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 The HUM Relay for Life team will once again be having their fall pumpkin sale on Saturday, October 4, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.. Plan to buy your fall decorations and help raise money for cancer research. We will be selling:
- LOTS of pumpkins
- Fall decorations
- Cornstalks
- Cider & donuts
- Indian corn
- Bake Sale
- Mums
This will also include a fundraiser for Todd Santti, which will be the sale of mums and a bake sale to benefit someone so close to our church family.
Anyone wishing to go pick the pumpkins from the field in Kinsman can meet at the church on Friday, October 3, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. Sign up on the church bulletin board if you plan to join us so we can make plans for dinner. We will need trucks and trailers to haul all the goodies back from the farm. Contact Tammmi Penman if you can help with this.
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2008
by Sue Spore HUM team member |
Trumbull County celebrated its 15th Relay for Life over Mother's Day weekend. Our team was a big part of the event, raising approximately $5,700 (some donations are still coming in). Of HUM's $5700 total, $2680 was raised online, and a bit over $700 was raised on site, by selling last year's VBS materials, selling Carrie's Cookies, and operating a photography studio right in our tent. This is the first year that HUM's team was a Gold Team (over $5000 raised) and everyone is thrilled about that. It was only through the efforts of everyone on the team that this goal was accomplished.
The HUM tent looked great! Decorated with last year's VBS decorations (all for sale!) we had a western theme. Our banner declared, "Round Up Cancer, Y'All!" Lynne Norton spent countless hours stitching our banner - thank you, Lynne! Many thanks to Fred and Patti Warren for storing the VBS supplies at their house all year, and for bringing everything to the Relay site for us. Kathy Shirley — a big thank-you for getting us on-line. Online donations accounted for half of our total funds raised. Rus Welch — you are a very cool photographer! We hope you has as much fun being the photographer as the rest of us had watching you.
This was my first year as a member of the Relay Team, and I asked Tammi Penman, our team captain, if she would mind if I wrote this article, so that I could share with you what it was like to be at the Relay for Life for a 24-hour period. Some thoughts:
Tom Macino — I think you actually could sell swimsuits in the arctic! The folks passing by our tent didn't have a chance — they walked away with balloon horses, bandanas, cowboy hats, and cookies. (Tom has two salespersons-in-training: Shannon McClain and Jessica Spore) No one says ‘no’ to Tom.
Our own Chris Connelly and Sean Norton participated in the Ms. Relay contest and I must say, both guys looked absolutely stunning in their dresses! Although they did not win the Ms. Relay contest, they will always be our sweethearts. Erin Norton participated in the crazy pajama contest and did a great job representing our team with her very creative PJ ensemble.
We received lots of food donations, so never had to stop eating for the entire Relay. Everything was delicious, but I know you all will understand if I single out one person. Carrie McClain not only donated all of the cookies that we sold, she made additional cookies for the team to snack on, along with lemon cheesecake (Patty, would you check with Carrie about the actual name for this?) and breakfast bread. Plus, she, Shannon, and Kyle walked laps! Wow.
It rained Friday night. It was cold. The ground was hard and the announcer seemed to talk all night. I'm pretty sure I had my picture taken wearing a funny hat, while I slept in a chair. So many people from HUM came and took an hour shift and walked. Some came in the middle of the night or early Saturday morning to walk laps. Several confirmands and their mentors walked. Some of our own cancer survivors walked, or their spouses walked. Our team walked. We walked, we talked, we laughed, and we even shed a few tears. We saw old friends, and some of us grew a bit closer to each other during the course of the weekend. Just realizing how many cancer survivors we have in our own church family was eye-opening for me.
Relay for Life is a fun event, for sure, but it's not possible to forget the real purpose. Everywhere you look, there is something about cancer. A tent display. Someone's picture. The team T-shirts. The purple survivor T-shirts. The luminaries. Cancer, cancer everywhere. It's only because of fund-raising by teams like ours that any progress is being made against this terrible disease. As I watched the luminaries on Friday night, I was struck by how many there were. By how many people are affected by cancer. By how many people have died of cancer. And, by how many people have survived cancer.
Relay for Life officially opened Friday night with cancer survivors walking the first lap. This year, there were 1400 cancer survivors, all wearing their purple shirts, who opened the event. 1400 men, women, and children who have survived cancer. As they began to walk, the crowd began to applaud. These courageous folks were applauded for their entire lap. No music, no brass bands, no loudspeakers — just heartfelt applause for the strength and determination of each and every survivor. It was an amazingly moving experience. As the survivors walked, and the crowd applauded, this much was clear:
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place;
I can feel His mighty power and His grace.
