The Grand Island Relay for Life Team
“The Record Breakers featuring The Polka Dot Chix” will be fundraising at Bally Total Fitness on Sunday, March 9th at
2:00 p.m. The "bootcamp" features one hour and a half of working out with Tricia, a basket raffle and door prize. Everyone is welcome!
For more information check out the flyer.
Letter From Honorary Survivor - January 2008
Grand Island Relay For Life Honorary Survivor Lisa Dudley has written to tell you her
story. For her story of hope and great spirit, see "letter" and read about her
journey as a survivor.
Sunset Tent at Relay For Life 2008 - January 2008
Team “Record Breakers featuring The Polka Dot Chix” is sponsoring the Second Annual Sunset Tent where you may honor the life of someone lost to cancer. During the Relay, participants will be able to walk through the tent and view pictures of loved ones and friends that have been lost to this terrible disease. From the picture that you provide (any size is fine), a new 4 x 6 picture with the name, date of birth (sunrise) and date of passing (sunset) will be listed. The cost is $5.00. For more information, go to the Form.
Grand Island Relay For Life Kick-Off Tuesday, February 12th - January 2008
Hopefully you're in the planning stages of getting your teams together. The 2008 Grand Island Relay For Life website is now up and running. You can go to the Grand Island Relay site to register your team before the Kick-Off on Tuesday, February 12th at 7:00 p.m. at Grand Island High School's large cafeteria. If you have any trouble with your registration, there will be committee members on hand to help you with it. The Kick-Off, as always, will be filled with information, suggestions for fundraising, music, inspiration from this year's honorary survivor, Lisa Dudley, and a chance to win prizes. The Relay hopes to enlist more teams than last year in the fight to raise money to fight cancer.
Register For Relay Now! - December 2007
The 2008 Grand Island Relay For Life website is now up and running. Go to the Grand Island Relay
site to register your team. Relay 2008 Kick-Off is scheduled for February 12, 2008. Below is the list of meetings
Meeting Dates for the 2008 Relay
Feb. 12 5:30 Large Cafe-Committee
7:00 Kick-off Large Cafe
March 12 6:00 Large Cafe-Committee
7:00 Large Cafe-Team Captains
April 8 6:00 Large Cafe-Committee
7:00 Large Cafe-Team Captains
May 6 6:00 Large Cafe-Committee
7:00 Large Cafe-Team Captains
May 27 6:00 Large Cafe-Committee
7:00 Large Cafe-Team Captains-Final bank night and tee shirt distribution
June 6 RELAY
Isle Relay Members Attend Eastern Division Leadership Conference - November 2007
Conference courtyard
High school physical education teacher and Relay For Life committee member Daneen Gallagher and SRP team member Colleen O'Donnell recently attended the Eastern Division Leadership Conference for Relay for Life. The weekend event was held in Albany, NY and consisted of the NY and NJ area Relays and numbered about 400 people.
Friday evening consisted of a Survivor Ceremony, a Luminaria Ceremony, a game of Healthy Twister and a poster competition between the local Relays. The Western NY Zone was well represented with about 15 participants. The theme of the entire weekend was "Superheros." This year's Relay slogan is "Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back."
The Mission of the American Cancer Society is always at the forefront of its gatherings and was emphasized at the conference; "The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service."
The participants attended many different sessions on Saturday including Community Based Marketing, Planning for Growth, Fight Back through Mission, and Hope Starts Here. It was a wonderful weekend, full of information, dedicated and outgoing people, and ideas to make the Grand Island Relay for Life, being held on June 6th and 7th, the best GI Relay ever!
Relay For Life 2008 Announcement - November 2007
The 2008 Grand Island Relay For Life committee is proud to announce that this year's Relay, themed "Team Up For A Cure," will be held at Masters Field behind the Grand Island High School on Friday evening, June 6, 2008. The honorary survivor chosen for 2008 is Mrs. Lisa Dudley. Lisa, along with her husband, Mike, grew up on Grand Island and except for a five-year period early in their marriage, has been here ever since. Lisa and Mike have two children, Kara, age 15 and Eric, age 10. Now breast cancer free, Lisa is a two-year survivor and is looking forward to being a big part of Grand Island's Relay For Life 2008. Mary Dunbar-Daluisio and Supervisor Peter McMahon are back as co-chairs for the Relay and everyone on the committee is looking forward to a successful year.
