DEAR THYROID^TM

There are only 40 days left before the Relay for Life!,   Can you believe it?,   We are still the number one team with a $1,000 lead over second place!,   Our team is furiously working away to get ready for the big day.

First, I want to say how great it is to watch the Oscars and see commercials to raise awareness for cervical cancer.   It is so important to raise awareness for all cancers,  not just the pink one.

Second, a major thanks and virtual standing ovation go out to Angel McMellin for all of her hard work on our bake sale.   Not only did she bake enough to feed the entire hospital, but she ran our event at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center and raised $320 for our team!  And thank you again to our supporter, Kim Thompson, who donated her own baked goods to help us in our fundraising efforts.

Saturday’s team meeting was a fun lunch event and we covered a LOT of information.   Thank you to All American Coin & Jewelry Company (www.aacoinco.com) for sponsoring our lunch.   Those crab cakes definitely got the creative ideas flowing!

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.

Please check your email for an important update on team and individual fundraising incentives provided by the American Cancer Society.

Online Fundraiser Update;

Our online 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!

As always, thanks to our supportors and our team members for their tireless fundraising efforts.

Until next week,

Wings of Hope

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