Relay Dates Announced, Earlier Season This Year

 In the Relay for Life Volunteers Group, a few of the dates for this year's Relay season were announced. The one for this month is registration for the Relay, which is January 20.

RFL of SL 2019 Registration is January 20th!  Help us get the word out, through your groups, friends, and even social media! This is going to be the best Relay ever! If you would like to arrange a meeting between RFL Leads, yourself, and someone you know who might be interested in forming a team, sponsorship, partnership, etc?. We've attached a notecard to help you with your conversations 

There was also a reminder of last year's announcement that this would be an earlier Relay season, with the Kickoff in February and the Relay Weekend in early June.

There are great things in store for Relay For Life of Second Life! Some of the important dates to remember are listed below. Let's keep those dates fresh in everyone's mind, spread the word around the grid.

Registration-January 20, 2019
Kickoff-February 16, 2019
Five Days of Relay-June 3-7, 2019
Relay Event Weekend, June 8-9. 2019


In September, Stingray stated the decision was made after talking to other volunteers, who felt that more people were logged in earlier in the year, so they would be more likely to get more donations in an earlier season.

For more informantion, message RFL 2019 Season Leads Adam Spark, Ari Spark, and Gem Sunkiller

Bixyl Shuftan

Relay For Life 2019 Season to Start in February, Relay Weekend on June 8

For years, the Relay for Life fundraising season had it's Kickoff in March and had the Relay Weekend in July. This changed this year when the season started a month later. After some brainstorming, it was decided to shift the season a month early. In 2019, it will be starting on Saturday February 16, and the Relay Weekend will be on Saturday June 8 and Sunday June 9, "This will be the first time in the history of the event that it will be held in June."

On www.slrelayinfo.com, Stingray Rainmaker, "referenced Second Life demographics and economic metrics as the initial reason for considering moving the event date from its traditional mid-July weekend. 'Our volunteers all had an opportunity to weigh in on this decision and the overwhelming feedback was in favor of holding Relay For Life of Second Life in June because it will allow our season to start earlier, when more residents are logged in and active.'"

This will be quite a change for the Relay as this puts the high point of the season, the Relay Weekend, in the same month as the Second Life Birthday. While the two events won't overlap, some people who were planning to build for both may be rethinking their plans. What we can say is that they way the Newser will report both events may be a little different than previous years. It's sure to be an interesting Relay season.

Bixyl Shuftan