I can hear the brush of angels' wings, I see glory on each face;
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.
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 Relay for Life is the community coming together to bring awareness to cancer and to celebrate cancer survivors as well as raise money for cancer research. Different churches, businesses, and organizations all have decorated tents stating how they feel about cancer. Each team has someone walking around the track for 24 hours. It is ia great time to see people and learn about cancer in a festival-type atmosphere. Friday evening they have a beautiful and very meaningful ceremony to honor cancer survivors as well as those who lost the battle to cancer in the last year, followed by fireworks. They also serve a free steak dinner to cancer survivors after the opening lap on Friday at 6:00 p.m. |
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| Our team uses the theme from the previous year's VBS as well as much of the decorations and material bought. We then incorporate it to fit the requirements for Relay. We make a banner, we make a game for children to play on Saturday, and we will be taking pictures at our tent to raise money, which is given to Relay at the end of the event. Oh yeah, we spend 24 hours walking, eating, fellowshipping, and having FUN! |
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There are many opportunities for you to be involved:
Walk
Share your talent for the talent shows - serious/funny
Come have your picture taken as a cowboy at our tent
Take part as a cancer survivor (see Tammi Penman for details)
Just come down and walk around to see all the other tents
Buy a luminary for the ceremony on Friday night
Donate money for the cause to our HUM Relay team
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My Reason to Relay
by Kathy Shirley HUM team member |
| We have all been touched by Cancer; perhaps a loved one, or you personally have fought the battle. For my family, there was the heartbreak when we lost Dad to this disease. We shouted with joy when both my Mother and Sister were declared cancer free. There are prayers and hugs and visits for those fighting the battle. But we MUST continue to push for a cure. I believe God has lead me in this direction - to participate in raising funds for a cure. Here at Howland United Methodist we have a fun, purposeful Relay for Life team under the capable direction of Tammi Penman, our team Captain. Join us, donate, and visit us at the event on May 9th and 10th. Sign up to walk the track. PLEASE we MUST do all we can, to help deliver hope that future generations will not have to endure cancer threatening the lives of their friends and family. WE HAVE THE POWER to fight back against a disease that affects millions. With God's help I intend to do my part - won't you join me? |
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| Candle-Lighting Ceremony |
| On Sunday, May 4, 2008 the altar was lined with candles to celebrate Relay for Life. Each candle was lit in honor of someone who has survived cancer or in memory of someone who lost their battle with cancer. The honoree's names were on each displayed candle. These candles helped to remind us and inspire us that the fight against cancer is about real people in our church family. |
In Loving Memory
Agnes Ropelewski
Alice McCartney
Amy L. Hildenbrand
Bettie Rae Bahn
Bill Christie
Billy Paschal
Burt Ryan
Doris Cooper
Dr. Peter Beckett
Earnest Hawkins
Edith Gibson
Edythe Pelton
Emily VanCamp
Eugene Goynes
Gene Pawley
Genevieve Haines
Harry Struble
Janet Tobin
Janet Yoder
Jerry Pulliam
Jerry Shimer
Jim Mancini
Joan Long
Joe Sattarelle
John Dunlosky
Joseph Williams
Laurie Dawn Benner
Lee Gilliam
Lester Haines
Lillian Harriett
Lloyd Hawkins
Lucille D. Hoy
Marie Tisone
Mary Gibson
Meg Pawley
Nykolai Kulyk
Pat McCaughy
Penny Brown
Ramon Guerrero
Red Miller
Richard Crowe
Richard Johnson
Richard Noble
Sarah Batanian Seinar
Tony Flaviano
Vince Bruner
Walter A. Curtis
Wanda Manning
Wina Christie
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In Honor
Alexis Sallustio
Betty Struble
Bonnie Summers
Brice Nighswander
Chris Scranton
Chuck May
Dave Harriett
David McCandless
David Muresan
Diane Vasbinder
Don Mills
Dorothy Harvey
Earl Thomas
Harry Schoger
Jan Rice
Jane Smith
Jay Rosenthal
Jody Gibbs
Josie Christie
Joy Platte
Karen Thomas
Kay Ward
Lillian Bateman
Lori Seinar-Roknick
Louise Philippi
Marian Hornfeck
Mary Ann Chovan
Maxine McGaughy
Michele Porter
Nikki Raeburn
Ollie Amer
Pam Lutenski
Pat Light
Polly Pearce
Rob May
Robert Lott
Sammie Gibson
Sandy Dunlosky
Thelma Glaze
Tom Glines
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Warren, OH 44484
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