Relay for Life Newsletter, April 17, 2023
The Next Team Lead Meeting is Thursday April 20
Sign up for your onsite fundraisers and campsites at the next meeting. See details below!
No Pets at Relay Reminder
Relay for Life of Greater Shelby Township is not a pet friendly event. Captains are responsible for telling everyone they invite to the event that we are not able to accommodate pets due to the way the event is insured by the American Cancer Society. Service animals are welcomed but may not walk the track. Please help us get the word out to keep our event safe for our human and canine friends!
More Survivors Needed!
If you know a survivor (or are a survivor), call 1-800-277-2345 to sign up with our event. Tell them you are signing up for Relay for Life of Greater Shelby Township and you’ll be signed up for a shirt, a chance to take a survivor lap, and have a lunch at Relay! You can also go to the event website to register a survivor: Relay for Life of Greater Shelby Township. Let’s build our survivor community!
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSCAN) Needs You Now!
The American Cancer Society CANCER ACTION NETWORK is the advocacy arm of the American Cancer Society and for just a $10.00 donation you can become a member and keep up on all of the legislative happenings in our state and federally that impact cancer patients and their families.
This is a grassroots driven movement and every $10.00 membership helps fund the mission!
Our relay event is just 10 MEMBERS away from being an official CANCER ACTION NETWORK event! Here is the link you can use to sign up right now: https://acscan.donordrive.com/campaign/Relay-for-Life-of-Greater-Shelby-Township-ACSCAN-MEMBERSHIP
Thanks and if you have any questions please contact me, Kelley Riley at kmriley1980@gmail.com
May 20 Schedule (not final, but really close!)
11:00 – Opening Ceremony
11:30 – Survivor Ceremony
12:00 – Survivor Luncheon
12:00 – Jazzercise
12:30 – Silent Auction Opens
2:00 – Live Music by Sound Station
4:00 – Theme Laps for Prizes
4:30 – Silent Auction Ends
6:00 – Zumba
7:00 – Gonna Cost You Karaoke (Pay to sing!)
10:00 – Luminaria Ceremony
10:45 – Closing Ceremony
11:00 – Clean up and Leave
What to do with your donations
If you have donations you would like to have deposited and credited to your team, you have two options. First you can download the ACS FUNdraising app from the app store and make electronic deposits there. You can deposit checks (made out to the American Cancer Society) or from debit cards using your camera in the app. This is super easy, fast, and secure. If you have cash you can deposit it to your checking account and write your own personal check (made out to the American Cancer Society) and deposit it via the app as well. Second, you can bring your cash or checks to the team leader meetings (April 20 and May 18 details below). We will also have designated “Registration” times at our event on May 20 and you can drop off cash and checks then also.
We Still Have Some Volunteer Hours!
If you or someone you know needs volunteer hours for NHS or other church or civic groups, we are still looking for people to help us out the day of the event.
5-6 volunteers for Survivor luncheon (2 hours – 11:30 to 1:30)
8-9 volunteers for Silent Auction (2 hours – 4:15 to 6:15)
6-8 volunteers for parking lot duty (2 hours – various times)
2-4 volunteers for the info tent (afternoon-evening)
If you are interested, email Christine at relayneighborhood@gmail.com to get on the list to claim your hours!
Relay Fundraisers
A FEW SEATS LEFT Charlie’s Angels Drag Bingo – April 21, 2023 at Shelby Gardens Banquets and Events. See the flyer with details here
Laurie’s Legacies Bowling Fundraiser – Team Laurie’s Legacies is hosting a bowling fundraiser on April 30th from 2-4pm at 5 Star Lanes in Sterling Heights. Cost is $25 for 2 hours of bowling, shoe rental, pizza and pop. See the flyer here. Sign up here.
Charlie’s Angels Casino Trip – Saturday May 6 to the Saganing Eagles Landing Casino in Standish, MI. Hop on the bus for a fun day (8 am to 6 pm) of gambling and comradery. 21 years and older only please. See this flyer for more details.
Charlie’s Angels Ketchup for Cancer Spring Plant Sale – Now taking orders for tomato and pepper plants, lettuce bowls, and hanging baskets of red geraniums or petunias. This flyer has all the details. Orders due by May 8 so don’t delay.
Are you planning some fundraisers of your own? Have some questions? Have suggestions? You can contact us at relayneighborhood@gmail.com or contact the ACS lead April Busch at april.busch@cancer.org
Theme Laps, and Donation Prizes
Our wonderful, fun team of high school volunteers are bringing back theme laps this year. There will be an assortment of competitions and games between 4:00 and 6:00 to keep everyone on the track and energized! We will also be awarding donation prizes to the teams who win our themed lap competitions. If your team competes/participates and are deemed the winner, your team will get $100 toward their team’s fundraising efforts. We are planning on up to 10 themed laps, so these donations will add up fast! We are also working to get other prizes for the runners up too, so stand by for more details.
Silent Auction Info
For the latest update from our Silent Auction Lead Carolyn Paone check out this post. For more detailed info about filling out the bid sheets, check out this post.
Food Truck News
Detroit Panzerotti Company and Sucree (French for Sweet) will be serving up all sorts of delicious treats from 12:00 to 7:00 this year. They will have a wide range of Italian treats and street food as well as frozen sweet treats and loaded milkshakes. So many delicacies!
2023 Meeting Schedule: Attending meetings introduces you to your fellow Relayers and gets you up to speed on all your Relay needs.
Where: Shelby Township Activities Center – 14975 21 Mile Rd, Shelby Twp.
Who: Event Leadership Team (ELT) meets at 6:00 / Team Leads and Volunteers meet at 7:00 (but are welcome to the ELT meeting if they are interested)
When: Thursday April 20 (Pick your campsites) and Thursday May 18 (Bank night)
Event Details
The 2023 Relay for Life of Greater Shelby Township
Saturday May 20, 11am – 11pm
River Bends Park
5700 22 Mile Rd, Shelby Township, MI 48317