Racing toward Relay for Life
Every year, people around the country come together in their communities to participate in Relay for Life held by the American Cancer Society, an organization working to find a cure for cancer. GCSU and Baldwin County are teaming up April 30 to fight the life threatening illness.
GCSU has 15 registered relay teams for 2010 so far. These teams include Armed Farces, Campus Activities Board, College of Health Sciences, Gamma Beta Phi, Kappa Delta, Middle Grades Education, Phi Mu Sorority, Tri-Beta, The Wesley Foundation, Gamma Sigma Sigma, Survivor Buddies and so on. Many more teams are expected to form before the relay is held.
In Relay for Life each team has come up with its own fundraising ideas. Katie Ruhl, team leader for team Gamma Sigma Sigma, has come up with creative ideas to raise money for the Relay for Life.
“This year we are planning on doing Jr. Miss Relay where boys from GCSU dress up as girls and collect money from students,” Ruhl said. “At relay we are going to make our own relay bracelets and cupcakes. We will also be selling flip flops that we have made.”
Armed Farces is participating in Relay for Life for the first time this year. Patrick Doran, a senior environmental science major and member of the Armed Farces, said the Relay for Life is a worthy cause and the team wants to help as much as possible this year.
“We are doing a variety show in early April to raise money for Relay for Life,” Doran said. “The variety show is something that started last year where members of the Armed Farces Improv Group put together a show involving both original live action skits and video skits. We will accept a small donation from the people who come to watch the variety show for Relay for Life.”
Paul Sedor, assistant director of The GIVE Center, said that there are many ways for students to get involved in Relay for Life.
“Students can contact me if they want to get involved. They can start or join a team, help with entertainment, help with set-up or clean-up, hold a fundraising event or make a donation,” Sedor said.
According to Relay for Life’s Web site, students and other participants within the community have
the opportunity to purchase luminaries (a paper bag with a candle inside) for $5, or tiki torches for $100 in dedication of a cancer survivor or a loved one. Other fundraising ideas suggested on the site are to send e-mails to family and friends, create a personal Web page or make an individual donation.
Relay for Life will be held April 30 at South Creek, located in Milledgeville on Hwy. 441 South. The amount of money raised increases every day. According to www.relayforlife.org/baldwinga, as of this past Monday, Baldwin County teams had raised $17,545.
Posted by Lauren Davidson
on Feb 19 2010. Filed under Features.
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