Relay For Life of Wooster
Foot-Notes
www.relayforlife.org/wooster
December 2011
Issue 1
Vol. 16
Relay For Life of Wooster
June 8-9, 2012
Wooster High School, Follis Field, 515 Oldman Road, Wooster, Ohio
MEET YOUR ACS STAFF PARTNER!
Angie Wynar
She shares her story to relay and
becoming an ACS Staff Partner
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WHY DO YOU RELAY?
Let us know by emailing BethAnne
(bethannesrelaymail@gmail.com)
Be sure to include your name and
team. Responses will be published
in upcoming issues of Foot-Notes.
NEW
Corporate Sponsorship tiers!
See page 8 for details
2011 RFL TEAM INFORMATION
MEETINGS
Relay 101 at 6:15 p.m.
Registration at 6:30 p.m.
Meeting at 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION
Central Christian Church
407 N. Market St, Wooster
January 19, 2012
February 16,2012
March 15, 2012
April 19,2012
May 17,2012
Come to learn more about Relay and
fundraising, register your team, keep up to
date on fundraisers/events and much
more!
Did you know????
Relay For Life of Wooster
can be found on face
book. Friend us.
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Greetings from our Tri-Chairs
Welcome to Relay For Life Wooster 2012!
As we begin our 2nd year as your Tri-Chairs, we are very excited. We have 1 year under our belts,
so to speak, and are a little bit more confident in our roles!
We have some NEW and EXCITING things happening this year ~ the theme for this year’s event is
“TIME WARP”. Decide on your time period or decade and have fun with it. If at all possible, we
would like you to incorporate the advances that the American Cancer Society made in the period
you have chosen.
You can pick a past Relay For Life – Wooster theme or pick one of your own, it doesn’t matter, we
are very excited to see what everyone comes up with!
This year marks the 16th year for our event and we will be hitting a HUGE milestone this year,
topping $3,000,000 in contributions! YIPPEE!! Make sure to come to the Team Information
meetings the 3rd Thursday of each month to discover what special surprise we have in mind for the
month we hit this.
Each team will again be receiving a planning committee “mentor”. This is your GO TO person on
the committee if you have questions or problems. If you have a specific mentor that you would
like to work with, please let one of us know and we will do everything in our power to honor your
request.
Also, Relay 101 will be returning this year with a little bit of change. This very informal session will
again start at 6:15 the night of the Team Information meeting. This is your chance to ask those
questions that you don’t want to ask in front of a large group. Each month this year we will delve
a little deeper into different areas. January’s session will be on the registration process and how
to complete your donation receipts.
As a reminder, any meeting cancellations will be put on our website and also an announcement
will be made on WKQT Radio Wooster.
Happy Relaying!
Relay For Life Wooster
2012 Tri-Chairs
Saralyn Lash – saralynrelaymail@yahoo.com
Dawna Sands – dawnarelaymail@yahoo.com
Kathy Sparr – kathleensparr@waynesavings.com
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MEET ANGIE WYNAR
Greetings! I am excited to be your staff partner! I am already amazed by the
accomplishments of your Relay and love the enthusiasm each of you bring! I thought I’d
share a bit of history about me and how I came to be your staff partner. I have been a
lifetime resident of Wayne County and currently live in Orrville. In 2001, I graduated from
Smithville High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational communication
from Ohio University in 2005. My experience with cancer began at an early age. I was about
8 years old when my parents told me that my grandpa was sick, he had cancer all around his
vocal cords. At such a young age, I didn’t really know or understand what cancer was or that
it was going to change my family forever. I remember my mother telling me to listen to
grandpa’s voice and commit it to memory, because soon, he would not have one anymore.
We stocked up on marker boards, paper and ink pens for Grandpa and tried to ease his
worries. The day of his surgery came and we all huddled around Grandpa, soaking up his last
words. Countless hours later, the surgeon returned to the waiting room to tell us of the
surgery’s success. Miraculously, the doctors were able to save his precious voice! As you can
imagine, my family was ecstatic! Grandpa may have been left with a hoarse and raspy voice,
but a voice none the less. To me, it is the most beautiful voice in the world.
