2010 Relay For Life of Lake Travis

The date and location have been set for the 2010 Relay For Life of Lake Travis. The event will be held at the Hill Country Galleria Mall beginning at 7:00 PM on Friday, April 16. The "track" will be the sidewalk around the amphitheater and logistics are still being worked out.

The Galleria will be a great site. We will have power and lights, a stage for entertainment and restaurants will be open for part of the event. We won't have the traditional camping on the field inside the track, but the event will be great.

The first planning committee meeting will be held on Thursday, November 12 at 6:30. The location is the Keller Williams Building at 1921 Lohman's Crossing in Lakeway, which is right by The Summit. The meeting is open to anyone wanting to learn about the event or curious about helping put it together.

Cavs In Service Hours

From the Cavs In Service contact at LTHS:

"Today, the Cavs in Service board approved students receiving their relay for life hours if they raised $100 and were registered on a team. The money must have already been turned in and this is a one time only this year only deal since our senior deadline is so close."

I applaud and thank the Cavs In Service Committee for doing this.

Where Do I Drop My Relay Money?

OK, we all know that the Relay For Life of Lake Travis was rained out this year. Volunteers were present in Lakeway to collect funds last Saturday and I am sure that there are people who either did not know to come or who were not available to come. So what to do?

People with registration material, luminaria bags and donations can drop by the Keller Williams Realty office at 1921 Lohman's Crossing in Lakeway any weekday from 8:00 to 6:00 and drop things for me, Sam Chapman, and I will make sure they get to the American Cancer Society.

PLEASE make sure everything is marked well with a team name, particiapant name and whether or not you are a Lake Travis High School student.

Questions? Cal me at 293-2422.

Relay For Life of Lake Travis Status is CANCELLED

Sorry folks, but the 2009 Relay For Life of Lake Travis is officially cancelled. Because of heavy rain, we cannot use the field for Relay For Life. The athletic department is trying to regrow the grass and feels that the field will be damaged if we are on it.

Please bring paperwork and funds raised to the Keller Williams Realty office at 1921 Lohman's Crossing on Saturday, the 18th, between noon and 4:00 PM. If you have luminaria bags to turn in, we will save them for next year's event.

If you would like to be at another Relay, come back here in a few days. I will post other event locations and dates when I have them.

Maybe this screen shot will explain our cancellation better:

Fun Relay For Life Team Names

I was assigning teams to camp sites the other day and saw some creative team names. This year's favorite is a team called Error 404 (Team Not Found). This is a high school team with a freshman girl as captain. Can you tell that kids surf the web a lot?

I love that I am seeing teams from past years repeating this year. These teams include the Miracle Workers, Band Against Cancer, Mable's Crew and Lake Travis FFA. The Tropical Trekkers have been a team at Lake Travis for years and are not joining us this year. They opted to join a West Lake Hills relay group. We'll miss the Hawaiian Ski Bums!

Relay For Life Bank Night

Hey Relayers - come to the Keller Williams Realty office at 1921 Lohman's Crossing in Lakeway this coming Tuesday, April 14 to drop funds raised to date. We'll also have registration material for anyone needing it.

RFL of Lake Travis is a Week Away

We got a very late start this year with a kick-off meeting in late February. Last week we had fewer than 10 teams registered and hardly any participants. We now have 17 teams registered online, probably another 15 or so that will come from local schools and fundraising is on the upswing. We have some great sponsors as well.

Guarantee Bank is providing our accounting team. Chic-fil-A will provide the survivor meal. The Lake Travis View gave us a great article yesterday. Keller Williams has let us use its Lake Travis office for meetings. Emmaus Church is letting us borrow tables and chairs. Of course, the volunteers putting the event on are great as well. As event chair this year, I have Thomas Fish coordinating entertainment and participating as DJ. Choral Austin will provide some of the music, including a song at the end of the Luminaria Ceremony, Christi Angel will sing the National Anthem. Students from the Lake Travis High School Interact Club round out the planning committee doing logistics, the Luminaria Ceremony and high school team recruiting. I wish I could mention names, but of respect for the school district's privacy policy I will not name names.