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50 Days of Relay
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Give 25 cents if you
attended today’s Team
Meeting or give your
team captain 25 cents for
representing your team.
Relay For Life is the
American Cancer
Society’s #1
fundraiser. Donate in
cents the number of
your #1 sports athlete.
ACS reports that men
who have reached the
age of 50 should be
tested for prostate
cancer. Donate 50 cents
for every man in your
family.
More people die of lung
cancer than of colon,
breast and prostate
cancers combined.
Donate 25 cents for each
person you know
affected by lung cancer.
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In May 1985 Dr. Gordy
Klatt started the first
Relay For Life for ACS by
running 83 miles in 24
hours. Donate 83 cents in
honor of the difference
he has made.
To lower the risk of
developing cancer, eat
5 or more servings of a
variety of fruits and
veggies each day.
Donate a dime for
each serving you have
had today.
3,000 nonsmoking adults
die every year from
secondhand smoke.
Donate 5 cents for every
smoker you see in a
public place today.
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Over 40 million averagerisk people over 50 have
not been screened for
colorectal cancer., the
second most fatal cancer
in the US. Donate 40
cents.
25% of people
reported that they
used up most or all of
their savings fighting
cancer. Deposit your
check from work today
but donate the cents
to Relay.
Alcohol raises the risk of
cancers of the mouth,
esophagus, breast, colon
and liver. Donate 25
cents for every alcohol
advertisement you see
or hear today.
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Prostate cancer kills 500
American men weekly.
Donate 10 cents every
time you use the
restroom today.
A new microscope used
by cancer researchers
costs $2,000. Donate 20
cents for every lab test
you have had so far this
year.
Participants in Relay
For Life range from
first time Relayers to
veterans of many
years. Give $1 for
each Relay you have
participated in.
The ACS’s Hope Lodge
gives patients a place to
stay when their
treatment facility is
over 40 miles from
home. Donate 50 cents
for every hotel you
have stayed in this year.
Cancer advocates
send thousands of
letters to Congress,
urging them to
support cancer
research &
programs. Donate
25 cents for every
piece of mail you
received today.
Give 5 cents for every day
left to fundraise before
the Norfolk/VB Relay.
The Look Good..Feel
Better program helps
women offset
appearance-related
changes from cancer.
Donate 5 cents for
each minute you spent
getting ready today.
In the past year, the
number of new cancer
cases increased by 30%.
Donate 30 cents to help
fight back against this
statistic.
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Ovarian cancer causes
more deaths than any
other cancer of the
reproductive system.
Donate 50 cents for
every child in your
family.
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One case of latex
gloves costs $60.
Donate 60 cents if
you own a pair of
gloves .
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The drug company
marketing Taxol, a
cancer treatment for
breast and ovarian
cancer, made $5
million a day in 2002.
Donate 25 cents for
every pill you took
today.
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Say “bullsh*t” to
cancer. Donate 5
cents every time you
swear today.
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ACS funds more than
$100 million in research
a year. Donate $1 in
thanks for this
incredible achievement.
The survival rate for
all stages of ovarian
cancer is 50%.
Donate 50 cents for
every woman in
your family.
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Cancer patients travel
an average of 30
minutes to receive
treatment. Give a
penny for every mile
you travel this week.
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Relay For Life saves on
average 90 lives a day.
Collect 90 cents for
every survivor you
know.
Relay For Life is
held in 24 countries
worldwide, and is
growing every year.
Donate 5 cents for
every foreign
country you have
visited.
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Sending emails to
friends for
donations is a great
way to raise money
for Relay. Give 25
cents for every
email you have sent
asking for a
donation.
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Women should have
mammograms each
year starting at age
40. Call your mom,
grandma, aunts,
sisters and let them
know. Give $1 in
honor of each call.
Donate $5 if you have
ever smoked. If you are
still a smoker, help
yourself and those
around you – give it up
today!!
It is possible that
adding antioxidants
(such as Vitamin C
& E) to your diet
can lower the risk of
cancer. Donate a
quarter if you take a
daily vitamin.
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There are 45 million
Americans that currently
smoke. Ask each smoker
you see today to donate
45 cents to Relay and
kick the habit today!
One in three people
will get cancer in
their lifetime. Give a
dime for each year of
your life that you’ve
been cancer free.
47 million people were
without health care
coverage in 2008. Give
47 cents in their honor.
Most skin cancer is
preventable. Give
25 cents if you have
had a skin checkup
from your doctor or
dermatologist.
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27% of uninsured
people say they
delayed cancer
treatment because of
cost. Donate 25 cents
for each item on your
To-Do list that has
been there more than
one day.
There are over 10 million
survivors in the United
States. Collect 50 cents
in honor of every
survivor in your family.
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44 of the ACS funded
researchers have gone on
to win the Nobel Prize.
Donate 42 cents for every
science class you took in
high school or college.
Cancer is a leading
killer worldwide,
accounting for
approximately 1 in 8
deaths. Give $1 in
memory of each loved
one lost to this awful
disease.
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ACS is all about
celebrating more
birthdays. Give 10 cents
for every birthday you
have celebrated.
More than two-thirds
of all cancer deaths
are preventable;
exercise is one form of
prevention. Donate 25
cents if you exercise at
least three times a
week.
Screening for cervical
cancer should be done
every year after age 21
at the latest. Let your
daughters, sisters and
nieces know. Give 50
cents for each call.
Non-melanoma skin
cancers can be caused
by UV exposure from
outdoors, even through
car windows. Donate 50
cents if you wore
sunscreen today.
An estimated 27% of
cancer diagnoses in
women in 2009
were breast cancer.
Give 27 cents for
every woman you
know who has fought
this disease.
There is no time to waste
in finding a cure. Donate
5 cents every time you
look at a clock today.
77% of the children
treated for cancer
survive 5 years or more
due to im-proved
treatments. Give $1 for
every childhood cancer
survivor you know.
You can’t beat it alone.
Give 15 cents for every
person on your team.
Give 50 cents for each
person you have
encouraged not to
smoke.
Brisk walking burns
about 297 calories
per hour. Donate
297 cents in honor
of those taking the
initiative to improve
their health and
reduce cancer risk.
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Give five cents for every
Relay event you’ve
participated in leading up
to this year’s event.
RELAY FOR
LIFE !!
Need other fundraising ideas? Check out www.RelayForLife.org or
email your American Cancer Society staff partner, Ginny St.Onge at
770-429-0089 or at [email protected]