The Flood Party, Next Year's Theme Announced

 

Wednesday June 11 at 4 PM was the last big event at the Relay tack, the Wrap Up party. Though it's better known as the Flood Party.

 

 It would take place at RFL Advovacy and Awareness. The water level was raised to the point people needed floaters to keep above it. 

 

 The event started when a sim manager on a whim in 2010 flooded a sim a few days after the Relay Weekend, and people rushed over with floaters and inner tubes. It became a Relay tradition. 

 

The Sunbeamers didn't bring a float, but a DWUK Army vehicle. 

 

 The event would be recorded (click here to view). 

 

Besides the revelry and fun, there were also a few announcements. The most important was that the theme for next year had been decided, Wild For A Cure. 

 

Following the event, a few would rush off to take down their campsites. But most would wait until the following day, Thursday June 12. 

 

Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

RFL Announcement: "Flood Party" Today, 4PM

 

Join us to wrap up the 2025 Relay Season on Wed, 6/11 at 4pm SLT on RFL Advocacy!

That's right - bc we didn't get a chance to spend as much time on RFL Advocacy during Relay Weekend, we decided to make up for lost time by partying hard and sinkin' it back into the ocean (where it apparently likes to spend its time anyway)!

So grab your swimming (or floating) gear and chill with your fellow Relayers, DJ Purelife, & your ACS Leadership Team as we present awards and reveal the 2026 theme! 

 

Team Sunbeamer Group Photo

 

 

 On Tuesday June 14, some of the Relay's Team Sunbeamers met up for their annual post-Relay Weekend group photo, in front of the camp at RFL Advocacy. Not everyone could make it, such as Cynthia Farshore, Shockwave Yareach, and Mattie Carlton. And some were in Bid Me and Relay avatar challenge looks. But it's a picture for the Sunbeamer books.

Bixyl Shuftan

 

RFL Weekend: The Sunbeamer Camp

 

 

 The Relay Weekend has arrived, and on the track many dozens of teams have their campsites set up. This includes Team Sunbeamers, who have their camp set up in RFL Advocacy. 

With the theme this year being "Hope Floats," there are balloons that will take people to a few floating islands, each with information about cancer and treating it.

As with previous Sunbeamer camps, a big part of this campsite is the Memorial Garden, where numerous people who passed from cancer, including some particularly close to the team, are honored.

 

There is also the Hope Lodge. For several of the Sunbeamers, the fight against cancer is a personal one, either having suffered from it themselves, or having to care for someone who had.

It should also be noted that this year, the Sunbeamers didn't just build a camp, but were able to sponsor the sim.

By all means drop by today, and tomorrow, but don't forget to walk the track and see many other great campsites.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/RFL%20Advocacy/123/77/23

Bixyl Shuftan

Relay Track Camps Open to Builders

 

 

Earlier today, the campsites at the Relay Weekend track sims were opened up to builders (and one reporter designated one). This includes the Sunbeamer camp, which team captain Rita Mariner showed off the marker.

For the 'beamers, things will be a little different this year. They will be sponsoring a sim: RFL Advocacy.

The sims are mostly empty now. But it won't be long before they're full of builds as the various teams fill up their campsites. The Newser won't show pictures of incomplete sites, but we can and will show "teasers" for small glimpses of what's to come.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

Skunk Aid 2

Last weekend on May 12, two Relay For Life teams had a little problem, being the subject of being "skunked" by the Relay's "Stinky the Skunk" campaign. So what they do? After the success of the "Skunk Aid" fundraising party earlier in the season, they decided to hold a second one.

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