Relay For Life of Franklin County
Walk Talk
Volume 20, #5
May, 2015
Inside this issue:
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
5/11/15—Bank Night Set-up***
Team Fundraisers
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F.C. SPRING PARADE
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Site Safety Notes
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5/12/15—BANK NIGHT
5/21/15—Committee Meeting
6/7/15—Bank Night Set-up
Relay For Life of Frank- 4
lin County / ACS-CAN
6/8/15—BANK NIGHT
6/11/15- Tent Set-up Night—6p.m.
6/12/15—20TH ANNUAL RELAY
FOR LIFE - gates open
at noon
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6/13/15—CLOSING CEREMONY
Our MEMORY BOOK
3:00 p.m.
*Committee Meetings at 6pm at
Greenfield Savings Bank—Avenue
A, Turners Falls
**Captain’s/Teams Meetings are
10am at Greenfield Savings Bank
Corporate Center, Munson Street,
Greenfield
***Bank Nights are 5:30pm at
Fairgrounds
We don’t face cancer alone . We
come together every year and remember those who have lost the fight
and celebrate those who are winning. Whether you are a survivor or a
caregiver, getting involved in Relay For
Life can provide opportunities for
learning, sharing and friendship.
While the American Cancer Society is
making progress toward a world without cancer, they can only finish the
fight with our dedication and fundraising efforts. Our funds make the
following possible: Research; Hope
Lodge; Road to Recovery; Look
Good...Feel Better and Reach to Recovery.
Search your memory banks,
your old files and photo
albums.
Then, write/paste/draw
those memories in our 20th
Anniversary Memory Album. After 20 years, we
know there are some awesome photos just waiting to
be shared, some beautiful
memories to be written.
The Album will be available
at each Kick-Off, Open
Team Meeting and Relay to
be added to over the years.
Our memories of Relay are
priceless—let’s keep them
alive and renewed every
Relay.
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May, 2015
TEAM FUNDRAISERS
Team # 30, Stafford Striders, is holding
their 7th Annual Mother’s Day Pancake
Breakfast on Sunday, May 10, 8-11am;
at Hawlemont Elementary School,
Charlemont. Adults-$8, 10 & under-$4;
Pancakes, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs,
home fries, real maple syrup, coffee/tea/milk/
orange & apple juice
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Contact Jean Dwight
(Team # 111, You’ll Never
Walk Alone,) to book a
Dove Chocolate Party
fundraiser for your team.
413-773-8278, jeanschocolatebiz@comcast.net
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What’s Happening?
Send notice of your
team’s fundraising
events to:
logpalace@msn.com.
Team #27, Loving Hands would like to
set up a table with any teams holding fundraisers to sell their knitted/crocheted items.
They will donate 50% of their
proceeds from that day to that
team. Call Sandy Brodie at 413773-9217.
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Team # 98, Stars of Hope, is running
their Annual Tag and Bake Sale & Relay
Drawing on May 23, 2015, from 8am2pm, at Buckland Shelburne elementary School,
75 Mechanic Street, Shelburne
Falls, MA, in the school café.
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Team #16, Crescent Moon, is holding a
Tag Sale on Saturday (8-4) and Sunday
(8-1), May 16 & 17, 2015 at 602 Federal
Street (Rte 63) in Montague. Collectibles,
Vintage Items, Crafts,
Kids Stuff, Dishes,
Electronics and
More!
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TEAM BASKETS
How will your basket represent this
Shine the
year’s theme, “A Walk
light on your Down Memory Lane”?
A family movie night,
reason to
albums and camera,
Relay. Why do you
making-memories kit?
The more creative your
Relay? Share your story
basket, the more tickets bid and the
and pix by emailing to:
more $ toward your team’s goal.
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logpalace@msn.com
Team #28, Hot Shots, is holding a Wine &
Canvas on Saturday, May 23, 6-9pm, at
the Eagles in Buckland. $45.
Space is limited to call Tammy
Shippee, 413-625-9844, for reservations.
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Team #49, Keep Smiling, has an Atlantic City Casino Bus Trip on May 11-14
to the Tropicana Casino and Resort.
Price is $509 pp/dbl occ. Tour price
includes R/T transportion, 3 night’s accommodations at the Tropicana, luggage handling, $40 slot play and 3 dinner buffets,
driver’s tip and a show, if available. Final
Balance due by April 11. Unlimited snacks
and beverages on the bus. Call or text
Charlene at 413-824-9356 or email to
teamkeepsmiling@yahoo.com.
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————————————————Relay MARKETPLACE
Don’t forget to get your craft mojo
working! The Relay Marketplace is the
place to be to showcase your skills and
add even more to your team’s goal.
May, 2015
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Relay Teams - In Our Community
2015 Franklin County Spring Parade was well represented on April 18!
Team #65, LONG AND WINDING ROAD
Team #49, KEEP SMILING
MAGGIE helping the Survivor Committee decorate their
“float”.
The Relay floats
received loud
HOORAY RELAY cheers all
along the parade
route.
The high winds
blew our
“artfully arranged” ribbons
awry!
Note Kyle
Walker (our
EMT) walking
ahead passing
out RFL flyers.
