More Relay Pics...

These are pics from Katie's camera. To see the rest of her photos, just click right here.

Go Team!!

There's another 2.5 hours of the Relay left to go, but here are a few photos from last night and earlier today.

A huge thank you to all the supporters of Jamie's Team — at last count, the fundraising total is up to more than $3,000.00!! And, Kenny had fired up the grill (lunch by donation and he did dinners by donation last night too... $300.) and, Katie fired up the kids bouncy house for $1 donations as well this morning, while the McL grandkids were out in the infield promoting the team's carnival games.

Brian was finishing lap #176 when we left, with only 24 more laps to go in his goal of 200. Yes, that's 50 miles, folks!! And, we had warm (if muggy) weather and no rain drops. An excellent event. Looking forward to seeing the final team total for donations to the ACS.

If you wanted to donate, but didn't get a chance yet, just click right here to do it quickly online. Thank you!!

At The Relay...

Jamie is getting teal T-shirts (the color symbolizing ovarian cancer) for the team, and we'll be adding a team logo to the shirts. We're also encouraged to decorate our team campsite area with balloons, etc. so if you've got some festive additions, feel free to bring them!

Set up for the Relay starts at 9:00 am on Friday (although official campsite set up isn't until 3:00 pm), and anyone who shows up early to help with set up gets dibs on camping spots... so, if you're camping out for the event, try to get there as early as possible on Friday.

Stuff to Bring
Cards or Games
Cooler and Ice
Food Snacks and Drinks
Flashlight
Extra clothing
2 Pair of shoes
Sunscreen and Hats
Umbrellas and Rain gear
Quarters for Quarter Lap
Crazy Hat for Crazy Hat Lap
Tricycle for kids who want to participate in the Tricycle Race

And, if you’re camping out…

Toothbrush, towels, soap, etc
Tent and sleeping bags

And, here is the schedule for the event (there is a lot going on during all 24 hours):

Relay For Life Schedule
Friday, June 20^th

3pm Campsite set-up
4pm Accounting and Registration
5pm Survivor Registration
6pm Opening Ceremony
National Anthem
Presenting of the Colors
Pledge of Allegiance
6:15pm Survivor Ceremony (reception following at Survivor Tent)
6:15pm - 8pm Team Pictures
7pm Team Captains Lap
7pm Dawson Family Jugglers
8pm "Redemption Band" - Christian Music
9pm Accounting Closes
9:15pm Cakewalk
9:30pm Tent Decoration Contest
10pm Luminaria Ceremony
11pm - 2am Karaoke

Saturday, June 21^st
1am Crazy Hat Lap and Tug of War - Round I
2am Song Request Hour and Three Legged Race
3am Rock n' Roll Hour and Tug of Way - Round II
4am Country Hour and Water Balloon Toss
5am 80's hour and Tug of War - Finals
6am Dancin and Groovin
7am Oldies Hour
7am-9am Pancake Breakfast
8am Bed Head Lap and Scavenger Hunt
9am Accounting Opens and Rise N Shine Exercise
10am Tricycle Races
10am-11am "Blitz" the Seahawks Mascot
11am-2pm Face painting/balloon artist
11am Father's Lap
12pm Seattle Seahawks "Seagals", Hot dog-eating contest and Sports Lap
1pm Limbo contest
2pm Mr. Relay, Baby Boomer Lap and Blue Thunder Band
3pm-5pm BINGO
3pm Incentive prize fundraising deadline and Field goal kicking contest
4pm Accounting closes
5pm Hula Hoop contest
6pm Closing ceremony

The Check's In The Mail

Got people who'd like to pledge, but don't want to do it online? If they want to send you a check (or you're reading this and you want to mail a check) — here's what they (or you) need to do:

Just click right here to print out Jamie's donation form from your computer. Then, write a check and mail it to this ACS office:

American Cancer Society
1313 Broadway Ste 100
Tacoma, WA 98402

That's it! Easy as pie!! Or at least click, print, sign, address and stamp...

Only 11 days until the Relay... gather those pledges!

Update From Our Team Captain, Katie

For those of you who may have missed this email update from Katie, here it is:

Hi Team,

We are only a couple of weeks away from the big event! Hope you are all getting your walking shoes ready! Thanks to all of you for joining Jamie's Relay team! This will be such a wonderful opportunity to get together to celebrate Jamie's victory over cancer (and to contribute some funds to cancer research while we're at it).

I spoke with one of the event coordinators, Leigh Ann Breer, earlier this week. I was glad to learn that she has some Carnival type games and prizes that she would love for us to operate as a fund raiser for our team. She mentioned specifically a dart and balloon game (which I know Jamie will love ;-)) and a duck pond game that seems like it might be entertaining for the kids. I am going to pick up a couple of these games from her at the next Team Captains meeting next week. Of course any other ideas you all have for fund raising at the event are welcome, just let me know!

I know Jamie's dad and brother were considering a BBQ fund raiser, which I thought was a really good idea. Leigh Ann informed me that there are two groups planning a hot dog stand/BBQ on Saturday, so we might consider Friday for this if we decide to go ahead with it. Also, whoever is manning the BBQ would need a Food Handlers permit through the Health Department. It doesn't look too difficult to get this permit but it would be a bit of a hassle to get to Seattle or Renton for the class. See the following link for more information .... http://www.metrokc.gov/health/foodsfty/schedule.htm Also, if this is a serious consideration, please let me know so that I can let the event coordinators know as they are trying to organize the food aspect of the Relay. If not, no big deal. We don't need a permit to sell prepackaged food. Leigh Ann suggested that if we could get prepackaged sandwiches (or something like that) donated on our teams behalf, we could sell those at the event. Anybody have any connections in the restaurant industry??

We are in need of a canopy/tent for our team headquarters at the track. Does anybody have one we could use? Also, we need a relay baton. Any creative folks out there that would like to craft a special baton for the Jamie Clobbered Cancer team?

I have heard form several folks that the ACS website has been creating some headaches. I am sorry about this. I know there are people who have tried to sign up for the team and have spent there $10 but are not showing up on our roster. If any of you receiving this email notice that a teammate is not included on this email, please pass this information along to them. I am sending this out to all of the folks I have emails for (generated from the ACS site) but I know it is incomplete.

Sorry for the long email. I will stop here with more to come in the next couple of weeks. please feel free to email or call me with any questions.

Best,

Katie Stoll

Walk The Line...

After the Opening Ceremonies and the Survivors Lap at 6:00 pm on Friday, June 20th, team members can hit the track. There will be people from the team at the track the whole time, and all team members are welcome to camp out at the event, or show up whenever. Our team captain, Katie, thought that it would be good to have general walking shift times, but have the "sign up" be more informal, so I've posted a "poll" on the right side-bar so people can choose their preferred walking shift. (If you can only walk one hour, then choose the shift that includes that hour.)

Take a look, and take a second to vote on the walking time that works for you. You can choose more than one shift as well. If you're very flexible on when you can walk, this will let you choose a time when a lot of team members are walking, or when nearly no one is and we need someone on the track! It's a fairly informal way for us all to know when we'll be heavy or light on walkers.

Also... the "theme" for the event is "Carnival," and teams are encouraged to have a booth with an additional fund raiser (related to the theme) going on. Katie's got some ideas for this, but if you've got a good idea (you know, like maybe we need a cotton candy booth, or a pie toss booth, balloon animals, ooh or all three!), add it to the comments or tell Jamie or Katie. Thanks!!