Celebrate ACS' 100th Birthday by taking the $100 in 100 hours challenge!

All participants who raise $100 online between now and 9:00pm on June 21 will be entered for a chance to win this awesome cooler!!

Click here to download everything you need to raise $100 in 100 hours!

The winner will be annoced at Relay on Friday, June 21!!!

Check out the awesome events at this year's Relay For Life!

Command Central will be located in front of the bleachers, across the track on the Football Field.

DeLorean Club Cars in marked off spot in Parking Lot! Go have a look!

3:00pm: Team Arrival = Campsite setup

Registration is open from 4:00pm-6:45pm

4:00pm: Survivor Tent Open – Located on the field to the right.

Cake for Survivors and their Caregiver will be served FOLLOWING the Caregiver Lap. NEW THIS YEAR! Bring your lawn chairs and stay for Relay! The tent is open to all Survivors and their caregiver. After cake this area is for those who cannot walk but still want to help their team out or just be part of Relay.

4:00pm-6:00pm: Fundraising Mall under the goal posts to the right and Kid’s Activities under the goal posts to the left.

6:00pm: Opening Ceremony – ALL other activities cease!

National Anthem – Carrie Collins

Sandwich VFW Color Guard

Welcome: Mayor of Sandwich, Rick Olson

Presenting Sponsor, KishHealth System

Introduction of Committee

General Announcements

Survivor Lap (All others line the inside or outside of the track to CHEER for our Survivors. As Your Survivor finishes their lap we ask their Caregiver to join them for the Caregiver Lap. All others may enter the track after all our Survivors and Caregivers COMPLETE their lap.

7:00pm – 9pm: NEW THIS YEAR! Caregiver Coffee House with Memory/Tribute Wall, located to the right side of Concessions as you are looking at it from the Track. (Note this is where Registration had been located at the beginning of the event) Bring a picture (if you don’t mind losing) of the person you wish to honor or remember to put on the memory wall located on the side wall of concessions.

7:00pm: Campsite Judging begins! Team Captain or Designated Team member must register campsite at Initial Relay Check In. Signage of Team name must be visible at Team Campsite! (Winner, that, in the eye of the judge/s best meets the “Back To The Future” theme will be announced at 5:30AM). Winning Campsite Team MUST be present at 5:30am Closing Ceremony to win Prize

7:00pm: On the Track is our “Back to the Future” Lap (Dress like Characters from the movie or 1950’s or 1980’s costumes)

8:00pm: On the Track is our Purple Passion Lap (Dress in purple)

9:00pm: Luminaria Set Up followed by Ceremony, at 9:30pm with Bagpipes. ALL activities cease during           ceremony. Please join us in the bleachers for the Ceremony. We ask for your respect during the ceremony, no talking and please turn off your cell phones. Please remain seated unless it is an emergency.

10:00pm: On the Track is our Andrew Kuebrich Memorial Lap (Dress in Cubs wear or Red, White and Blue)

After the Andrew Kuebrich memorial lap, please head to the bleaches for a special event.

10:30pm: Accounting closes – Please be sure to turn in all donations from your onsite fundraising.

11:00pm: On the Track is our Mardi Gras Lap (Colors of Mardi Gras are purple, gold and green)

Midnight: We’re half way there! Please join us at Command Central (under the tent on the field) for our Fight Back Ceremony:  “A Tangled Tail”, Ponytail cuts for charity– All other activity ceases during the ceremony PLEASE.

12:30am: Zumba on the Football Field

1am: Battle against Cancer Lap (Prepare for battle! Suggestion: Dress in Camouflage – No weapons whether real of fake will be allowed) First join us in the bleachers to watch an Awesome presentation by Venture Crew 7452, BSA based out of Montgomery, IL focusing on Native Drum and Dance and then complete your Battle Against Cancer Lap at the end of their presentation.

2am: On the Track is our Starry, Starry Night Lap (Star             Costumes or clothing) and Bags Game Contest in the middle of the football field.

3am: On the Track is our Dance Card Lap - Everyone gets a dance card, then dance around the track with different partners. Have each partner sign your dance card; whoever has danced with the most people at the end of 30 minutes and reports to Command Central at exactly 3:30am with their dance card filled out CORRECTLY wins a PRIZE!

