Top Ten Relay For Life Teams

 

 

 The Relay for Life fundraising season has been going on for about a month, and the teams have already raised a lot of money. Four have already passed the Million Linden mark.

 

First is Camping for a Cure,  which has raised over 2,689,000 Linden dollars. Second is BeliforLife, which has brought in over 1,905,000 Linden dollars. Third is The Sugar Skuls at over 1,738,000 Lindens. 

Fourth is Aether Chrononauts Tiny Steps, or ACTS, at over 1,039,000 Lindens. Firth is The River of Life, at over 972.000 Linden dollars. 

The Sunbeamers, the team representing the Sunweaver community where the Newser office is, us in seventh place at over 872,000 Linden dollars.

 

Go Relay!

 

Bisyl Shuftan.

 

RFL Sunbeamers "Bid Me Pink" And "Bid Me Tricolor Fox" Results

 

 On Saturday May 18, Rita Mariner, the captain of the Relay for Life's team Sunbeamers announced the results of two "Bid Me" fundraisers. They were "Bid Me Pink" for Brian (BrianL61 Landar) and "Bid Me Pink, Blue, and White/Tricolor Fox", for Snowbuns (Skylark Lefavre).

 

Results of Snowy's Bid Me: 

 

Changing Snowy to Tri-Color Fox

Keep Snowy, as is : 50L

Change to 3 coolor Fox:  12,400L

Snowy goes 3 color for 4 weeks, May 10 to June 7th

 

 

Results of Brian's Bid Me

 

Bid Me Brian PNK and with tutu.

 

Keep Brian as is:  50L

Turn Brian PINK, with top hat and tutu: 16,550L

Brian goes Pink, etc, for 1 month, until June 7th 

Both showed their new looks, for the time being, at the Relaystock on Saturday. Brian made a few jokes about his appearance, "Look at what they did to me." 

Currently, the Sunbeamers are Emerald ranked in fundraising among the teams, with a total of 1,084,000 Linden dollars collected this year so far. And there will be one more event planned later this month, then the Relay Weekend.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

Top Ten Relay Teams

 

 

 While the end of the Relay season is yet to happen, with the Relay Weekend over, fundraising slows down for most teams. So here are the top ten teams (as of now)

TAP - The Adult Partnership - L$: 7,855,581 - USD: $31,422.32 - Superstar

The River of Life - L$: 5,212,427 - USD: $20,849.71 - All Star

Camping For A Cure - L$: 2,953,495 - USD: $11,813.98 - Crimson

One More Light - L$: 2,629,138 - USD: $10,516.55 - Crimson

Seekers of Hope - L$: 2,624,779 - USD: $10,499.12 = Crimson

Relay Rockers - L$: 2,622,341 - USD: $10,489.36 - Crimson

Aether Chrononauts Tiny Steps (ACTS) - L$: 2,188,889 - USD: $8,755.56 - Diamond

Cure Chasers - L$: 1,853,457 - USD: $7,413.83 - Diamond

Team ES - L$: 1,529,427 - USD: $6,117.71 - Topaz

Sunbeamers - L$: 1,292,537 - USD: $5,170.15 - Ruby

Other notable teams did well. Four teams ended up Emerald rank, making between a million and a million and a quarter Lindens. Among them was "Roos With A Dream" which came out 13th among the teams with 1,005,333 Lindens ($4,021.33 USD). Number 15 was Harmony of Hope which raised 932,752 Linden dollars ($3,731.01 USD), making Sapphire level. The Second Life Cheerleading Squad was 24rth with 536,326L Lindens (USD: $2,145.30) and Jade level. 25th was Meli's Maniacs, which raised 485,036 Linden ($1,940.14 USD) and made Platinum Level.

Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

RFL Team Totals: TAP Makes Diamond

 

Less than ten days after the start of the Relay for Life in Second Life's fundraising season, already there's a Diamond-ranked team, one that's raised 1,750,000 Linden dollars, or $7000 USD. This would be TAP - The Adult Partnership, which has gotten over 1,770,000 as of yesterday.

There's one Sapphire-ranked team, Seekers of Hope, at over 904,000 Lindens. Third is Camping for a Cure, who is Jade-ranked at over 591,000 Lindens. Rounding out the top five are two Platinum-ranked teams, One More Light at over 463,000 Lindens and the Sunbeamers at almost 388,000 Linden dollars. 

Checking the team totals, there is one difference between this year and some previous years. Every single team has raised some cash, the lowest having gotten 100 L. But with the combined efforts of 122 teams, well, that's a lot of Lindens.

Go Relay!

Homes For Our Troops Fundraising Results Announced

 

On January Friday the 13th,  Frets Nirvana would announce how much was raised in Second Life for the Homes For Our Troops charity

 

Happy New Year to all Homes For Our Troops Supporters,

I pray your Holidays were all you hoped for.  I am writing to report to you that in December we sent $2090 to HFOT.    And so our total for 2022 is  $15424.15.  

