Kick Off Mtg Minutes

January 21, 2008
Gillespie County Relay For Life Kick Off Meeting Minutes!!

I must start by saying thank you! Thank you to everyone who helped to make this a successful event.

Our goal for the 2008 Relay For Life is $145,000 with 45 teams. It will take a commitment from everyone to accomplish these goals. Please help spread the work about Relay…to potential sponsors, teams, and committee members. I am more then happy to speak to or contact anyone.

●This year’s theme is Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.
●This year we are introducing an Ultimate Team competition. There is a point system related to team involvement!! The more involved you and your team are, the more points you can earn.
●We introduced the new website http://events.cancer.org/rflgillespietx On this site, you will be able to register your team, as an individual, or donate!!! Hurry and register your team before Monica changes the fee to $20 (the 21st was supposed to be the last day for $10). PLEASE go and at least register as a participant.
●There are a new set of rules for Youth teams. These rules will be available at all Team Captain meetings and required for youth teams.
●We had a mini-Luminaria Ceremony, to show the process we will be using this year.

We were blessed with two special guests. The first of the evening was Mel Keyser. He is a Cancer Survivor, and was selected by the American Cancer Society as a Hero of Hope to represent the American Cancer Society for 2008.

Our second speaker was Madison Torres. She is 9 years old, and a 9 year survivor who understands the true meaning of Relay. She is an inspiration to everyone who gets the opportunity to hear her.

►Please remember to save your Ink Jet cartridges! If you or your business needs any of the postage paid envelopes, I have plenty! Otherwise, please bring any you have to a meeting.