SITE SAFETY NOTES
All campfires MUST BE AT LEAST 12” OFF THE
GROUND, on concrete blocks or stands. If they
are not, the grass will be burned.
At the end of Relay, please DUMP THE ASHES in
the RUNNERS’ LANE, NOT IN THE DUMPSTER!!!!! Putting
ashes in the dumpster will cause a fire (again).
NO BARE FEET. This is a pure and simple safety and
health issue.
It seems silly for us to have to print this, but, NO
SMOKING ANY PLACE ON THE GROUNDS. If
you must smoke, go outside the gates and USE the
RECEPTACLES placed there. No cigarette butts on the ground.
NO ALCOHOL of any kind at Relay.
If you see a police, health or safety emergency,
please call 911 first then call a Committee member
to alert our EMS/Safety team. The EMTs are lo-
cated right outside the Dole Building. They are available for all types of health emergencies. If you have
any kind of health emergency please go directly to
their tent or call any Committee Member. Their numbers are in
your Captain’s Book.
If you see any kind of shenanigans that you
think require police intervention, please go
again to our Safety/EMT tent. Or call any
member of the Committee and report what
you see. We want a safe and peaceful experience for everyone
so please don’t let one’s bad actions ruin it for the rest.
Relay for Life of Franklin County is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year. We
Sue Pennison, Event Co-Chair
love2relay@yahoo.com
413-279-4417
Lisa McKenna, Event Co-Chair
lmckenna@greenfieldsavings.com
413-636-6485
FACEBOOK Relay For Life of Franklin County MA
thank our many sponsors and donors for their gifts of time, products and money.
Without them, we would not be making the progress we are in the fight against
cancer. Please visit as many of these businesses as you can to purchase their wares
and to thank them for their generosity.
Newsletter Notices: Send your articles, fundraising notices, pictures of teams or fundraisers
to: KATHLEEN CARR, at logpalace@msn.com We look forward to sharing your favorite photos and stories.
Online Notices: Send your announcements and fundraisers to HELEN VAN RIEL @ helenvanriel@gmail.com
Volunteers: if you would like to volunteer to help, either at Relay or any time prior, please
email RENEE TELA, Volunteer Chair, at Bettis2280 @yahoo.com. We always need volunteers
for set-up the night before Relay, in the Survivor Tent at Relay, Gate Greeters, Parking, etc.
We’re on the web:
Www.RelayForLife.org
/franklincountyma
2015 Planning Committee
If you want even more of the Relay experience, please consider joining the Planning Committee. Contact SUE PENNISON at love2relay@gmail.com. Or LISA McKENNA @
lmckenna@greenfieldsavings.com
Relay Gear Store: Liz Landry,
Chair; Diane Renaud
Sponsorship Chair: open
Event Chair:
Event Co-Chair:
Sue Pennison
Lisa McKenna
ACS Staff Partner: Andrew Paterno
Honorary Chair: Team #1, THE
WALL “NUTS”
Accounting/Registration Chair: Michael Nelson
Advocacy Chair: Lisa LaGue
Baskets: Sharon Kemp, Chair; Kristin Pearce
Children’s Activities Chair: Missy
Prescott and Tori
Entertainment Chair: Tracy Miner
First Aid & Security: Kyle Walker,
Chair; Colleen Walker
Gate Greeting Chair: Terry Adams
and Team #77, Electics
Lap Counting Chair: Jennifer Wall
Luminaria: Matt Hall, Chair; Patti
Robertson, Co-chair
Newsletter: Kathleen Carr
Online Chair: Helen Van Riel
Survivorship: Kathleen Carr,
Chair; Sandy Brodie, Co-chair
Team Campsites Chair: Lisa
LaGue
Team Mentoring: Linda Tyler,
Chair; Jennifer Wall
Team Recognition Chair: Jennifer
Wall
Team Recruitment: open
Team Retention Chair: Linda Tyler
T-Shirts: Sharon Kemp, Chair;
Kristin Pearce
Volunteer Chair: Renee Tela
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ACS CAN
The American Cancer Society Cancer
Action Network is the nation’s leading
cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a
Many of the most important decisions about
cancer are made outside of your doctor’s office.
Instead, they are made by your state legislature,
in Congress and in the White House. ACS CAN
empowers regular people to be part of the growing national movement that is fighting back
against cancer.
ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy
affiliate of the American Cancer Society, is holding
lawmakers accountable for their words and their
actions. We demand that our leaders not only talk
about fighting cancer but take real steps toward
decreasing the number of people suffering and
dying from cancer.
Become a member of ACS CAN for only $10! Your
membership helps to support:
 Grassroots campaigns that persuade
lawmakers to support laws and policies
proven to help people fight cancer;
 Training for volunteers to make them
effective advocates;
 Voter guides to hold officials and candidates accountable for their positions on
cancer-related issues.
ACS CAN gives ordinary people extraordinary
power to fight cancer! Go to
www.acscan.org/donatecenter, and click on “Join
ACS CAN through Relay For life” (purple button,
lower left). Be sure to put in our Relay name when
you join: Relay For Life of Franklin County MA.