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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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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The heat is on!  There are only 54 days left until the Relay for Life at Johns Hopkins University.  We are 60% of the way to our goal with a  total of $2,991.00.  Who is going to be the person to break the $3,000.00 mark?  Will it be you?

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.

We have a lot of exciting things happening the first week of March!

Thursday, March 4^th from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m., we are holding our own bake sale at Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, 601 N Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD.  We need food donations and volunteers to help us run our booth.  You do not have to be a team member to help us, our supporters are just as important as our relayers.  Please contact Angel (angelmcmellin@live.com) or myself (chrisp730@yahoo.com) if you want to help.

Friday, March 5^th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., there is a relay wide fundraiser at Johns Hopkins University.  We need volunteers and fundraising ideas.  If you are interested or want more information, please contact me at chrisp730@yahoo.com.

Saturday, March 6^th at 11:30 a.m. we have a team meeting at M&S Grill, 201 E Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD.  This is an open meeting, so if you have joined team Wings of Hope yet please join us.

We are currently holding two online fundraisers:  The first contest is all thanks to our wonderful friends and supporters 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!

Our second online fundraiser is to reward one lucky team member.  The first team member to raise $500 between February 7^th and February 28^th wins a $25 Macy’s Gift Card.  Will it be Jennifer Bridge, Rachel Markus or Samantha Kidwell?  Go to http://main.acsevents.org/goto/wings2010 and donate in honor of your favorite team member today!

We would like to welcome our newest team member:  Melissa Lorenzo.  Welcome to the team!

As always, we would like to thank the generous souls who donated to Wings of Hope this week:  Danielle Collins, Elena Primost, Robyn Goode, Karen Welsh-Mulachy, and Lisa Hensley.

It is crunch time.  We need the support of everyone:  our team members, our supporters, and our communities to ensure our success.  As you can see, there are numerous opportunities to support Wings of Hope, so send us an email today!

Until next week,

Wings of Hope

There are only 69 days left until the Relay for Life at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland!  We are still number one with a total of $2,296.00 raised, but Team SASH is quickly approaching us with a total of $2,229.43 raised.  We need to ramp up our fundraising efforts quickly if we’re going to make our goal of $5,000.00

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.

Angel McMellin is still working with Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center to secure a date for our bake sale.  If you have an alternative location or want to help out, please email her at angelmcmellin@live.com.

We would like to welcome our newest team member:  Samantha Kidwell.

We would like to congratulate Co-Captain Jennifer Bridge on her excellent test results.  Jennifer is in remission from thyroid cancer and we couldn’t be prouder of her.  She also bought her first home last week, so she has numerous reasons to celebrate her battle against cancer.

We’d also like to applaud the very talented Angel McMellin for her beautiful banner that she created for the April1 16^th relay.

So get out there, spread the word and help us with our fundraising goals.  If you’ve all ready donated, please tell your friends and family about Wings of Hope and pass the word along.  Don’t forget to visit our website at:  http://main.acsevents.org/goto/wings2010 .

Until next week,

Wings of Hope