4am: On the Track is our Chicken Dance Lap (Dress like a Chicken or Chicken themed Clothing) AND Rooster Crow  Contest – First meet at Command Central to participate in the Crowing Contest, (Best Crower wins a PRIZE) then            complete the lap.

5am:  We’ve almost made it! On the Track is our Pajama Lap and Best Bed Head Contest – Meet at Command Central first to win a PRIZE for the best Bed Head hairdo and then complete your lap.

5:30am: We survived the night!  

Closing Ceremonies Begin- Join us for the final time in the bleachers!

Turn in your Spirit Point cards by 4:45am with TEAM TOTAL circled to Donna in the Salem Lutheran Tent. Remember Spirit points are on the Honor system. With that in mind you are on your honor to write down points earned for Closing Ceremony before the actual Closing Ceremony

Event Awards:

• Best Decorated “Back To the Future” Campsite Award
• Team Spirit Award This is on the HONOR System!– Spirit Points this year will not only be based on demonstration of Team Spirit through excitement and team participation in the theme laps and contests BUT ALSO in ATTENDANCE at Opening, Fight Back & Closing Ceremonies.

 Opening Ceremony Possible Points

• 200 total TEAM points, not per team member, for Opening Ceremony with ALL Team Members present.
• Fight Back Ceremony Possible Points
• 10,000 total TEAM points, not per team member, for Fight Back with ALL Team members or 5,000 total TEAM points, not per team member, for at least half of the Team Members.
• Closing Ceremony Possible Points
• 50,000 Team points, not per team member, for Closing Ceremony with All Team members or 5,000 points for at least half of Team members. No points awarded for closing ceremony with less than half the team present.

Rookie Team of Relay (First Year Teams Only) - based on Campsite decorations and theme interpretation, costumes, and spirit points (Spirit point card must clearly state you are a Rookie Team and you must have declared Rookie Status at initial Registration to Relay).

GREAT SCOTT! 

These Relayers are fighting cancer faster than a DeLoran

going 88mph!! Thank you for all your hard work!

Congrats to our top participants!

Jerri Lynn Baker

Nanci Gilstrap

Diane Lee James

Congrats to our top teams!

Edie's Team First

Valley West Community Hospital

Team Peace Love Walk

Missed the last team meeting?

Click here for important event updates!

Grab some delicious pizza at Pizza Hut in Sandwich from 4:00pm - 8:00pm Tuesday, May 7th! 

Pizza Hut will donate 20% of your purchases on the evening of May 7th. Dine-in, Pick-up, or delivery -- just make sure you print out this flyer!

Rev up the Deloran to 88 MPH -- we're going back in time to the Relay For Life of Plano, Sandwich, Somonauk!

Learn how you can finish the fight at our next team meeting!

Thursday, May 2 -- 7:00pm

Indian Valley Vocational Center

600 Lions Rd., Sandwich, IL

Save the Date for Bank Night!

Beat the lines at Relay and turn in your donations at Bank Night!

Wednesday, June 5^th, 5:00-7:00 PM at

Centrue Bank in Sandwich 202 Indian Springs Drive

(on Route 34 next to Pizza Hut) 

Going out for dinner?

CHECK OUT THE FUNDRAISING &

ACTIVITIES PAGE TO SEE HOW YOU CAN

DINE AND SAVE LIVES!

The Relay For Life of PSS committee has partnered

with several resturants to raise funds and

awareness for the American Cancer Society. 

Click here for more info on turning food into fuel for

the fight against cancer!  

What if you could go back in time and make a difference in the fight against cancer?

Join the American Cancer Society as we celebrate 100 years of creating more birthdays at the Relay For Life of Plano, Sandwich, Somonauk on June 21 - 22, 2013!

This year's theme is Back to the Future, but you won't need a flux capactor to help us finish this fight!

The journey to end cancer starts with a single step. The American Cancer Society invites you to take that step with us by joining the global Relay For Life movement. When you walk to end cancer at a Relay event, it's your opportunity to not only honor cancer survivors and remember loved ones lost, but also to raise awareness about what we can do to stay well from cancer and raise money to help fuel the world's largest walk to end cancer.

Questions?

Contact Meghan Goldbeck:

Meghan.Goldbeck@cancer.org

(630) 879-9009

or view Online Help