Kane Area Relay Teams Raise $62K
Eighteen teams and a community Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back toppling the American Cancer Society’s Goal for Kane by $20K and raising over $62K.
A year-long fundraising effort ended this past weekend with a parade in Uptown Kane on Thursday night and 24 hours of laps, fun and festivities at the Kane Area High School Track Friday – Saturday. The Miss Relay Contest Friday evening raised over $2,300 in an hour from the crowd gathered to take part in opening, survivor, and luminaria ceremonies.
The Survivors
Teams raising money this year included: Doug’s Desperados, Team Captain Shirley Milliron; Crusader’s for Cancer Cure, Team Captain Corine Varga; Sandy’s Girls, Team Captain Sherry Marconi; KCH Kaleidoscopers, Team Captain Sherri Peterson; The Dreaming Angel’s, Team Captain Shirley Morgan; Talkin & Walkin, Team Captain Trudy Powell; Kane Educators Rainbow Rockers, Team Captain, Julia Anderson; Tippin’ Our Hats for a Cure –Red Hat Society, Tema Captain: Nancy Ely; Chris’ Crusaders, Team Captain, Barb Warofka; West Side Walkers, Team Captain Brenda Emer; Walking by Faith, Team Captain Dave Snyder; Kane Hardwood Cancer Cutters, Team Captain Tom Balliet; The Terminators, Team Captain Sarah Woodard; Bearfield Butts, Team Captain Penny Barber; Laps of Love, Team Captain Rebecca Todd; Callistus Kids Against Cancer, Team Captain Dave Carlson; Ray’s Road Dawg’s, Team Captain Dan Moore; and West Side Grillers, Team Captain Crystal Moore.
The committee for 2008 included: Event Chair Tom VanGiesen; Co-Chair Marianne Rook; Mary Sewell, Games and Activities; Shirley & Hillary Morgan, Fight Back; Julie Wismar, Concessions; Susan VanGiesen, Advocacy; Barry Morgan, Fundraising; John Rook, Logistics; Susan Swanson, Luminaria; Ruth Gentilman Peterson, Public Relations; Lori Lewis, Accounting/Registration; Brenda Emer, Survivorship; Shirley Milliron, Team Recruitment; Connie Carter, Team Retention; Allie Rook, Lighted Memories Power Point; and Kelly Brinkley, Sponsorship.
Event Chair Tom VanGiesen noted, “We want to thank everyone who participated in this year’s Relay, committee members, team captains, team members, volunteers, sponsors (business and personal) and the public. The public who attends the Relay and supports our fundrasiers all through the year. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Without all of you, we could not Relay! And to our survivors --- YOU are why we are here, your courage and strength is an inspiration to all of us. We love you and admire you and your courage and hope that you will benefit from what we do throughout the year. We are here to Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back!”
Brenda Emer, Top Individual Fundraiser
West Side Walkers, Top Team
West Side Walkers, Spirit Award
A year-long fundraising effort ended this past weekend with a parade in Uptown Kane on Thursday night and 24 hours of laps, fun and festivities at the Kane Area High School Track Friday – Saturday. The Miss Relay Contest Friday evening raised over $2,300 in an hour from the crowd gathered to take part in opening, survivor, and luminaria ceremonies.
Teams raising money this year included: Doug’s Desperados, Team Captain Shirley Milliron; Crusader’s for Cancer Cure, Team Captain Corine Varga; Sandy’s Girls, Team Captain Sherry Marconi; KCH Kaleidoscopers, Team Captain Sherri Peterson; The Dreaming Angel’s, Team Captain Shirley Morgan; Talkin & Walkin, Team Captain Trudy Powell; Kane Educators Rainbow Rockers, Team Captain, Julia Anderson; Tippin’ Our Hats for a Cure –Red Hat Society, Tema Captain: Nancy Ely; Chris’ Crusaders, Team Captain, Barb Warofka; West Side Walkers, Team Captain Brenda Emer; Walking by Faith, Team Captain Dave Snyder; Kane Hardwood Cancer Cutters, Team Captain Tom Balliet; The Terminators, Team Captain Sarah Woodard; Bearfield Butts, Team Captain Penny Barber; Laps of Love, Team Captain Rebecca Todd; Callistus Kids Against Cancer, Team Captain Dave Carlson; Ray’s Road Dawg’s, Team Captain Dan Moore; and West Side Grillers, Team Captain Crystal Moore.
The committee for 2008 included: Event Chair Tom VanGiesen; Co-Chair Marianne Rook; Mary Sewell, Games and Activities; Shirley & Hillary Morgan, Fight Back; Julie Wismar, Concessions; Susan VanGiesen, Advocacy; Barry Morgan, Fundraising; John Rook, Logistics; Susan Swanson, Luminaria; Ruth Gentilman Peterson, Public Relations; Lori Lewis, Accounting/Registration; Brenda Emer, Survivorship; Shirley Milliron, Team Recruitment; Connie Carter, Team Retention; Allie Rook, Lighted Memories Power Point; and Kelly Brinkley, Sponsorship.
Event Chair Tom VanGiesen noted, “We want to thank everyone who participated in this year’s Relay, committee members, team captains, team members, volunteers, sponsors (business and personal) and the public. The public who attends the Relay and supports our fundrasiers all through the year. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Without all of you, we could not Relay! And to our survivors --- YOU are why we are here, your courage and strength is an inspiration to all of us. We love you and admire you and your courage and hope that you will benefit from what we do throughout the year. We are here to Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back!”
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