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NEW Corporate Sponsorship tiers!See page 8 for details Relay For Life of WoosterFoot-Noteswww.relayforlife.org/wooster December 2011 Issue 1Vol. 16 Relay For Life of WoosterJune 8-9, 2012Wooster High School, Follis Field, 515 Oldman Road, Wooster, Ohio 2011 RFL TEAM INFORMATION MEETINGS Relay 101 at 6:15 p.m.Registration at 6:30 p.m.Meeting at 7:00 p.m. LOCATION Central Christian Church 407 N. Market St, Wooster January 19, 2012February 16,2012 March 15, 2012April 19,2012 May 17,2012Come to learn more about Relay and fundraising, register your team, keep up to date on fundraisers/events and much more! MEET YOUR ACS STAFF PARTNER!Angie Wynar She shares her story to relay and becoming an ACS Staff Partner Page 3 WHY DO YOU RELAY? Let us know by emailing BethAnne (bethannesrelaymail@gmail.com) Be sure to include your name and team. Responses will be published in upcoming issues of Foot-Notes. 1 Did you know????Relay For Life of Wooster can be found on face book. Friend us. STAY INFORMED News from the American Cancer Society Pages 9-11

2Greetings from our Tri-Chairs Welcome to Relay For Life Wooster 2012!  As we begin our 2nd year as your Tri-Chairs, we are very excited. We have 1 year under our belts, so to speak, and are a little bit more confident in our roles!  We have some NEW and EXCITING things happening this year ~ the theme for this year’s event is “TIME WARP” . Decide on your time period or decade and have fun with it. If at all possible, we would like you to incorporate the advances that the American Cancer Society made in the period you have chosen.  You can pick a past Relay For Life – Wooster theme or pick one of your own, it doesn’t matter, we are very excited to see what everyone comes up with!  This year marks the 16th year for our event and we will be hitting a HUGE milestone this year, topping $3,000,000 in contributions! YIPPEE!! Make sure to come to the Team Information meetings the 3rd Thursday of each month to discover what special surprise we have in mind for the month we hit this. Each team will again be receiving a planning committee “mentor”. This is your GO TO person on the committee if you have questions or problems. If you have a specific mentor that you would like to work with, please let one of us know and we will do everything in our power to honor your request. Also, Relay 101 will be returning this year with a little bit of change. This very informal session will again start at 6:15 the night of the Team Information meeting. This is your chance to ask those questions that you don’t want to ask in front of a large group. Each month this year we will delve a little deeper into different areas. January’s session will be on the registration process and how to complete your donation receipts.  As a reminder, any meeting cancellations will be put on our website and also an announcement will be made on WKQT Radio Wooster. Happy Relaying! Relay For Life Wooster 2012 Tri-Chairs Saralyn Lash – saralynrelaymail@yahoo.comDawna Sands – dawnarelaymail@yahoo.comKathy Sparr – kathleensparr@waynesavings.com

3 MEET ANGIE WYNARGreetings! I am excited to be your staff partner! I am already amazed by the accomplishments of your Relay and love the enthusiasm each of you bring! I thought I’d share a bit of history about me and how I came to be your staff partner. I have been a lifetime resident of Wayne County and currently live in Orrville. In 2001, I graduated from Smithville High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational communication from Ohio University in 2005. My experience with cancer began at an early age. I was about 8 years old when my parents told me that my grandpa was sick, he had cancer all around his vocal cords. At such a young age, I didn’t really know or understand what cancer was or that it was going to change my family forever. I remember my mother telling me to listen to grandpa’s voice and commit it to memory, because soon, he would not have one anymore. We stocked up on marker boards, paper and ink pens for Grandpa and tried to ease his worries. The day of his surgery came and we all huddled around Grandpa, soaking up his last words. Countless hours later, the surgeon returned to the waiting room to tell us of the surgery’s success. Miraculously, the doctors were able to save his precious voice! As you can imagine, my family was ecstatic! Grandpa may have been left with a hoarse and raspy voice, but a voice none the less. To me, it is the most beautiful voice in the world. When Relay For Life came to Orrville in 2003, my family organized a team to honor my grandfather. Now, my reason to relay for has grown to include many more friends and family, both in honor and in memory. In early 2011, I joined Orrville’s committee as the online chair. It was at one of the committee meetings that I heard about the staff partner opportunity. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but the desire to check out the position kept growing. Soon, I found myself updating my resume and completing an application. I interviewed for the position In July and joined the American Cancer Society as a staff partner in August. In addition to Relay For Life Wooster, I am also the staff partner for the College of Wooster and Orrville relays, Pan Ohio Hope Ride, and Daffodil Days of Wayne County. Please feel free to email or call and introduce yourself. I would love to hear from you. You can reach me at angie.wynar@cancer.org or 1-888-227-6446 x 2203.

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6Fundraisers in our area The Smithies for Life (formerly Burkey Excavating) team is having a Thirty-One thermal tote sale now through January 10. There are two choices, the zip up thermal tote, $10 (normally $15), and the cinch top thermal tote, $15 (normally $20). The consultant is donating 100% of her profits to our relay team. These are great to use as lunch bags, for travel, sporting events, etc. Please contact Jana Muntin at 330-317-4302 for more info. or to order. 6

7Speaking of Fundraisers, this just in…. Angie received this information about dollars per Capita and wanted to share with us.   Go wayne county! National Cancer Act Anniversary a Prime Opportunity to Renew Commitment to Defeating DiseaseMore than 12 Million Cancer Survivors are Alive Today, but Cancer Still Kills More Than 570,000 Americans Each Year Washington, D.C. – December 13, 2011 – A resolution was introduced in the Senate today to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the passage of the National Cancer Act. President Nixon effectively declared “war on cancer” by signing the Act on December 23, 1971. “Cancer is no longer a virtual death sentence thanks to the significant progress we’ve made as a nation in the past 40 years,” said John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. “However, this is no time to rest on our past success. We need to celebrate this historic milestone by redoubling our efforts, so we can find answers for the deadliest cancers that still elude us.”

Corporate Sponsorship  Relay For Life of Wooster would not exist as we know it without its generous and consistent corporate sponsors. To make corporate sponsorship more affordable, the 2012 Corporate Sponsorship levels have been adjusted in accordance with economic factors. In 2012, Corporate Sponsorship levels are as follows: Platinum $7,500 Gold $5,000Silver $2,500 Bronze $1,000Copper $500Track Sign $100  Benefits for the different levels of sponsorship can be found in the Sponsor Brochure 2012 document found on the Wooster Relay For Life website under My Event/Event Announcements/Event Forms. Corporate Sponsorship I am interesting in becoming a Relay for Life of Wooster Corporate Sponsor at the indicated level. Platinum ($7,500)Gold ($5,000)Silver ($2,500)Bronze ($1,000)Copper ($500)   Please Invoice MeMy check is enclosed Contact Name ____________________ Business Name___________________ Address_________________________  City State Zip____________________ Email___________________________ Phone___________________________8

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