Comments on: Race for Life http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/ My life in my words Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:25:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: the city of voices » Blog Archive » VOX of the Day http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-80 the city of voices » Blog Archive » VOX of the Day Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:29:22 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-80 [...] Rachel’s World [...] […] Rachel’s World […]

]]> By: Lynda http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-78 Lynda Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:43:23 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-78 Rach, that's so cool... so excited for you. I did it one year but pretty much walked the whole way - it was at Don Valley Stadium so we ran around all the dodgy places in Attercliffe! I'm going to do the London Marathon before i'm 30 - gives me enough time to prepare I think.... much love xxx Rach, that’s so cool… so excited for you. I did it one year but pretty much walked the whole way - it was at Don Valley Stadium so we ran around all the dodgy places in Attercliffe! I’m going to do the London Marathon before i’m 30 - gives me enough time to prepare I think…. much love xxx

]]> By: deana http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-77 deana Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:03:57 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-77 how fun! i want to do one of those here...maybe Max will let me push him along! how fun! i want to do one of those here…maybe Max will let me push him along!

]]> By: Rachel http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-76 Rachel Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:00:06 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-76 Sounds really fun Mel! The relay sounds brilliant. It's amazing what people can do when there's a cause. Rx Sounds really fun Mel! The relay sounds brilliant. It’s amazing what people can do when there’s a cause. Rx

]]> By: mixed moss http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-75 mixed moss Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:53:34 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/03/24/race-for-life/#comment-75 Good for you! I like these kinds of events. My mother is a cancer survivor, so I participate in them quite a bit; usually a couple of times a year. I got involved while she was still in treatment, because I felt so helpless I was going mad. It helped me channel my energy, and it was so fun I've just never stopped. I'm not much of an athlete so I always just walk, and lend my only real skills (organizational) by being team captain and taking care of all the paperwork (the boring part, so nobody seems to envy me the role). My favourites are the Komen Race for a Cure and the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. The Relay is especially fun. People form teams and fundraise together before hand, getting people to sponsor them and having bake sales and things. On the day of the relay, things kick off at about 7pm. Everyone brings tents and they camp out all night, and somebody from each team has to be out on the track at all times. Generally it's two or more, because you can walk it together and chat which is more fun. It's ends twelve hours later, at 7 am. People generally sleep and walk in shifts throughout the night. Local bands play. They have a luminaria ceremony to remember people who have died of cancer, where you can write a name of someone on a luminaria bag and they set them out and light candles in each one. And teams set up booths to have other fundraisers, selling snacks and, towards the morning, breakfast foods! The organizers work through the night adding totals for money raised, and at the end they announce which team has raised the most. So much fun! -Mel Good for you! I like these kinds of events. My mother is a cancer survivor, so I participate in them quite a bit; usually a couple of times a year. I got involved while she was still in treatment, because I felt so helpless I was going mad. It helped me channel my energy, and it was so fun I’ve just never stopped. I’m not much of an athlete so I always just walk, and lend my only real skills (organizational) by being team captain and taking care of all the paperwork (the boring part, so nobody seems to envy me the role).

My favourites are the Komen Race for a Cure and the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. The Relay is especially fun. People form teams and fundraise together before hand, getting people to sponsor them and having bake sales and things. On the day of the relay, things kick off at about 7pm. Everyone brings tents and they camp out all night, and somebody from each team has to be out on the track at all times. Generally it’s two or more, because you can walk it together and chat which is more fun. It’s ends twelve hours later, at 7 am. People generally sleep and walk in shifts throughout the night. Local bands play. They have a luminaria ceremony to remember people who have died of cancer, where you can write a name of someone on a luminaria bag and they set them out and light candles in each one. And teams set up booths to have other fundraisers, selling snacks and, towards the morning, breakfast foods! The organizers work through the night adding totals for money raised, and at the end they announce which team has raised the most. So much fun!

-Mel

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