SAVE THE DATE... Mark your calendar, your Regional Relay Summit will be here before you know it!

Get ready to participate in training workshops designed for your committee position that will inspire, motivate and capture your attention! Make sure your committee splits up to experience all of these breakouts so you can each bring back information to your committee and share ideas learned.

The Regional Relay Summit will be jam packed with Relay resources, understanding your role on the planning committee and discovering new ideas that will boost your Relay event.

HEROES OF HOPE
Rick Bennett
Monmouth, OR

I was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) on January 24th, 2001. It was exactly one week after the birth of our third son, Nash. In fact, it was while I was visiting my wife and son in the hospital, that the pediatric nurse questioned my wife on whether or not I was feeling ok. Evidently I had a gray tint to my skin and just looked tired. They all convinced me to visit my doctor and after running a blood test, I was told I had cancer.

I remember coming home late from a basketball game and my wife telling me that our doctor called and wanted me to call him. I felt something was not right, because he emphasized that the call could not wait until the next day. Initially the doctor only told me that there was an “abnormality” with my blood test and that a specialist would be calling first thing the following morning. I pressed him to tell me what was going on and he said he felt I had Leukemia and that an oncologist would be talking to me. To say that we were shocked to hear that I had cancer is an understatement. Here we were with a newborn infant and now we faced the challenge of battling cancer. Of course we cried a lot that night but I think from the very beginning, we never talked about not making it. We waited to tell the rest of our family until after we talked with the oncologist and everyone dealt with the news in their own way. We had no time to think about the future, because I was immediately admitted for treatment. I took a room three floors above the pediatric ward, where my wife and son were just days earlier. I was scared but was prepared to fight as hard as I could.

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The Cutest 3-Year Old
$1,000 Club Member!

Meet Charlotte Cina, who at 3 years old has already made the $1,000 Club for the second time!

The $1000 Club

Remembering that the Great West Division believes recognizing and rewarding our key RFL constituents is an important element of any RFL program, we encourage every Event to participate in a $1000 Club.

The $1000 Club is a reward and recognition program for the individual who raises at least $1000 per season for Relay For Life. Until now, the Division as not had a formal program or way of recognizing these volunteers. Many Regions have their own versions of this program and handle the recognition piece as they wish.

For the 2009-2010 Relay season, ask your staff partner how YOUR $1000 Club participants can be recognized. It’s fun, engaging, and keeps them walking that track!!

Download a 2010 $1000 Club flyer here!