Elkton Relay for Life Pears Up with Johnsonville

This is a sponsored post on behalf of Global Influence Network and Johnsonville. All opinions are my own.

I just found one of the coolest and easiest ways to earn money or money towards apparel for a group! This morning while I was watching Doc McStuffins, I created a page for our Elkton Relay for Life to earn sponsorship of shirts!

Our Elkton Relay for Life event doesn’t take place until May, but we have the entire year to fundraise. Relay For Life is an overnight event for The American Cancer Society. The event celebrates those who have fought cancer and won, remember those who have lost the fight, and supports those still fighting the disease. Elkton Relay for Life's goal for our 2015 event is $150,000! We’ve just really started to kick off for 2015 and what a better way to kick off than to get some awesome shirts to spread the news!

Relay for Life Update

We’re two weeks out from our Relay for Life Event! It’s been fun (and crazy) getting it planned, but it will all come together. I’m on the committee this year, so seeing how it all works from the inside has been interesting and it’s always neat to help plan something so awesome!

My Relay for Life team this year, Circle of Hope, has raised about $1600 so far. We’ve done a couple bake sales, a bowling tournament, an Origami Owl party, and some other fundraisers. Something we decided to try this year is a pretty baby contest that we’re calling Pretty Little Relayer!

Who doesn’t love a pretty baby contest?!? We’re hoping to get a good turn out, see bunches of cute kiddos, and raise money for the American Cancer Society.

I’ve raised a little over $200 right now, but my goal is $300. If you’d like to donate, please visit my Relay for Life Donation page.

For the Relay for Life big event, I’m currently working on a slideshow that will play during the Luminaria ceremony. People have been sending me pictures to put in the slideshow that will be in honor of or in memory of a loved one. This is something new to our local Relay for Life event and everyone is loving the idea! When it’s complete, I’ll share it here so everyone can see.

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Relay for Life Kick-off

We had our kick-off event for Relay for Life today. I started Relay because of my mom, but I Relay now for my kids. My mom is a 13 year breast cancer survivor. I keep Relaying in support of her and in support of finding a cure for the future.

Some quick facts about cancer:

1,665,540: The number of new cancer cases expected to be diagnosed in 2014.

585,720: The number of Americans expected to die of cancer in 2014, about 1,600 people per day.

1 in 235: The number of children who will be diagnosed with cancer before age 20. A total of 15,780 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in children and adolescents in 2014.

For more of these facts, visit the American Cancer Society.