Austin Networkers: Relay for Life

posted on April 2, 2006

The following message was sent to me by Ragen Chastain of Total Administrative Solutions:

Recently a fellow networker told us that his wife had been diagnosed with breast cancer. We decided to take action and have formed a Relay for Life team.  Out team name is Austin Networkers. The event will be held from 7pm on Friday, April 28th until 7am Saturday April 29th at the Texas School for the Deaf.  This is an overnight event and there will be food, live music and the relay itself (please visit the website below for more details).  If you can't stay for the whole night that is fine, but please do let me know when you plan to be there so that I can make sure we have people there for the whole time!  If you aren't interested in participating please consider donating to any member of the team. Please feel free to forward the e-mail on to other networkers/networking groups that you might be in.  The more team members the merrier!  Just please have them e-mail me at ragen@totaladministrativesolutions.com so that I can add them to the team list.
 
In order to be part of the team you'll need to go to this website and register:  http://www.acsevents.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=134926&lis=1&kntae134926=88BFCF9CA3504946AF82F294F5CBB9C2.
 
You'll click on "Sign up Here" (on the left-hand side, then "I agree" on the next page, then Click on "Join a Team".  A dropdown menu will appear and you will be able to select Austin Networkers from the list.  The donation to participate is at least $5.00.  You can pay with a credit card on the site or you can give me a check or cash for $5.00 and I'll take care of it for you (just click the button that indicates that you are on a team and have already paid).
 
Next is the fun part - Fundraising!!!!!!  I will work with the leaders of the networking groups I'm in to see if we can pass the hat but it would be great if you could reach out to your individual networks as well.  Every little bit helps.  I have set our team fundraising goal at $2,500.00 and I think that we can blow that out of the water!!!!!!  Once you've registered you can click on "E-mail Friends" and they will help you compose an e-mail to your family and friends allowing them to click on your website address and donate to you. 
 
Please let me know once you've registered and (with the help of the fabulous Sue Foss at Cedar Valley Group!) we'll put together a team e-mail list to help us communicate. Thank you so much for your interest!  I'm really excited about using all of our networks to support such a great cause. 
 
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions and feel free to invite people from your other networking groups to join our team.  The more the merrier!!!!!!!

Thank you Ragen for spearheading this! What better way to network than to spend 12 hours celebrating life with other committed networkers?

Happy networking!

Author: Scott Ingram

Categories: Austin, Networking Events, Scott Ingram