2008 Hope

The HOPE display at Relay 2008. Dennis did a GREAT job!

Tent Site is Ready

New Team Shirt for 2008

We discussed a new t-shirt for the 2008 Relay and decided we would make this years shirt in honor of Jason. The shirt will be red (Jason's favorite color) and it will have a yellow star that says "In Honor and Memory of Jason Santore".

We will be selling the shirts for $12 dollars and orders will be taken at the Relay. If I receive your order by tomorrow, August 8th, I will be able to have it done by Sunday and you can have it to wear during the last day of relay. If you order at the Relay, we will have it to you in a couple of days.

Oakbrook Favorites Fundraiser

We will be doing a fundraiser through Oakbrook Fundraising. There are 35 different products including frozen pizzas, Auntie Annes Pretzels, magazines, cookies, and more. We will be collecting money at the time the orders are taken.

There is a profit scale that determines how much we will make.
200+ Units = $5 per unit
150+ Units = $4.25 per unit
100+ Units = $3 per unit
50+ Units = $3 per unit and I have to pick them up.

The starting date for the fundraiser will be August 13.
The ending date will be September 3.
The products will be delivered on September 20.

We will make every effort to have the orders to the sellers the same day or the following day. It will be the responsibility of the sellers to destribute the merchandise to the customers.

There is no upfront cost for the team. Orders will not be placed for people who have not paid by the ending date: NO exceptions!

Raffles at Relay 2008

Since our Back-to-School and Back-to-College baskets did so great last year, the team decided to run similar raffles this year. We went to Wal-Mart last night and bought the products that you can see in the pictures below. We will be charging 1 dollar for a chance or 5 dollars for 8 chances. Each basket has about 30 dollars worth of merchandise. Jessica is making two blankets with the fabric shown below that we will also be raffling off.

Path to the stars

As discussed, we painted the pathway that will lead to the giant star at our relay site. After discussing it with some team members yesterday, we decided to make the path a stream with cement stones. We made it look like little kids wrote on each stone just as they do with their initials after helping someone pour cement. We wrote "Remember", "Celebrate", and "Fight Back", which is Relay for Life's slogan.

The Sky is Done!

The sky is finished! Amber and John worked diligently to get them completed before Relay. There is another mirror image of this board that will go on the other end of the tent site.

Site Progress

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The stars and clouds are coming along really nice. They should be finished by the end of today. The little stars are already done. All we need to finish is the poem and the path.