Well it is that time of the year again, the 24 hr. Relay for Life fundraiser. Last year our Mary Bridge Oncology kids' team raised $6500.00, on behalf of the American Cancer Society, and we won the team spirit award. Each team member is responsible for raising $150.00 so you can receive a Relay for Life tee-shirt, and you must run or walk a 2 hour shift (you may do your hours in 2 shifts of 1 hour each). At our first team meeting we will have a sign up sheet for time slots, think of a time you might like to have; they begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday until 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully you all have your fundraising packets and if you don't please call Kim Messner @ 253-334-5390 or contact Heather at the clinic. We also have receipts, donation sheets, coin boxes, and if you have any question we can get you answers. Mark your calendar for May 17th & 18th 2002, 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. . A tentative team meeting is being scheduled for early March, we will keep you posted. We will need to have your name and address for registration, they will keep track of your donations that you turn in by your name, and we will need a shirt size too. The theme this year is baseball; we should have a lot of fun with that one. Our tent sites are #157 , #153 . They're around the same spot they were last year, just different number.

Thank you,
Kimberly Messner

I am sure we would have won the baton award for our pony, had we been paying attention to when the contest was. Next year we will be better prepared, we will have someone in charge of paying attention! Many thanks to Dolly for our beautiful Clinic pony. He is one of a kind. Our jail was great too! Thanks to all of the kids who let us take their pictures for our wanted posters they were so cute.

The American Cancer Society was thrilled that so many of the children from our clinic showed up for the survivors lap. Remember even if you are not running or walking we want you there to hang out and eat all that food we get donated!

Some of our kids even got on cable channel 12, interviewed by Miss Washington. She was great and let all of the kids say something on TV. It was lots of fun. We are hoping they will do it again so stay tuned for details.

The Tacoma Relay website, www.TacomaRelayforLife.org has everything you need to be prepared for relay: participant forms, fund raising ideas, field layout, event information, etc. Check it out!

Our tent sites are #157 & #153 on the Waters end.

The American Cancer Society is going to have a scavenger hunt at 7:00 on Friday night, May 17th. It's lots of fun all you need to bring is yourself! fun provided. So remember to stick around after the surviviors lap!

Great news the reciepts and money evnolopes have arrived! I will get them to Heather at the clinic A.S.A.P, and if you need them mailed to you, please call 253.334.5390 Kim. It was a great meeting, there are lots of excited teams, so it should be real fun this year. The paper work has been turned in, and you can turn money in under your name for Mary Bridge Oncology team #1, #2 or #3. They are very excited that we have 3 teams! go parents and staff! go kids! Moneys can also be delivered or mailed to the Tacoma ACS office at 1551 Broadway #200 I can also pick it up from Heather at the clinic if you want to do that. Please remember to indicate which team should get credit for the deposit.

Okay the picture of the Quilt should work now. It was a web glich. please see the ideas page for the quilt rules remember we must have all of your entrys on a blank piece of paper for the quilt. You can keep the entrys in a envolope and make sure it gets to the Clinic, Brenda or Heather or send them to me @ 33422 192 ave SE #43, Auburn, WA. 98092. The drawing will be at the realy on may 18th @ 5:00 So we will need to have all of those together in one big bucket! The winner will be notified by phone or mail. Need not be present to win.

I hope the updates on the site help if anything's not right, please email me. Hopefully you've all gotten your fundraising packets, if not Heather has them. I've asked for more reciepts and coin boxes, and money envelopes. There's a picture of the quilt on the Ideas page and the instructions on how the drawing works.
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We will have our first team meeting on Feb. 19th at 6:30, at the Clinic. We will meet in the waiting room by Brenda's desk. If you can't make it, email me and we'll send out your packet's.
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If you would like a free website made for your child please go to http://thestatus.com - this is through Multi care.

Our first team captain meeting, will be Feb 21th and we will be picking out our campsites. So stay tuned for Updates!
The theme for this year is "Baseball" this should be alot of fun! Decorating our campsite will be a hoot! Think of baseball ideas.

Regretfully we mourn the passing of our dear friend, Megan Nicole Snook. She left us all with many beautiful memories.

The Safeway stores donated $3,000 dollars to our relay for life team. We split the money between both teams. Thank you so much Safeway!