Walk Details

Hello Team Hungry For Life,

The 2009 NSMC Cancer WALK, presented by Danversbank, is just a month away! The planning and fine-tuning for the event is underway. Listed below is some preliminary information about the WALK.

Free parking will be available at Shetland Properties on Congress Street, and shuttle buses will take walkers to Salem Willows Park starting at 7:00am.

We will meet at 8:00am at the start/finish line~ look for HFL team shirts. (Same spot as last year.) There are also return shuttle bus trips to the parking lots. The after party begins at 10:30am at the Salem Knights of Columbus. (Same spot as last year.)

Live entertainment will entertain us along the route.

This year's WALK takes place on Father's Day and just three weeks after the opening of the new Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center in Danvers. It will be especially meaningful for many families that have been affected by cancer.

See you soon!

1 Month Countdown

The WALK is just about a month away and thus far, we have raised $3865.00! We should be proud. We are still one of the Top Teams!

Team Hungry For Life still has a long way to go to reach our team goal. If you don't want to create your own fundraising page, please pass on the team page to anyone you think would be interested in donating to the new cancer center.

The team shirts will be mailed out in just a couple weeks. If you haven't mailed me your payment, please do so ASAP. Email me (bettslevine@metrocast.net) if you need my address or your shirt total.

Have a nice Memorial Day weekend. I am looking forward to seeing everyone next month!

Katie

Top Team

I just wanted to let everyone know that we are currently one of the top fundraising teams. We have raised $2745.00 collectively thus far! I wanted to give a special shout out to team members Laura Cobb, Heather Conner and Deanna Zaccaria (who created their own personal fundraising pages) for already raising lots of money towards our goal of 10K. We are getting closer. It means so much! Way to go Team Hungry For Life!

To see the top teams, go to this page and look in the right column.

Fundraising Time

We have to start thinking about raising money towards our team goal. There are a few different ways of raising funds:

1. You can forward the Team Hungry For Life fundraising page (www.firstgiving.com/teamhungryforlife ~ see link in right sidebar) onto all of your friends, family and co-workers that you think will contribute to our goal of 10K. No donation is too small.

2. Instead of passing on the team page, you can create your own fundraising page. Go to www.firstgiving.com/nsmcwalk to create. Just be sure to join Team Hungry For Life so all of the funds you raise go towards the team goal. Creating your own personal fundraising page may increase your overall total because friends/family may be more inclined to donate to you personally.

3. You can skip the online stuff and use a traditional sponsor sheet. Collecting donations this way is great for those who want to give but are not Internet savvy and do not wish to donate online, or just don't know how. If you need a sponsor sheet, email me and I can mail it to you.

Lastly, I realize that in this economy it may be difficult to raise lots of money. I even thought of lowering our team goal of 10K, but in the end decided against it. We have almost 200 confirmed walkers this year, so I think it's very feasible. If everyone who walks raises at least $50, we will easily succeed.

All I am asking is that you do the best you can. I am sincerely just happy that we will have a huge sea of blue, walking proud for D. Rich again.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Also, if you ordered a team t-shirt, please send payment to me as soon as possible. If you need my address and/or your total, email me (bettslevine@metrocast.net). I will be picking up t-shirts the first week in June and mailing them out immediately after that.

Lastly, it's really not too late to order a shirt. Because I knew there would be a few stragglers, I arranged one more order before the WALK. If you want a t-shirt, let me know.

Thanks,
Katie