When Relay For Life came to Orrville in 2003, my family organized a team to honor my
grandfather. Now, my reason to relay for has grown to include many more friends and
family, both in honor and in memory.
In early 2011, I joined Orrville’s committee as the online chair. It was at one of the
committee meetings that I heard about the staff partner opportunity. I didn’t think much of
it at the time, but the desire to check out the position kept growing. Soon, I found myself
updating my resume and completing an application. I interviewed for the position In July
and joined the American Cancer Society as a staff partner in August. In addition to Relay For
Life Wooster, I am also the staff partner for the College of Wooster and Orrville relays, Pan
Ohio Hope Ride, and Daffodil Days of Wayne County. Please feel free to email or call and
introduce yourself. I would love to hear from you. You can reach me at
angie.wynar@cancer.org or 1-888-227-6446 x 2203.
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MORE TEAMS, MORE DOLLARS Pam Manges
Relay For Life of Wooster falls in the North East region of our Division. Along with 12 other counties, our
participants raised just under $4.3 million in 2011. This is a fantastic amount, but we’ve found that the
total dollars raised has not increased over recent years, even though the number of Relays in our region
has. This is the same amount our region raised in 2006. Doesn’t make sense, does it? Further checking
showed us that the number of Relay teams in our region and/or the number of members on our teams
has remained relatively the same!
Relay For Life is a team-based event. It is the dedication of our teams that truly make Relay For Life a
success. After all, our teams are the grassroots effort for Relay. Our teams are the ones who are out
there making the ask, raising the dollars and asking their friends and family to come join them at the
event. So if our teams leave us, our event suffers.
So… this year, one of RFL of Wooster’s goals is to retain as many teams as possible and recruit even
more. In addition, our committee is dedicated to helping team captains manage their teams through
helpful hints, training, mentoring, and needed support – including how to plan for the time when the
current team captain is ready to step down. Complimentary goals are increasing the size of smaller
teams and encouraging each member to raise at least $100. If you work the numbers, even with 1,500
participants, $100 per team member will not achieve our annual fundraising goal. For this, we also
depend on corporate sponsorship and those teams and participants who raise well above the suggested
fundraising levels. A big “Thank You” to all of our participants and donors! Every penny counts in the
fight against cancer.
Pam Manges has stepped into the role of Team Development chair. Team D includes team recruitment,
team retention, and team mentoring. Dawna Sands will continue to host Relay 101, an informative
session presented before each Team Information Meeting. This session can be beneficial to both new
and experienced team captains. We encourage team captains or representatives to attend each Team
Information Meeting (held the 3rd Thursday of the month), meet the committee and fellow team
captains, and steal each others’ great fundraising ideas! Think about why you Relay… what your Relay
story is and what drives you to make a difference!
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DAFFODILS – THE FLOWER OF HOPE
Winter is arriving. That means Spring is just around the corner and so is ACS Daffodil
Days. Beginning this year, Daffodil Days will be held as a fundraiser separate from Relay
For Life. Like Relay, donations raised through daffodil sales are used In the fight against
cancer, enabling ACS-funded research, cancer awareness education, programs and
services.
A new planning committee is forming in Wayne County for the 2012 Daffodil Days
fundraising campaign. If interested in helping or learning more, contact ACS staff
partner Angie Wynar at 888-227-6446 extension 2203 or angie.wynar@cancer.org. Just
like our Relay For Life committee, volunteers can help out for an hour, a day, a week, or
longer. Whatever suits your schedule.
Daffodil Days takes place March 19-24, but pre-sales will begin soon. Pre-sale orders
help us gauge the number of flowers to order. Check out the new Wayne County
Daffodil Days web site: http://daffodil.acsevents.org/wayneoh for information on
ordering daffodils for you, your friends and family. Soon, the web site will also list
locations where you can purchase the Flower of Hope during the week of Daffodil Days.
