Relay for Life Service Project 2005

Dates: June 24 (Fri) to June 25 (Sat)
Event is 3pm Fri to 5pm Sat (all nighter !!)

Meet: Medford Lenape High School Track @2pm
(and hour before the event starts to help setup) on Friday Jun 24th
Done: Around 5 pm Saturday June 26th @ Lenape High School
(Note: Parents must pick up youth, police won't let youth wander off)
Adult Coordinators: Mr. Hugh Streep (609-953-8905)
Bring: Class A's and Class B's and prepare to have fun!! (tent camping)
Prepare for weather (rain, temperature, etc.) Bring sleeping bag, etc.

This is a wonderful fundraiser for a wonderful cause. The 1st annual
Medford area "Relay For Life" in 2002 had Troop 26 amongst the
original 27 teams, and this year there will be over 100 teams participating!!
The concept is simple - walk all night to help raise funds for cancer.
But it is much much more than that...

Troop 26 is needed to 1) set up for the Relay committee 2) help
prepare breakfast Saturday morning and 3) help others setup tents.
Also we are there to support the fight against cancer!!

Directions: Oh come on, you know where Lenape High School is don't
you??? Just go north from the Methodist Church on Hartford about
a mile (cross Rt. 70) and its on your left - you can't miss it!!

Costs: FREE...BUT we need to raise money to fight Cancer! EACH
BOY SHOULD TRY TO COLLECT $100 - go door to door in your
neighborhood with a buddy in Class A's and ask for $10 for cancer.
Visit 10 houses and you are done! Collect more if you can! Sell Luminarias
(candles with person's name in a paper bag) for $10 each - burn all night
in honor of someone.

Other Info: We will camp in tents. There will be lots of music, movies,
games, events all night long. Last year we helped people to set-up and
tear-down tents. We need a baton to pass to whoever is walking at any
instant. We need to all bring our troop t-shirts, and we *may* make
t-shirts customized for the event. We need a baton to carry all night
long! We need enthusiasm!!

Hugh has registered one team on line so far. The name is "Troop 26 A".

Below is the link directly to our team registration so anyone who wants to join our team
only needs to click on the link and fill in the information. Each team member is supposed
to start with a $10.00 donation. If they do not wish to donate on line, that is okay.
Register anyway and they can write a check and turn in with their donations.

https://www.kintera.org/faf/reg_new/register.asp?ievent=79752&lis=1&kntae79752=18E27FD6A3CB43C4B8CE9EC3B6527C87&jt=930514&teamsName=Troop+26+A

The alternative is to sign up at one of our meetings and pick up your donation envelope
(like we had Monday). I will bring them each week and try and get as many boys and
adults as possible to sign up. Anyone who signs up (either on line or at the meetings)
should get an envelope that they must fill out on the front and use for collecting donations
(Checks should go to the "American Cancer Society").

If we get more than 15 members to sign up, and we likely will, I will form a second team
(Troop 26 B), and that will also make us eligible for a double site to camp on. Last year
we had about 20-25 and we formed two teams.

Please put this on our website and make sure we ask for adult volunteers to be on the
team(s) as well. Rules say we must have one adult chaperone per 5 boys. I would guess
we will need five adults. Pete, Paul and I are committed. Cheryl is very probable.
Woody, Bob Gray, Rich F., and Joe K. were all "maybe". I have not spoken to Ed,
but he has done in past years.

As a Team goal, we are looking for $1000 - $1500. I would like to see the boys try
and get at least $50 in donations each, and a goal of as much as $100. We should also
try and put up a prize for the boy that gets the most contributions. Maybe a gift
certificate to Blockbuster or something.

Remind the boys this is good for service hours which most probably need. Dinner,
drinks, snacks and breakfast will be provided by the Troop. Permission forms required.
Class B's required. This event starts at 3PM. We will have a group show up early to
help set up and organize. Last year we broke up around 10 AM Saturday as we were
all exhausted, but the even continues till Saturday afternoon. Our team will NOT stay
till the end and we will inform all parents that they can pick up their kids between 9:30
and 10:30 Saturday morning. We will also help cook the survivors breakfast Saturday
and help with the Luminare lighting Friday night.

Questions, refer people to me. My contact information is below.

Thanks!

Hugh Streep
16 Hawthorne Drive
Medford, NJ 08055
Home: 609-953-9038
Office: 609-953-8905
Fax: 609-953-8945
Mobile: 609-780-6500