Community 4-H Club just one of many great Relay For Life teams in Woodstock
Everyone
has a personal story about why they participate in Relay For Life.
The
Canadian Cancer Society (www.cancer.ca)
is an integral agency when the focus becomes: cancer research
(http://www.cancer.ca/en/about-us/our-research/research-impact/?region=on),
advocacy for cancer patients, cancer education, cancer prevention and studying demographics.
CCS
has a game plan
(http://www.cancer.ca/en/about-us/nationwide-strategic-plan/?region=on),
but their work requires funding.
Relay
For Life in Woodstock has more than 50 teams registered already for June
13-14, 2014 at CASS high school.
A
second Captain's Meeting is Wednesday, May 14, 6:30 p.m. At Fanshawe
College, but it's never too late to register your team.
At
the site: www.relayforlife.ca/woodstock
you can read about the success stories of several teams and 'how and
why' they raise funds for CCS through Relay For Life.
Below,
is the story of the Community 4-H Club. I think it's significant
because above their goals of raising money for their own 4-H projects and
activities, this group goes above and beyond, and raises significant dollars for
Relay For Life too.
Read
about the 4-H Woodstock Relay team (on-line or below), or better yet attend the May 14 Captain's Meeting and listen to one of their team members speak.
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Why we Relay
Community 4-H
Our
Community 4-H Club Team is very excited about
participating in this year's Canadian Cancer Society Relay
For Life
because WE
BELIEVE
that every step we take in Relay raises money to help the Canadian
Cancer Society save lives.
All
the 4-H participants have had someone that has been touched by
cancer -- please help to make cancer history!
This
is the 8th year the Community 4-H Club has participated in the
Woodstock Relay for Life. In the past 7 years we have raised
$47,583.00. We were a Bronze Team in 2010 to being a Silver
Team in 2011 and a Gold Team in 2012 & 2013. We were also a DREAM
Team in 2013. And we have achieved these goals thanks to your
support.
The
team has been busy since July 2013 to raise money by working with the
Woodstock Agricultural Women helping at the food booth at Train &
Nostalgia shows, ice cream scooping, selling pop & water at the
Embro Tractor Pull, Woodstock Fair setup & take down,
poinsettia fundraiser, stone picking, cleaning up Roth Park with
Oxford County Junior Farmers, 4-H pancake fundraiser at Jakeman's
Maple Farm, roadside cleanup with Tavistock Men's Club and
collecting pop cans & other returnable bottles/cans to be
cashed in. Members also collect pledges.
To
date the Team has raised over $6,262.00 for the 2014
Relay for Life, although this does not all show on our webpage at
this time. This makes a total of over $53,845 over the past 8
years.
This
year we are striving to receive a Gold Team award (raising over
$10,000), become a Dream Team and raising over $60,000 in 8 years.
Even
though the team has achieved goals -- we still need to achieve the goal
of finding a cure for Cancer and continue to raise money to support
those affected with Cancer. Please continue to donate money to help
make Cancer history.
4-H
is a youth leadership development program and this is an excellent
opportunity to show what they have been learning. Inspiring the
youth in our communities, makes better citizens in our
communities.
The
4-H Ontario Vision is to share the value of a clear Head, loyal
Heart, serving Hands and better Health with youth, volunteers and
communities across Ontario.
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Relay
For Life
To
sign up or sponsor a participant, see: www.relayforlife.ca/woodstock, call the Oxford community office at (519) 537-5592, or visit 65 Springbank Ave North in Woodstock.
If
you would like to contribute a story (Why you participate) or promote
a Relay team fundraiser, send details to: mschadenberg@rogers.com.
Celebrate
. . . Remember . . . Fight Back
CONTACTS:
Sandy
Smith
Relay
For Life co-chair
Email:
megzmom@hotmail.com
(519)
456-5270
Bob
Axon
Sponsorship
committee and co-chair
Email:
raxon@rogers.com
(519)
421-0806
Deb
Moss
Relay
For Life co-chair
Email:
mmoss905@rogers.com
(519)
539-2288
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