Relay 4 Life- Invitrogen Eugene

Upcoming Events!

I'm running out of title ideas, can you tell?

I was way too excited about what we've got going on to wait a whole WEEK before sending a new post!

* Cheryl L. has volunteered to babysit the new batch of candy bars for sale in Bldg C for $1 each. Thanks Cheryl!!!

* THIS THURSDAY is the Curb for the Cure event, from 3:30-6pm on the corner of 19th and Marcola in Springfield (by the Carl's Jr and DariMart.) I have the signs ready and I'll bring them with me when we meet. Wear your Invitrogen shirt if you have them, extras will be provided. Please bring a bottle of water and a snack. I will provide jars as well.

* We're ready to start selling raffle tickets. They cost $1 each. You must give a brief information sheet about the raffle to each person buying a ticket in order for us to keep within Oregon State Lottery commission's guidelines on fundraising raffles. Huge thanks to Dawn C. for helping work out the details!
We'll be doing the raffle tickets on a check-out system. You'll check out a number of tickets to sell, then turn the money in when they're gone for your next batch. This way we'll keep track of the number of tickets we've sold, and who sold which tickets for auditing purposes. The money from the tickets you sell will be counted towards your invidual fundraising totals.
No pressure if you're not into selling or buying raffle tickets- reply to this email to let me know how many you'd like to start selling if you're interested. A general company email will be out shortly with a prize list and information which will also be included on the information sheets. Raffle will go through June, and is open to members of the public.

* May Bake Sale is THIS FRIDAY! The Lobby of Bldg E will be set up and ready to go, thanks to Facilities. We'll be using jars for collection, and we'll have a suggested price list available. If you're able to bake, I recommend individually wrapping goodies in baggies or saran-wrap for portability. I will try to remember to bring paper plates and extra baggies from home to have as well. If someone else would be willing to help me remember, or bring some themselves that would be helpful!

* Baja Fresh Day is set up for May 26th. Fliers and general email to come shortly.

* Caffiends Day is a GO! I'm waiting to hear back from the owner as to which day will work best. She's waiting to talk to Melody about some arrangement they're making to have Caffiends here for a few hours, instead of a brief stop? Not sure about the details, I just know I'm waiting for a callback. Details coming soon.

* Karaoke for a Cure is also in progress. A friend is helping work out the details on a venue, which was the biggest obstacle. I'm so excited this is turning from idea to possibility! More details hopefully to come.

* I'm also working on information on a second raffle for choice parking spots. More information to come. I'm also working on a Papa's Pizza Day in June, depending on how well the Baja Fresh day goes.

* Do you have your letters written yet? If not, I volunteer to write them for you!
That's right- Send me or loan me your address book and I will address envelopes, print letters, and get them ready. All you have to do is sign them and stick them in the mail!


$ A stumper photo contest: We'd collect baby/early childhood pictures of employees along with their current picture. $1 to enter a guess. The person who gets the most correct wins a % of the collected donations, the rest to go to Relay for Life. We could do this for 2 weeks easily in June.

$ Vending Machines: We could contact our vending machine suppliers and see if they'd be willing to donate a % of their sales out of our vending machines for a month to our Relay for Life team. We could do the same with the Sunshine Deli Wagon.

$ South Park Caricatures: I've been having fun with the South Park Caricature maker on coworkers- we could offer to print and sell tcaricatures of people based on their photos, with their help, to have at their desks or on their walls for $5 each. (Cost of frame at WalMart is $2) I'm not sure of the interest in this in the company?

$ Video or Book Sale: Team members and employees can bring in their old VHS tapes, DVDs, or books (gasp- reading?!) to a mini-garage sale. We could set this up in the Lobby of E again, depending on how well the bake sale goes over?

What ideas look like fun to you? We have until July- wouldn't it be great to have something going every week, or every other week?

What we really need is for people to be cheerleaders about the Relay in their departments and buildings. Get people excited about being on the team. It isn't a huge time commitment- you do as much as you want when you feel like it or can, plus walking for an hour or so sometime in July. No problem!

I want your interaction and feedback- tell me what you think, what ideas you have, and where you are. How about a team meeting on Monday around noon? I'll send out an invite, we can "do lunch" and talk about where we are and what ideas we want to move forward with.

posted by Brandy @ 1:44 PM