Relay for Life Fundraising Season Begins

On Saturday February 16 at 10AM, the Relay for Life in Second Life, the largest charity fundraising group in terms of volunteers and amount of cash raised, had it's Kickoff event. Dozens of people gathered in the Internal Hope and the edge of the Reflections of Life sims.

IshtarAngel Micheline (Ishtarkiss) made a recording of the opening speech, which can be heard (here).

There were a number of builds at the event, including team camps at the Reflection of Life sims.

Team Sunbeamers, the team of the Sunweaver community where the Newser has it's office, had a rocket start, having saved enough over the winter to start off a few ranks ahead. While the team hasn't gotten that far yet, it has raised several thousand Lindens so far.

Lizzy Austen had more pictures of the Kickoff on her pager (here).

Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

Relay Kickoff Saturday Feb 16 at 10 AM

In what may take some as a pleasant surprise, the Relay for Life fundraising season is starting early this year. In September 2018, the Relay Committee came to the conclusion that an earlier season would bring in more people, and donations. So this means a season that begins in February instead of March. And so tomorrow is the Kickoff event, the season start.

The theme for this season is "All Aboard for a Cure." And the various teams have been setting things up in the Eternal Hope and Reflections of Life sims. The event starts at 10AM.

The Relay for Life is the largest fundraising group in Second Life in terms of volunteers and money raised, donating money to the American Cancer Society.

"Go Relay!"