Relay for Life of Second Life

• Do you want to make the broadest possible appeal in your fundraising efforts?
• Do you have friends who aren’t in Second Life who would financially support our RFL of SL?
• Does your team have support members who want to do more individual fundraising?

Then do we have a tool for you! Just hop on over to the RFL in SL pages at the American Cancer Society (events.cancer.org/RFLofSL) and sign yourself up for a fundraising page!

Support members of RFL of SL teams can also create and use fundraising pages.

And all of these pages can be personalized to better support your outreach and appeal efforts. There are how-to guides linked in the left-hand column.

Once a week, donations made through online donations pages will be calculated in L$ and the team totals shown here at rflofsl.org will include those amounts.

(Team captains, you already have a personal page; sign in with the email address you provided earlier. You can request a password reminder to get the randomly assigned password created when your team page was first set up. You will be able to personalize and track both your team and personal pages.)

Hey all,

Firstly, let me say - Welcome Back! slrfl.org is back online! Due to many problems relating to servers we had to work like beavers to get the Website back online. Major thanks have to go out to the Team behind getting the website back. Firstly to Jiminy Roo, with his unwavering support for Relay For Life of Second Life he enabled us to start the ball rolling on getting the site and kiosks back online. Secondly to Timeless Prototype, who, if it weren’t for him, Jiminy would have had a nervous breakdown trying to explain the finer points of servers to me and Fay! Thirdly, to Jade Lily, who supported us with getting the Kiosks back up and running. Last, but defiatly not least, to the wonderful husband and wife team of Chase Marellan and Tria Boucher. If it weren’t for these two folks, we wouldn’t have a working kiosks system or website to come back to! We owe you ALL a major THANK YOU.

Now, onto some updates:

- The long awaited Team List has been updated with all the information I have been given.
- Kiosks are back online.
- Untill further notice (When this blog post changes) slrfl.org will redirect you all to http://integratingsl.com/ (Any questions/concerns/comments please direct to David Jacobs or Fayandria Foley)
- www.RFLofSL.org will be up SOON!
- We are RELAYING!

I am bringing to your attention that SLX has a vendor for sale from a group called Relay for Life Donation Station. This business also has store fronts where they sell these kiosk. The kiosks for sale promise the owners a 5% cut of all funds raised. Aside from NOT being afficilated with ACS or Relay the activites involed are a violation of US IRS tax codes.Â?  If you hear reports of people using these items please contact myself, Fayandria Foley, David Jacobs, or Tayzia Abattoir.

Thanks,
Fay and David
Your Chair & Co-Chair for RFL of SL ‘08

Not for much longer.

Spurred on and encouraged by your emails of concerns and frustrations we have established a RFL of SL Online Donations Chair position who is working unceasingly to “fix” the problems and “clear” the confusion. ACSJerry has the knowledge and experience to tackle the “whistling while you work” mess created and we are fortunate to have had him already volunteering in the PR Area. Please extend to him a big thank you and maybe just a few days grace to get it up and running smoothly.

Last year this program brought in just over 1,000 US dollars which was added to the RFL of SL general donation account and then the campaign total. Awesome huh? But this year the goal is 2,500 US dollars or just under 30.00 dollars per team and those donations made through a team member will be added to the RFL of SL individual teams’ totals weekly. NOW THAT IS AWESOME!

We are working on the online, off-world donation option! Don’t give up on using it to increase your team’s fundraising ability quiet yet. And again, I thank you for your continued support of Relay For Life of Second Life.

See ya in-world.
GO RELAY! GO TEAMS!
Fay

OH! Why is David wearing a dress? geeessshhh!

Even WOW does not cover how Fay and I feel about your start to fundraising!

In under 3 days (At time of writing) you have raised L$2,862,492!

This is SO impressive! Well done EVERYONE, and from Fay and I - Thank you!

Your RFL of SL Co-Chair & Chair,

David & Fay

AND WE ARE OFF!

See you at a fund raiser!
Fay

We really are! We (the 2008 RFL of SL Planning Committee) asked if anyone wanted to join us in fighting back at cancer and the answer the SL community sent back was “YES”. And not just a nice polite yes, it was a loud, blasting, “(bleep) YES, where have you been?!” Well, the Relay is back in town and we are so glad you are going to fight back at cancer with us. Your commitment, your drive, to take this battle on is very humbling and we thank you; most of all we appreciate YOU.

If you missed it or couldn’t get in to the sim, Relay For Life 2008 of Second Life held it’s Kick Off party last Sunday, February 17, and it was amazing. From the breathtaking presentation platform built by Nuala Maracas, the quick and informative agenda organized by Lovely Encore, to the energizing entertainment of Jace Collins and Zak Claxton, and last but not least, the fact that the traffic count on the sim never dropped below 90, it was amazing. There were many behind the scene helpers, or in the vein of this years themes, heroes and our sincerest thanks go out to each of them and to YOU! Do need to mention that the Kick-Off party only signals the recruitment and training time for Relay, fundraising doesn’t start until the Launch Party in March.

In closing, I would like to mention something; I saw a dear friend in the audience at Kick Off and I IMmed him my happiness at his being there. I started in with “WE ARE GONNA HAVE A RELAY! They are coming to fight back with us!” and of course being my rambling self I know it went on for a bit but when I took breath - he, being a man of few words said, “yep” - and in that simple answer I heard, “why would you ever think they wouldn’t?”. I didn’t think you wouldn’t join the fight, I am just amazed that there are so many of you ready and willing to take on this fight without a second thought to the personal drain it may cause.

LET’S RELAY!

Fighting Back W/ You,
Fay