GIVE Center prepares Relay for Life teams

     The GIVE Center hosted the Relay For Life Kickoff on Thursday, Jan. 31.
     The kickoff was for students who were selected by their organization to be team captains, or others who wished to start their own Relay for Life team.  There was confusion among students as to whether the event was the official date of Relay for Life.  However, the official Relay for Life event will take place on April 13-14.
     “The kickoff is mainly an event for someone who wants be a team captain…kind of like a rally,” said Kim Benfield-David, on-site activities coordinator.
     Jan Nutt, recruitment chair, said the captains organize the team and keep them informed. They also recruit walkers, and, in general, organize everything about the event. 
     “Without the team captains, we wouldn’t have relay for life,” Nutt said.
     All Greek organizations, the Mass Communication Department, International Club, residence halls, service organization, professors and many others will help with Relay for Life.
     Each team member is asked to do their part to raise money, while in return; they walk around a track (this year at Walter B. Williams Park).
     “You’re committing yourself to raise $10 per person—-$100 per team,” said Pat Sweatt, chair of registration, accounting and online development.
     A team can certainly raise as much money as they wish beyond that, however there is no penalty for not raising money.
“The money goes to four things:  cancer research, education, advocacy and education,” Benfield-David said.
The money goes directly to the American Cancer Society office in Macon.
     There are a number of group fundraisers a team may participate in, on a first-come, first-served basis.  For example, there will a yard sale at the Milledgeville Mall on Feb. 10.    There will be luminary sales as well. Anyone who purchases a luminary will have a survivor’s name placed on it and will be lighted during the Survivor’s Walk. 
     Teams may also to purchase T-shirts and must be registered by March 6 in order to receive the correct size for their T-shirts.  Teams can pay their registration fee online at the Baldwin County Web site, or offline if they do not have a credit card.  MidSouth Credit Union will be handling all the funds for the Baldwin County Relay for Life
     For those students who are unable to give an hour or two to walking sometime throughout the night, there will be a kiddie’s corner, where students and members of the community could paint faces, play games and participate in other fun activities with children.  There will also be lounge acts, which are needed, according to Benfield.  These include potential jugglers and magicians.
     Some teams will be selling food on the day of the event, while other teams might be selling small items. This year’s theme is “Cruising.”

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