It’s a beautiful sight to see daffodils displayed in local businesses during March,
especially knowing the role they play in fighting cancer. Be sure to mention Daffodil
Days to your employer and other businesses that you frequent.
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Fundraisers in our area
The Smithies for Life (formerly Burkey Excavating) team is having a Thirty-One thermal tote sale now
through January 10. There are two choices, the zip up thermal tote, $10 (normally $15), and the cinch
top thermal tote, $15 (normally $20). The consultant is donating 100% of her profits to our relay
team. These are great to use as lunch bags, for travel, sporting events, etc. Please contact Jana
Muntin at 330-317-4302 for more info. or to order.
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Speaking of Fundraisers, this just in….
Angie received this information about dollars per Capita and wanted to share with us.
National Cancer Act Anniversary a Prime Opportunity to Renew Commitment to Defeating Disease
More than 12 Million Cancer Survivors are Alive Today, but Cancer Still Kills More Than 570,000
Americans Each Year
Washington, D.C. – December 13, 2011 – A resolution was introduced in the Senate today to
commemorate the 40th anniversary of the passage of the National Cancer Act. President Nixon
effectively declared “war on cancer” by signing the Act on December 23, 1971.
“Cancer is no longer a virtual death sentence thanks to the significant progress we’ve made as a nation
in the past 40 years,” said John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action
Network. “However, this is no time to rest on our past success. We need to celebrate this historic
milestone by redoubling our efforts, so we can find answers for the deadliest cancers that still elude
us.”
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Corporate Sponsorship
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Relay For Life of Wooster would
not exist as we know it without
its generous and consistent
corporate sponsors. To make
corporate sponsorship more
affordable, the 2012 Corporate
Sponsorship levels have been
adjusted in accordance with
economic factors. In 2012,
Corporate Sponsorship levels are
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Platinum
$7,500
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Gold
$5,000
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$2,500
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Copper
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$1,000
$500
$100
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Corporate Sponsorship
I am interesting in becoming a Relay for
Life of Wooster Corporate Sponsor at the
indicated level.
Platinum ($7,500)
Gold ($5,000)
Silver ($2,500)
Bronze ($1,000)
Copper ($500)
Please Invoice Me
My check is enclosed
Contact Name ____________________
Business Name___________________
Address_________________________
City State Zip____________________
Email___________________________
Phone___________________________
Benefits for the different levels
of sponsorship can be found in
the Sponsor Brochure 2012
document found on the Wooster
Relay For Life website under My
Event/Event
Announcements/Event Forms.
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Prevention and Action
NUTRITION & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
For the majority of people who do not smoke, maintaining a healthy weight by eating a healthy
diet and being physically active, are the most important ways to improve your health and reduce
your risk of chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. As a matter of fact,
these diseases are largely preventable through healthy lifestyle choices. And that’s good news.
You can take lifestyle steps each and every day that could reduce your risk of cancer, diabetes,
and heart disease – help you feel better, look better, and have the energy you need.
Nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer prevention:
summary
ACS recommendations for individual choices
Maintain a healthy weight throughout life.
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Balance calorie intake with physical activity.
Avoid excessive weight gain throughout life.
Achieve and maintain a healthy weight if currently overweight or obese.
Adopt a physically active lifestyle.
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Adults: Engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity, above
usual activities, on 5 or more days of the week; 45 to 60 minutes of intentional physical
activity are preferable.
Children and adolescents: Engage in at least 60 minutes per day of moderate to
vigorous physical activity at least 5 days per week.
Eat a healthy diet, with an emphasis on plant sources.
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Choose foods and drinks in amounts that help achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
Eat 5 or more servings of a variety of vegetables and fruits each day.
Choose whole grains over processed (refined) grains.
Limit intake of processed and red meats.
If you drink alcoholic beverages, limit your intake.
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Drink no more than 1 drink per day for women or 2 per day for men.
