Wednesday, October 9, 2013

WE CAN'T STOP AND WE WON'T STOP

          

          Relay For Life at UVA is off to a GREAT start this semester, working harder than ever to achieve our goal of raising an accumulative total of $1,000,000 for the American Cancer Society! Last year at this time, we had raised approximately $3,500, however with 76 teams and 308 participants currently registered, we have raised $30,052.20 just since the start of the semester! Relay is doing BIG things this year, and trust me, you want to be part of it. If you have not yet registered make sure do so and get your friends and family in on it as well because we need YOUR help to make UVA history!!!
               
          Thank you to everyone who participated in the Vermonster Challenge! It was an awesome Sunday afternoon filled with lots of icecream and relay fun! We had over 150 people in attendance and raised $750 by devouring 31 tubs of ice-cream, each complete with 22 scoops and every topping you can imagine. Putting it all together, we ate 682 scoops of ice-cream in less than 10 minutes, which is approximately 434,000 calories total; thankfully the 5K is just around the corner!! It is even more shocking that the winning team was done in less than 3 minutes!
         Another big thank you to the 400 people who came out to our second annual Concert For A Cure. The event has grown since last year and has now become an anticipated Relay fall tradition. 
The amazing a capella groups sang their way into the hearts and wallets of the crowd, helping us raise over $2,500! We also want to send a special thank you shout out to the Hullabahoos who announced that they are making Relay a special robe for our annual silent auction which will take place this Spring! 

         With the great success of these past two events we are well on our way to reaching our goal, and we can't express to you how thankful we are for all your help and support! Looking to get involved in some more Relay fun? Don't worry, our next event is coming up at the end of the month, our 5th annual Fight Cancer 5k!!! It will be Saturday, October 26th at 8:30am at Monroe Plaza, so make sure you mark your calendars now because it is something you don't want to miss! Registration is only $10 and includes a free t-shirt, time to tone that bod, and time to spend with passionate people while supporting a great cause! Join us in the fight against cancer today by registering at: https://fightcancer5k.eventbrite.com/ 
Relay Love,
Relay For Life at UVA

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