DEAR THYROID^TM

With only 47 days left until the relay, Wings of Hope has raised over $3,000.00!,   Thank you to those of you who have contributed to our success and have ultimately put us one step closer to a world without cancer!

This week is crunch time for our team and we need all the support we can get.

Thursday, March 4 from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.

What’s going on;

Wings of Hope is holding a bake sale at Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, 601 N Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD.   Angel is furiously baking away in preparation for Thursday.

What we need;

1. We need volunteers to help us run the event any time from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.
2. We need more baked good donations.

Please contact Angel at angelmcmellin@live.com or myself at chrisp730@yahoo.com if you can help.

Also, please update your attendance status by Tuesday here.

Thank you to;

– Kim Thompson who is donating her famously yummy red velvet cupcakes.

– Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center for allowing us to host our bake sale in their facility.

Friday, March 5 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

What’s going on;

RFL JHU Committee is hosting a Birthday Bash to raise money for the American Cancer Society at the Homewood Campus Beach.   Wings of Hope will be distributing thyroid cancer awareness materials at the event.

What we need;

Volunteers to help us distribute pamphlets.   Please update your attendance here.

Thank you to;

ThyCa for donating our awareness literature.

Saturday, March 6 at 11:30 a.m.

What’s going on;

Wings of Hope is having our first (and only) team meeting prior to the April 16^th relay at M&S Grill on Pratt Street in Baltimore, MD.

What we will be discussing:

Introductions

• Our bake sale
• Fundraising efforts
• Logistics for April 16

What we need;

A final headcount by Thursday, March 4^th.   Please update your response on facebook.

Important Information For Team Members;

In order to get an official Relay for Life participant shirt, you MUST raise $100 by March 10, 2010!

Again, if you haven’t all ready, I encourage our team members to log in to their participant centers on the ACS website and start updating their personal pages for donations.  ,   There is also an application on facebook that will help you with meeting your $100 personal goals.   Both of these tools will provide donators with official receipts from the American Cancer Society.

Online Fundraisers Update;

Our first fundraiser for the $25 Macy’s Gift Card ends today.   Unfortunately, no one on our team raised $500 in the month of February to win the contest.

Our second fundraiser is going strong thanks to our wonderful ladies at Dear Thyroid.   We are encouraging the Dear Thyroid community to form fundraising teams to help us in our goal for the American Cancer Society.   The first team to raise $3,000 wins TEN free “Invisible No More” bracelets; the first team to raise $1,500.00 wins FIVE free bracelets; the first team to raise $750.00 wins THREE free bracelets; and the first team to raise $500.00 wins TWO free bracelets.   For more information, contact me or visit us at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/wings2010.   The contest ends March 16^th!

April 16th Update;

We at Wings of Hope are very excited to announce that our newest team member, Rona Taylor, will be providing our team with some amazing food the night of the relay.   Thank you, Rona!

Thank you to every one for supporting us, our fundraising efforts, and our goal of living in a world free of cancer.

Until next week,

Wings of Hope

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