July: Relay for Life

This is my first year being a captain for Relay for Life! and boy was it hard!! Never knew how much time and work it took to make sure that everyone was doing what they needed to do! I decided to get my work involved because we wanted to put our name out in the community so we did it in Fairfield CA this past weekend! There were cold moments, there were hot moments, and everything in between. It started out very stressful with setting up but it turned out to be totally worth it. Relay for Life is a great event anywhere you go because so many people are passionate about finding a cure for cancer! There were many great prizes and raffles to win that my own booth had 11 different ones for all ages. In Fairfield, we were the Relay that had the most Trail blazers out of the ones in Northern CA. To be a Trail Blazer, the team had to raise their $100 each, go to captain meetings, have a survivor on their team, and have a public fundraiser!

We had so great prizes this year from gift cards to many different places to a brand new ipad. Fairfield almost their goal by the end of it but we still have time to raise money. The thing I won't forget about this relay will be the $750 in 5 minutes. This lady told her story about her sister and cancer. The DJ gets down and says I have $20 to donate who else wants to help? Soon before we could go on, we collected $750. Then we all grab a flag and walked our last lap of the relay. It was crazy! I was sad I had to leave but I feel good about staying the whole night and walking until 4am and then again 6am. Good event that everyone should experience at least once even if you aren't on a team. I actually got one of my coworkers to fall in love with it! Hope I can continue that!

CELEBRATE. REMEMBER. FIGHT BACK.