Woodstock Relay For Life: March 2017

Tillsonburg's Relay For Life cancelled

CCS's Great Ride N Stride continues in Tillsonburg area

By Mark Schadenberg

Co-Chair of Relay For Life in Woodstock

The third rock from the son is always revolving and Relay For Life as a major fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is always evolving.

Difficult and unfortunate news to report this month as it has officially been announced that Tillsonburg will not have a Relay For Life event in 2017.

It is important to stress that the Woodstock event on Friday, June 9 at CASS high school is certainly set to go. Ready Set Relay! Or if you prefer #ReadySetWalk

You can register today for the Woodstock Relay at www.relayforlife.ca/woodstock

Information Night is Wednesday, May 3

The Woodstock committee would like to invite everyone to join our community. The word ‘community’ is one idea that co-chairs myself and Don McKay have been stressing. The Woodstock community office of CCS was ecstatic to add Don McKay to the organizing committee for several reasons. Firstly, he is all about community as the mayor of East-Zorra Tavistock and as former warden of Oxford County council. McKay is an effective orator as he can be a guest speaker at any event you may want him to attend to promote Relay. McKay’s family is a strong part of the Woodstock business community with his daughter operating Your Farm Market (YFM) on Dundas East. And, likely the most important contribution to Relay for Don McKay, is the fact he is also a cancer survivor and tells his story about treatments and family connections to cancer very well, but most especially in reminding men to be checked or screened for cancer.

Call me (Mark Schadenberg) any time at (519) 537-1553 for more info on Relay For Life in Woodstock.

The Relay Kickoff event on March 1 was a successful gathering of CCS supporters at Quality Hotel & Suites. Several teams registered and picked up information for team members. The first panel of my speech power point is included here. Kickoff was also first-come first serve on booking your campsite area on the CASS track infield, and a great opportunity to purchase a luminary or two or three or . . .

I have included here the links to news stories about the end of Relay For Life for 2017 in Tillsonburg.
I'm always the first one to say -- and I stressed it at the Kickoff event -- that everyone involved with Relay is a volunteer as you raise important money through your team fundraisers and by asking for pledges from friends and family. The volunteers also include master of ceremonies Dan Henry from Heart FM, to the sound crew, to the logistics team, the food tent servers, smiling faces in the kids activities area, the group placing luminaries around the track, and the banking sub committee. Relay For Life - Woodstock says thanks now . . . and thanks again on June 9.
If you're on Twitter, please follow @rflwoodstock and @ccsoxfordcounty.

Oxford CCS office manager Jan Cunningham invites everyone who wants to assist in the on-going task of raising dollars to support Canada’s best cancer research. Cunningham mentions both Relay in Woodstock and the Great Ride N Stride in Tillsonburg scheduled for April 30.

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From Tillsonburg News story:

"The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is disappointed to see the event fold and truly thanks the Tillsonburg community for its support over the past 15 years," it said in the media release. "During that time, over $2.5 million was raised to fund the best life-saving cancer research and support those living with cancer and their families in Tillsonburg and across Canada."

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APRIL is DAFFODIL Month

In Woodstock, you may also volunteer to sell Daffodils for the month of April. My name is on the schedule for Thursday, March 30. Contact the CCS office today at 519 537-5592 and someone will make sure you are added to the schedule.

If you are unable to volunteer now for the CCS, you can also give your time to selling luminaries for Relay For Life in the same format – a small booth at a Woodstock-area grocery store.