Woodstock Relay For Life: January 2016

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Relay Rally is planned for February 24

Rally is all about registering, picking a campsite, and learning about fundraising ideas!

Quality Hotel & Suites is location for information night; Relay is June 10

There will likely be no fireworks or even a marching band, but the annual Relay Rally to kickoff the Relay For Life fundraising efforts and team recruitment is set for Wednesday, Feb 24, 5 – 7:30 p.m. at the Quality Hotel & Suites on Bruin Blvd in Woodstock.

The Canadian Cancer Society and organizing committee are excited about this year’s Relay For Life at College Avenue Secondary School on Friday, June 10 (7 p.m. – 1 a.m.), and the Rally is the public promotion event to build awareness and to begin the countdown: Ready? Set. Relay!

Sandy Smith

Deb Moss

Committee co-chairs from last year have both returned in Sandy Smith and Deb Moss, and the organizing crew has many familiar faces, but we can always use more dedicated volunteers. Here’s a contact list of sub-committee representatives for you to contact if you would like to volunteer in a larger role yourself. For example, if you have a background in finance, you may want to volunteer for bank night on June 7 (also at CASS). If you have a background in hydro or carpentry, you may want to volunteer on the day of the event with the logistics team as they expertly deal with tents, a stage, generators and other set up tasks.

2016 COMMITTEE

Co-Chair - Sandy Smith megzmom@hotmail.com

Co-Chair/Mission - Deb Moss mmoss905@rogers.com

Sponsorship/Media - Mark Schadenberg mschadenberg@rogers.com

Banking – Karen Hume karenhume57@gmail.com

Logistics - Rick Moritz rick.moritz@hotmail.com

Logistics - Ryan Noels noelze@hotmail.com

Luminaries - Marie Bowerman lbow6974@rogers.com

Luminaries - Tracy Van Vliet pharmacytemp@hotmail.com

Children’s Activities - Tracey Thompson traceyt@goodbeginningsday.com

Entertainment - Dan Henry dan@1047.ca

Registration - Maartje van Wely m_van_wely@hotmail.com

Survivors - Linda Torkelson travlin66@gmail.com

CCS Staff - Janis Cunningham JCunningham@ontario.cancer.ca

CCS Staff - Liz Wismer-Van Meer lwismer-vanmeer@ontario.cancer.ca

CCS Volunteering – Kelly Jorgensen kjorgensen@ontario.cancer.ca

RELAY RALLY

Save The Date

Wednesday, Feb 24, 5 – 7:30

Quality Hotel & Suites

The Rally is a terrific venue to register yourself or your entire team for Relay For Life, but also pick up information on fundraising. The registration fee for all participants is $15, but anyone signing up as a cancer survivor to join the Survivor’s Lap is free.

Brochures about cancer will be available – cancer prevention and advice following a diagnosis.

At the Rally, you can select your campsite as the idea of reserving one space on the inside of the track for your team returns in 2016.

Also at the Rally, you may purchase a luminary (The registration fee does not include one luminary this year) or two or five.

The evening is an informal open house format, so you may talk one-on-one to various committee members, sign up as a volunteer, learn about sponsorship or corporate donations, and enjoy the refreshments as supplied by Relay For Life sponsor the Quality Hotel & Suites.

If you are unable to attend the Relay Rally, watch this space for more details on the two scheduled Captain’s Nights.

Ready? Set. Relay.

Canadian Cancer Society

17th Annual

Relay For Life

College Avenue Secondary School – Woodstock

Friday, June 10, 7 p.m. – 1 a.m.

www.relayforlife.ca/woodstock

www.relayforlifeontario.ca

Facebook ‘Group’: Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life in Woodstock

Facebook ‘Event’: Relay For Life in Woodstock

Twitter Hashtags: #WhyIRelay #AcceptTheBaton or #ReadySetRelay

CCS Oxford Community Office: 65 Springbank Ave North

(519) 537-5592

Email: lwismer-vanmeer@ontario.cancer.ca

Tillsonburg Relay is Friday, June 3 at Annandale school

Ingersoll Relay is Friday, June 24 at IDCI

Ready? Set. Relay !

