Feb 4 Meeting Minutes

Notes from the February 4th meeting and General Update
This was a brain storming committee meeting. We discussed possible new teams. Each member left with a list of people to contact. Please follow up on your list and let me know if you need anything from me. Team Captains, remember you get Ultimate Team points for recruiting a new team!!!

We also brainstormed fundraisers with the Team Captains. There were some great ideas, plus I added a few.
-Softball, bowling, washers, or golf tournament
-Printing water bottles and selling them, possibly at the above tournaments.
-Father/Daughter dance
-www.RelayGear.com is full of sellable items, such as the purple wristbands!!!
-Making bookmarks with drawings and/or poems.
-I have a contact to makes bumper stickers, if anyone is interested.
-Penny Drive (this would be a great competition between teams).
-Charging for the ability to wear denim on Friday, or Casual Friday.
-Making hand made items to sell (buttons, tshirts, birdhouses, bracelets, etc)
-Letter writing is the #1 fundraiser! If you register online, you can email templates they already have set up!!
-Charging for man-power to help set up or break down your campsite at Relay.
Let me know if anyone is interested in more information on any of these. I would love to hear your ideas!!!

●Kim Jung has Team Captain packets at the Fredericksburg Standard. Or, you can register your team and participants on our new website http://events.cancer.org/rflgillespietx On this site, you will be able to register your team, as an individual, or donate!!!
●Each Team Captain was asked to donate a Silent Auction item or basket.
●This year’s theme is Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back. Check out www.RelayForLife.org for more information on our theme.
●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.
●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.
►Our next meeting is March 3rd, at Clear River Pecan. Committee will meet at 5:30 & Team Captains at 6:30.
►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.
►Also, please stop by www.cheerstothecook.com, each month there is a Relay meal, which is one of their team fund raisers!
►Email me about your upcoming fundraisers, so we can get the info up on the website.

Please check the website and/or blog often! http://events.cancer.org/rflgillespietx.com http://gillespierealy.blogspot.com This is also a new exciting site www.RelayForLife.org

Arah Duecker 512-644-5307 or relay2007@hotmail.com