Nutrition and Activity Quiz
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Are you living smart?
http://www.cancer.org/healthy/toolsandcalculators/quizzes/app/nutrition-activity-quiz
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American Cancer Society, East Central Division
Advocacy Update
December
FEDERAL UPDATE
Super Committee
Shortly before its November 23 deadline, the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better
known as the “super committee,” announced it was unable to devise a deficit reduction plan that a majority of
the committee’s members could support. Under the Budget Control Act, the legislation that created the super
committee, automatic across-the-board spending cuts are supposed to be made beginning in calendar year
2013. Cuts are to be shared equally between domestic discretionary and defense programs. Social Security,
Medicaid, veterans’ benefits, and other essential programs are exempt from the automatic cuts. Reductions to
Medicare would be limited to two percent and impact providers only, with no cuts for beneficiaries.
The across-the-board cuts are in addition to an earlier round of cuts called for in the Budget Control Act, which
total $900 billion over 10 years to domestic discretionary spending. No cuts were made to Medicare and
Medicaid. Funding for cancer research, prevention and early detection programs are not likely to suffer serious
cuts in 2012, but what happens in the following years is more difficult to predict.
The super committee’s inability to reach an agreement, however, does not rule out the possibility that Congress
will find another means of forestalling sweeping spending cuts. Since the reductions do not take place until
January 2013 Congress is expected to revisit the issue after the 2012 election. So while the Budget Control Act
saved the economy from major harm by forestalling an historic default on the nation’s debt, the hardest choices
are again being postponed, making it hard to predict beyond 2012 what the ultimate impact on research and
other programs important to cancer patients and survivors will be.
Also important to keep in mind is that more than 50 percent of cancer patients rely on Medicare and Medicaid
for their treatment. ACS CAN fought hard to prevent cuts and protect access to these programs. On that front,
the lack of a super committee plan yielded a good outcome as the looming across-the-board cuts will not be
applied to Medicaid and/or result in cuts to Medicare benefits.
Federal funding
With the super committee process concluded, Congress is now focused on finishing its appropriations work.
Funding for the agencies responsible for cancer research and prevention programs are among the nine bills still
pending. Negotiations are underway to set the final spending levels and determine related policy provisions.
A stop gap spending measure currently funding the government expires on December 16. There will be either
another temporary funding measure enacted to fund the government through early next year or the remaining
bills are likely to be rolled into an omnibus (comprehensive) package for the president’s signature before the end
of the year.
Congress did complete several spending bills before Thanksgiving that the president signed, including one that
funds the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA will receive $2.497 billion for the 2012 fiscal year (FY
2012), a $50 million increase above FY 2011, but $234 million below the president's request. Securing
increased funding for the FDA is a priority for the ACS CAN-led One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) coalition.
ACS CAN campaign update
ACS CAN advocates should be proud of the campaign being waged to ensure that the fight against cancer is a
priority in all policy discussions. The most recent activities centered on the super committee are just a part of
ACS CAN’s broader efforts to encourage Congress to make cancer a national priority by protecting funding for
cancer research, prevention, early detection and access to health care. ACS CAN’s message and the urgency
of its cause remain critical. Congress failed to propose a long term solution, but discussions over federal
spending will continue and priorities will have to be set. In engaging super committee members as well as
congressional leadership, and House and Senate appropriators, ACS CAN advocates laid down a marker. The
campaign, furthermore, has been successful in energizing volunteers and sharing ACS CAN’s message in the
local communities and beyond.
News’ "Meet the Press" in the Washington, D.C. media market and later ran on network affiliates in the D.C.
media market and on major cable networks nationwide, including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. The ad is 10
running again this week and next week and has been viewed more than 26,500 times on the ACS CAN You
Tube channel.
ACS CAN television ad
A central feature of the campaign was a new national TV ad calling on Congress to make cancer a national
priority by protecting funding for cancer research, prevention, early detection and access to health care. The
national ad campaign is the second ever for ACS CAN. The ad debuted on Sunday, November 6 during NBC
News’ "Meet the Press" in the Washington, D.C. media market and later ran on network affiliates in the D.C.
media market and on major cable networks nationwide, including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. The ad is
running again this week and next week and has been viewed more than 26,500 times on the ACS CAN You
Tube channel.