Thursday, 14 January 2016

C&D Lanes event to raise money for Canadian Cancer Society

Relay For Life is June 10, but many other events raise money and awareness for CCS

Knockdown Cancer is January 23 at Woodstock bowling alley

By Mark Schadenberg
I'm proud of my seven years on the organizing committee for Relay For Life in Woodstock (June 10 at CASS). The event raises significant dollars for both the local community office of the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) along with much-needed money for important cancer research projects which CCS supports.
Keep an eye on www.woodstockrelay.blogspot.com over the next few months for updates. If you're looking for even more details, join the Facebook Group called "Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life in Woodstock". I know, it's a long long name.
You can also register at: www.relayforlife.ca/woodstock

BOWLING FOR DOLLARS
I remember the old CKCO TV show called Bowling For Dollars, while Woodstock's C&D Lanes is hosting two CCS fundraisers in the month of January to collect dollars.
Firstly, 25 cents from each shoe rental this month will be passed along as a donation to CCS.
On Saturday, Jan. 23 (See the poster), it's the annual Knockdown Cancer benefit from 3 - 6 p.m. Proceeds from bowling will go to CCS, but there's much more -- silent auction, penny sale and Country 104 radio on location.
There is also a fun challenge planned as the Woodstock Navy Vets and Norwich Merchants hockey clubs will clash twice that day -- at the bowling alley and then on the ice in a scheduled Junior C game. Since accomplished bowler Mark Baxter is part of the Merchants organization, I would bet Norwich will win that wrestling match by a pin fall.
I applaud bowling lanes owners Dave and Carol Skillings for their efforts in raising awareness and money for CCS projects.
According to the The Woodstock Sentinel-Review story posted below, the national association Bowl Canada this year permitted each bowling establishment more freedom in where it would direct its donation.
“This is the first year that we get to make our own donation to wherever, so it will go right to our own (CCS Oxford community office) branch this year,” said C&D manager Julie Skillings.

LINKS:
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2016/01/06/local-bowling-alley-is-getting-ready-to-host-a-fundraiser-for-the-oxford-branch-of-the-canadian-cancer-society
www.canddlanes.com
www.cancer.ca
www.relayforlife.ca/woodstock

Canadian Cancer Society -- Oxford County

Relay For Life details:

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Relay For Life is set for Friday, June 10 in Woodstock

17th annual fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society to be held again at CASS track
Accept the baton

Accept the baton.

Ready? Set. Relay!

Relay For Life in Woodstock is getting ready for its 17th annual fundraiser.

It is noteworthy that the format has been modified from last year.

Relay For Life will continue as previous years at College Avenue Secondary School, but the date is now set for a Friday.

Relay For Life in Woodstock is Friday, June 10, 7 p.m. – 1 a.m. and both the local organizing committee and the Canadian Cancer Society’s (CCS) Oxford County community office are truly excited about the 2016 event.

See the charts here which note the number of participants in 2014 and the dollars raised and where the financial contributions are directed to various cancer research projects across the country, along with integral funding to local initiatives such as patient transportation to appointments, peer support groups, and other forms of advocacy and education.

Over the 16 years, Woodstock’s event itself has collected more than $3 million in total.

As participants registered last year, there was less emphasis placed on teams. Good news for relaying fundraisers for 2016 Relay For Life -- as the focus on teamwork has returned. The CCS realizes that many participants are there as a group, perhaps a family raising money for a relative who died from cancer. Teams are also comprised of church groups, service clubs, co-workers, neighbours and even a collective effort from smaller villages such as Hickson, Innerkip and Norwich. Teams have also been prominent entries among youth, including schools and the always-successful efforts of the local 4H club.

REGISTRATION FEE
This year, there will be one consistent registration fee of $15 per person. You can register online now.

However, if you are a cancer survivor and will be taking part in the survivor lap, there is no fee to attend and celebrate your success from treatments.

Relay For Life will again be featuring recognition for top individuals and teams, along with a honour for reaching a specific distance goal (number of laps) over the six hours. Accept the baton and stay on the track with your team for the entire six hours.

Theme laps will naturally return again, along with games, which are often organized by the various teams.

BUY A LUMINARY

Many other important agenda items continue, especially the purchase of a luminary to remember someone who passed away from cancer or to honour someone still battling the disease. Luminaries will be sold in public locations and through various churches leading up to Relay, and by the month of May at the Saturday morning fairgrounds farm market.

Musicians on the stage will entertain the walkers between the opening ceremony and the solemn luminary ceremony and then again until 11 p.m.

Participants can certainly register now online or by visiting the CCS office on Springbank Ave North in Woodstock. After you and your team have signed up, your friends and family can pledge you through online donations.

VOLUNTEERS

The Woodstock committee still seeks additional volunteers for important roles in the main steering committee, so if you can donate a few hours in this capacity, contact the office.

Watch this blog space for more details as the event approaches as there will be a kickoff rally coming up and other significant updates to promote.

Also, if your team has a Relay For Life fundraiser – euchre night, lawn sale, zumba fest, bake sale, car wash, golf tournament, t-shirt sales, barbecue, etc. – simply email your event-before-the event to Liz Wismer-VanMeer and it will be publicized on Facebook and this blog. Also, be sure to ‘Share’ anything you see in the Facebook ‘Group’ page which you feel is excellent information for your ‘FB Friends’ to know about because it could be a recruitment tool to attract even more participants.

Relay For Life. . . It’s A Journey. Go The Distance.

Accept the baton.