith Inc
6 flats of flowers professionally installed
Arrow Exterminators
1 year free pest control
Kiwi Salon
$125 Services only valid w/ Shelby Foreman
Teeth Whitening
UGA Wheaties Box signed by Mark Richt
Collectors Edition Betty Crocker Monopoly Game
Cherokee Cattle Company
Cherokee Cattle Company gift card & coozie

Team Business

2007-03-20T08:26:00.000-04:00

Good Morning Everyone,

Instead of the wash we are going to have a Pampered Chef Party. The actual party will be the 12th of April. That is a Thursday night and we can do a little bit of quick business first and then enjoy the kitchen show. This is an AWESOME opportunity for our team--We are going to receive 25% of the sales from now until we close out the party on April 19th. Lynn Taylor the representative has VERY graciously donated her commission for the party to go to friends for life, and Pampered Chef is giving us the rest. 25% is an excellent way to add money to our team total. ANYONE can purchase from us, they can go to the website and order. It can be shipped right to their door so your Grandma in Iowa can help the team by buying stuff for her home. What a great deal!!! Please take advantage of this fundraiser, all you have to do is send the website to your friends and family in your address books and that's it! I will send another email with the details later.

We are set for the auction with over $4,000 in retail prices for our items. I am looking forward to this night, it is a wonderful auction and I cannot wait to see what the other teams have donated.

The garage sale is this weekend on Friday and Saturday at my house from 8-3 each day.

For the night of Relay we are trying to get Papa John's to come in and help us, more on that later.

The car bash is still trying to get off the ground, we are still waiting to hear back from the Big Shanty Festival people.

Friends For LIFE 2006

2006-05-13T23:28:00.000-04:00

Relay For Life 2006

2006-05-13T15:29:00.000-04:00

Friends For LIFE 2005

2005-05-14T17:22:00.000-04:00

Relay For Life 2005

2005-05-14T15:10:00.000-04:00

Friends For LIFE 2004

2004-05-08T16:14:00.000-04:00

Relay For Life 2004

2004-05-08T15:02:00.000-04:00