The centerpiece of the ad is the creation of a “Wall of Hope” in front of the U.S. Capitol made up of more than
1,500 sticky notes filled with messages from people across the country to loved ones who have battled cancer.
Following on the ad’s theme, there were more than 5,000 entries in a “submit your own sticky note” story contest
-- the highest number of participants ever for this type of call to action. The winning entry is featured in ACS
CAN’s new online ad.
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
In a disappointing development, a federal district court judge in Washington, DC granted the tobacco industry an
injunction barring the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from proceeding with plans to place more graphic
cigarette warning labels on cigarette packaging and advertising pending a decision on the merits of the
industry’s lawsuit challenging the regulation.
In a particularly bad twist, the judge discussed whether the tobacco industry or the public would suffer
"irreparable harm" if the regulations are put in place or delayed. Under this judge’s analysis, the tobacco
industry would suffer irreparable harm if the regulations are implemented on time, but the public would not suffer
if the regulations were delayed. The federal government is appealing the decision to the DC Circuit Court of
Appeals.
The tobacco industry argues that the labels infringe on their First Amendment right to free speech. ACS CAN
and other health partners have filed amicus briefs in support of the FDA in the lawsuit, providing extensive
citations of international studies proving that these warnings are effective and scientifically based.
Major League Baseball restricts use of smokeless tobacco
Last week Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that its new contract with the players’ union prohibits
players from using and/or carrying smokeless tobacco products during games or when fans are present in the
ballpark. In addition, smokeless tobacco products cannot be used during television interviews, at autograph
signings, or at other fan-centered or team-sponsored events. Violators are subject to discipline. MLB and major
league players will also participate in a nationwide public service campaign aimed at youth (and young
ballplayers in particular) on the dangers of tobacco use.
The new tobacco limits are in part the result of hard work by a broad, national coalition of supporters and fans
that included the American Cancer Society, which was a member of the Knock Tobacco Out of the Park
Coalition. Although the final result fell short of the ultimate goal of prohibiting smokeless tobacco from ballparks
entirely, the action is nevertheless a significant step forward, marking the first time the league and players have
recognized that smokeless tobacco use is a health hazard and sets a poor example.
STATE UPDATE
State Lobby Day
Please save the date to join us in Columbus for our annual State Lobby day, Tuesday March 20, 2012.
Registration information will be out soon! We will be focused on bringing additional volunteers to share our
experience at the Capitol
Recent Smoking poll
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index recently reported that Ohio tied with five other states for the secondhighest smoking rates in the country. Only Kentucky’s smoking rates were higher than Ohio’s, according to the
index. While the Ohio Department of Health lists Ohio smoking rates lower than Gallop’s finding, the recent
index highlights the importance of the Ohio Smoke Free Workplace Act to the health of every state resident.
Smoking remains the most preventable cause of death in our Society, accounting for nearly one-third of all
cancer deaths. Second hand smoke kills nearly 50,000 nonsmokers annually. Moreover, a recent report by 11
the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that “68.8 percent of current smokers indicated they wanted
to stop smoking completely.”
Submission Form for
Relay For Life of Wooster
Foot-Notes and Publicity
The Relay For Life of Wooster would like to share your:
Fundraisers ~ Survivor Stories ~ Team Successes
Deadline for newsletter submission will be the Monday after each Team Information meeting
(except May which will be one week earlier). Any information that is submitted after the deadline
will be included in the following month’s newsletter. In general, the newsletter is sent out 2 weeks
after the submission deadline.
To submit an article to FOOT-NOTES, complete this submission form and submit it to BethAnne
Burkhart at a Team Information meeting, or email the information to
bethannesrelaymail@gmail.com
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and/or local media outlets (Daily Record, WQKT, etc) please mark appropriately:
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Be sure to include dates, times, locations and other important details for your team’s fundraiser.
Fundraiser information can be submitted at anytime for online advertising.
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