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Relay for Life 2008

Relay For Life (often shortened to Relay or RFL) is a fundraising event of the American Cancer Society, and is now held in many other countries. It is an overnight event designed to spread awareness of cancer prevention, treatments and cures, celebrate survivorship and raise money for research to find more cures for cancer. Relay For Life is the world's largest fundraising walk.[1] In 2007, Relay For Life raised over $405 million.

The Relay for Life Racers, powered by the MetaCard™, is lead by a woman by the name of Chelle Moore, a cancer survivor herself. And Co-Captained by Kaaden Carson and Raver Bellow. Last year, Second Life Relay for Life raised over $120,000 U.S. dollars IN THE METAVERSE OF SECOND LIFE. This is an amazing fundraiser and bringing it into SL opens all kinds of opportunities for helping fight cancer.

Relay for Life Teams form in February, beginning with the 2008 Kick Off Party, and hold fund raising events in SL from March – July. The Relay for Life in SL finishes with the Official RFL SL overnight Relay on July 19th & 20th, 2008. Team members gather at their Team Campsites they build, walk the RFL SL Track, enjoy live music, participate in fun events, and explore the 35 Relay Sims as the event runs overnight and into the next morning. In 2007, over 35 RFL SL Teams participated in the largest virtual fundraising walk in the world and this year the number is even higher. We have 85 teams this year working to benefit the cause. For more information, visit www.rflofsl.org.

Month of May upcoming events:

May 17th - Cleanin' for a Cure Car Wash

Same as last year, we will have bays and team members and volunteers will wash cars, bikes, trucks, trikes, hamburgers whatever lol for donations to a kiosk. Attendants will be given team themed bathing suits to wear courtesy of Tazzie Tuque. Last year this event raised over 80,000L, let's try to top that.

Following the Car Wash the winning bids for the auction will be announced. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Michelle/154/128/29

May 18th - Racin' for a Cure Nascar Truck & Stocker races

1pm slt - Two classes will be run, truck & stocker. Drivers must register with Chelle Moore by 1:30 pm slt, Registrations will be taken earlier. Drivers must use the stockers and trucks available for sale on the sim from the RFL vendors. Rules will be reviewed before the start of the race.

The track is open to all for practice any time as long as we dont have a scheduled event. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Michelle/154/128/29

May 24th 6pm - 8pm - 90's-now Prom

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Michelle/154/128/29

June 1st, 6am - 6pm - Halfway There Fair - Relay wide event

We will be doing an RC(remote control) track using miniature versions of the cars and trucks available at the sim. The RC cars will be in rezzers. They will also be for sale at the fair.

Sport Relief takes to virtual streets for this year's Miles.

LONDON, UK. — (05 March, 2008)

In partnership with We Are Here, Sport Relief has launched its Mile events and fundraising into the popular virtual world Second Life®. Offering residents the chance to get involved in a range of different challenges and Mile activity on the weekend of the 14 to 16 March and even an after-party on the Sport Relief island – the initiative aims to raise extra funds from the in-world community.

Using the Second Life®* virtual platform provided by Linden Lab, We Are Here have created a virtual worldwide Sport Relief challenge - surfing in virtual Newquay, roller-skating a Mile in an animated rainforest and sky diving from a space station. This extension of the “first world” activity taking place across the UK for Sport Relief enables people to try out a new style of participative fundraising and awareness raising. Avatars complete with Sport Relief t-shirts, controlled by their real-life owners, will take part in a weekend of events cumulating in a live music concert being streamed from musicians around the world on the official Sport Relief islands (Sims).

"The Sport Relief initiative allows us to showcase the global reach and flexibility of virtual platforms and is a great example of how activity in Second Life®* can make a real difference in real life. As a very efficient way to empower a social network to get involved with Sport Relief, we’re looking forward to learning more about the fundraising potential of this environment,” said Martin Gill, Head of New Media for Comic Relief, Sport Relief’s parent charity.

"Viral fundraising works perfectly with the Second Life®* platform allowing people from many different countries to host and promote their own events. It is going to be great to thank everyone in-world too, with the concert after the weekend’s activity, and share pictures of people’s avatars getting into the spirit of it! Whilst at the same time we have created formal events to drive awareness and get people fundraising for Sport Relief, we’re also looking forward to seeing what people do on their own," said Lottie Messner, from We Are Here. "We hope this activity will help more charities see how they can utilise and access communities built within virtual environments to help raise awareness and drive forward their initiatives."

*Second Life ® is a registered trademark of Linden Lab.

Notes to Editors

Sport Relief:

For more information and images contact:

Natalie Forster – / 0207 840 2517

Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief 2008
Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 16th March. Sign up for your nearest Mile at www.sportrelief.com. For your virtual mile log in to www.secondlife.com and join the group Sport Relief Fund Raisers
To make a donation, call 08457 910 910^ (^calls cost 4p per minute from BT landlines. Charges for other operators and mobile networks may vary)
Since its launch in 2002, almost £50 million has been raised through Sport Relief
Comic Relief spends the money raised to help vulnerable people living incredibly tough lives both at home in the UK and across the world’s poorest countries
Sport Relief is an initiative of Comic Relief, registered with the charity commission no. 326568