A Guide to the Teams R Us Events in 2012

the 2012 Special Events Committee presents..

A Guide to the Teams R Us Events in 2012

The Teams R Us Committee is happy to present the 2012 list of MULTI-TEAM events. As the season progresses and in the midst of individual team fundraising, it is this committees goal to  give the teams an opportunity to come together as one GIANT team, have fun and still raise donations for their own team kiosk.  The Teams R Us Committee, lead by SHAYLA JURAN, will send a notice to the Mentors Group and Captains group with enough advanced notice, prior to each event, to allow teams time to respond,  if they wish to participate.

NOTE:  If you would like to suggest a Teams R Us idea or are organizing a fun project you'd like to include all the teams in, please IM SHAYLA JURAN or drop a notecard in the suggestion box at the Teams R Us display at ACS island.

 Teams R Us display at ACS Island Warehouse

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~ May 4-5:  May Day Celebration  ~  A  Medievel Country Fair !

May Day returns for its second year with Teams Area Chair, PrettyKitty Gumbo coordinating this fun festival again this year with lots of help from the awesome Green Collinwood and Calumn Tolsen.

Contact Person: PrettyKitty Gumbo

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~ May 19-28 ~ Teams R Us  @ Home Expo!

Build your amazing products for Relay and sell them from Team Vendors at the 5th Annual Home & Garden Expo!  Teams will have their own shopping area where they will be able to set up vendors and a team display, house team parties and more!

Contact Person: Shayla Juran and Nikki Mathieson

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~ May 12-20 ~ Paint SL Purple

RFL of SL will again present, Paint SL Purple, on May 12-20, 2012.  Based on the American Cancer Society's Paint the Town Purple event, Paint SL Purple is the annual event that helps make those around the SL grid aware of Relay For Life and its mission.  A paint bucket of purple textures and items will be available.  A sky dome with a purple theme will  be available during this week for teams to use for fundraising events and parties.  

Contact Person: Blossum Bluebird.

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~ June 22-24 ~ 6th Annual Back to the 50's Weekend

  Relay teams will be afforded many opportunities to add lindens to their kiosks by having fun with  one or more of the many venues at this 50's style amusement park and Main Street.   There will be rides, kissing booth, dunk booth, bull riding, raffle ball, carnival games, sock hops, drive-in movies, classic car contest, roller skating rink and jail and bail for teams to run .   Team shops will also be available.   All this weekend needs is your team! 

Contact person: Shayla Juran

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~ July 14-15 ~ Teams R Us  @ Relay Weekend 
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Lots and lots

Well our Relay For Life of Second Life Kick Off weekend started with a bang!

In under 34 hours these Relay fanatics, which includes yours truly, beat our 2nd season total of $41,000 and is currently at $47,700. Impressed and in awe of the passion you bring to Relay.

The Kick Off ceremonies on Saturday were simply inspiring and very touching. From the presentation of our history and the people that launched this chapter of Relay For Life of Second Life and how from our meager begins right up to our recent efforts. I was, like most, blown away with an OMG moment, when told that in 2011, Relay For Life of Second Life ranked 51st of all the Relay For Life under the Relay For Life banner. 

Without spilling the beans, our Pippa Rexden to up the mic, and to say we were moved, would be a grossly understatement of epic proportions. The reason I don't wish to "spill the beans" is we have a video in post production as I write covering our Kick Off Ceremonies, and I would like you to really hear it in own her words.

After our American Cancer Society liaison, Stingray9798 Raymaker read off the list of teams for the Parade of Teams, marking the opening of the 2012 season, everyone launched into parties and team events planned to later that day, or dove into the Fashion For Life - Fashion Faire SIMs.

After a few hours of exploring the Fashion For Life SIMs I found myself on the DreamSeeker Tienpo, Entertainment SIM, listening to the sounds of the one and only Grammy-nominated musician David Arkenstone, and yes the real live David Arkenstone.

 

From here I launched into visiting all the team events I could, and on Saturday were a bunch.  After running into MamaP Beerbaum, Chair of RFLofSL, and Co-Chairs Dwen Dooley and Nikki Mathieson several times, I made notes to use their Limo service next year. To be honest, I lost count how name parties there were going on and how many I manage to visit, but it many and energetic. 

Even saw the "Hair" piece of RFLofSL fame, and I have to saw, it is impressive in person. 

By the end of the day, I found myself back where it all started, back on the kick off build, and to my delight, there was still one party going on strong, so I joined in. Checking my friend list, I noticed Pippa was still on, so I called her up and invited her over to the party. Pippa was the leader builder for the kick off build and if there someone that should know that a party was still going on at the kick off, she and her team, was at the top of my list.

Truly was a beautiful day. And like all Relay, we were excited beyond belief to get going. Cancer fears the walker, and there are 100,000s of people, from all corners of this world and in cyber space too, whose only goal to find a cure and put the boots to cancer, once and for all. For a day that the words "You have cancer" will be followed up with the words "No Worries, we can cure that now", so no one have to lose people that are dear to us all from this thing called cancer. 

I truly believe that day is coming.

Bain

Relay Rap

Trader1 Whiplash of T1Radio announced yesterday of a new program called Relay Rap and I had to find out more.

Trader1 will be featuring a half hour talk show about Relay, for Relay, for Relay'ers and the greater Relay World that is Relay For Life of Second Life.

Relay Rap will debut on Wednesday March 14th at 7pm with a 30 minute talk show, featuring three regular segments: Relay Forum, Mission Minutes and Team Time.

Relay Forum featuring general news and updates, fund raising tips and other information from your committee

Mission Minutes will focus on how the American Cancer Society uses the funds raised by Relay For Life to support programs for Survivors and Caregivers, to help all of Fight Back with health care initiatives and advocacy and of course to find better treatments, underwrite research and lead us closer to a cure.

Team Time will be all about YOU and our Relay World. Team Time will focus on teams and relay'ers, how and why they relay, their events and fundraising activities. Team Time will feature live interviews and reports from Relay World.

If anyone wishes to become a Relay Rap Reporter, or to have their team or team members featured on Relay Rap please contact Trader1 Whiplash by email: trader@t1radio.com

You can follow T1Radio with the following:
http://t1radio.serverroom.us:8242
www.t1radio.com
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Arinultra%20Cay/198/42/27

Bain