15 Days Left!

We were incredibly busy on Thursday and Friday of last week, getting ready for Relay for Life. On Thursday, we baked brownies for Family Movie Night and made some phone calls to wrap up more fundraising plans. A very cool thing that happened tonight was a lady calling to ask if she could donate a basket to the Relay for Life Silent "Auction" Raffle. Of course, we said YES!

On Friday, we were a little disappointed that we didn't pack the auditorium for Family Movie Night, but everyone who came said they had a lot of fun, and we had fun, too. We are definitely planning to hold this event again. Here's a little slideshow of what we were up to this week:

Run Against Cancer

We raised $106 for our Relay for Life team at our first-ever Run Against Cancer. We didn't have a huge turnout, but we did have fun :)

RAC

Well, we skipped one meeting (because of parent-teacher conferences), but we sure made up for lost time--We are planning a 5K walk/run to raise money for our Relay for Life team. We're calling it the Run Against Cancer, so that's where "RAC" comes from. It's going to take place on Tuesday, November 15th. We have a LOT to do  before then--It's exciting, but also a little stressful. It's a good thing everyone has so much enthusiasm.

Relay Success!

Our hard work paid off! Today was the Relay for Life, and we made a BIG difference! More on that later, but here's our journey...

First, on Friday, we finished pulling our Relay raffle offering.  Allison made the centerpiece of our gift; the awesome Diaper Cake!

We also finished up our penny war and counted a lot of the money by hand....

Our team effort really paid off--The penny war raised just over $400! That wasn't all, though; all in all, we raised a WHOPPING $2225.00!!!!

Not everyone was able to make it to the Relay itself (musical rehearsal was also taking place across the street), but we had an excellent showing and a really great day. Stay tuned for more about our Relay for Life experiences.

Relay Raffle

Well, we're not quite up to $3000, but we have raised a lot of money so far--$445!  That doesn't include the penny drive money from next week at the middle school, and some more money that teachers donated for the "casual dress" privilege.  We are also having a 50/50 raffle at the community band concert tonight!  Also tonight, a special donor who paid for our relay registration came to talk to us about why she feels so strongly about supporting her community and the fight against cancer.  She complimented us on the difference we are making, and that felt great.

update: Here's a photo from the raffle tonight at the concert:    

What a great feeling! We raised $76 in the raffle, and the winner gave most of her winnings back to us!  Right now, our total amount raised so far is $552!!!

Penny Drive!

Next week, we're kicking off a penny drive to benefit Relay for Life! We are already 10% of the way to our goal to raise $3000 to help fight cancer.

To donate on our relay page, click here.