Jamie Crossman, HFOT’s Philanthropy advisor made this comment after hearing of these results:

“On behalf of our Board of Directors, Staff and Veterans we serve, Thank you so much for all of your incredible initiatives on behalf of our special mission.  Your ongoing efforts each month are greatly appreciated and truly making a difference in the lives of the 346 Veterans and their families we have served to date.  We remain committed to helping as many Veterans and their families as possible in 2023 and beyond.  This would not be possible without you!  Wishing you and your families a Happy New Year.” -Jamie
 

Homes For Our Troops builds and modified homes for wounded US veterans so they can continue to live not just under a roof, but in a home of their own.  To learn more, check https://www.hfotusa.org .

 

Home and Garden Expo Raises Over $14,700 USD

The first of this year's Relay mega-events, the Home and Garden Expo, was a success. Over the course of the Expo, more than $14,711 US dollars worth of Lindens was raised

The 2022 Home & Garden Expo closed last week with a $14,711 USD in total donations - all going to fund the mission of the American Cancer Society. With 9 regions filled with exhibitors and a stage that featured multiple performers, the Expo gives the home and garden community in Second Life a chance to fight back against cancer in their own way. This event is the longest actively running event of its kind in the history of Second Life. Under Kaerri Rae’s guidance, the Expo has experienced a resurgence of activity and interest over the years.

But Kaerri Rae will not be directing things next year. Near the conclusion, she announced she would be stepping down as the Expo's coordinator.

It is with mixed emotions that i am announcing my retirement from the Home & Garden Expo organizing team.

It has been a pleasure working with you all over the last seven years but it is time to go and do other things for me now. (like possibly even make some new stuff for my store). 

Good luck and thank you all for all generosity you have shown over the years.

* * * * *

At the end of the Expo, Kaerri announced her retirement as the Home & Garden Expo’s coordinator and is ready to enjoy some much deserved personal time. “We are grateful for Kaerri’s commitment for so many years and we know that there will never be anyone quite like her,” says Stingray Raymaker, Director of the American Cancer Society in Second Life. Each year, Kaerri worked hard to improve areas of the Expo and connect its patrons to the mission of the American Cancer Society.

Being the coordinator of an event this size is no small undertaking. It requires countless hours of planning and organizing ideas and people over the course of many months. Like all of our mega event coordinators, Kaerri volunteered her time to this community and this event for so many years, never seeming to take a break. Stingray added, “When Kaerri messaged me to tell me that she’d decided that this would be her final year as the H&G Expo Coordinator, she assured me that she’d still be involved in the future because the cause and the community mean so much to her.”

Stingray would add this comment in Discord.

As the Director of the ACS in SL, I want to thank everyone involved in the Home & Garden Expo this year, and I'd like to thank you all for helping to raise over $14k usd this year...and thank you to Kaerri for her leadership all these years. I'm sure you all have already done so in your own way, but in case you havent, feel free to send Kaerri a quick thank you for coordinating the HG Expo for so many years.

For a link to the blog post in full, Click Here.
 

Top Relay Teams in Fundraising

  
  1: Camping For A Cure                   2,245,099

  2: Cure Chasers                               1,238,492

  3: Roos With A Dream                      901,976

  4: River of Life                                  878,718

  5: Goreans in Relay for Life              870,008

  6: Seekers of Hope                            761,332

  7: Relay Rockers                              722,310

  8: Grove Country Club Estates         489,270

  9: Aether Chrononauts Tiny Steps    471,437

10: Sunbeamers                                   413,299

Team totals reflect donations made from outside Second Life, so these are higher than the totals on the kiosks inworld.
 

Announcement: Toys For Tots Donation Drive Total

December 26, 2020

TOYS FOR TOTS 2020 FINAL COLLECTION NUMBERS !

Merry Christmas Happy Holidays To All !

Thanks to all of you, we have all pitched in and
help make this Christmas a better one for many
underprivileged children.

This year was a very successful Toys For Tots
Donation Drive For us here in Second Life. I want
to thank all of you for your efforts and support.

We have collected a Grant Total of: $2,022,318L
Which Equates to = $8,098.00 US
Process Credit Fee = $283.00 US
With Draw Fee From Second Life = $405.00 US
Which Gives Us A Total  Of = $7,410,00 US

Kickazz Audio Stream Rental Donated an
additional $1090.00 US to round out a donation
Total of $8500.00 US

Yea Us !  High 5's All Around.

TOP THREE DONATION COLLECTORS
517650    Chuck Clip 

207534    Yazhu Ichibara

170090    TheCowb0y Resident -

There is no way to put into words how thankful
and appreciative I am of all of you. Smile, and
feel proud of the smiles you helped create !

A special thank you goes out to two individuals,
that year after year work hard to help make
our drive successful. Thank you, Steffi Spires
and CherryBlossum Garnet !

REMEMBER:
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us;
what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
― Albert Pike

Thank all of you again,
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year,

Jayson Marjeta

Announcement: RFL Club Crawl Results

A big thank you to all the clubs that took part in our annual Club Crawl.   We had so much fun visiting your clubs and seeing your patrons excitement.  Below are the totals for each club.

But first ..drum roll.  Dumpster Dive narrowly beat out The Happy Vixen.  Congratulations to all of you.

Dumpster Dive (team Camping For a Cure)  L74800

The Happy Vixen ( team Sunbeamers)   L67584

Wildcat Country  (supporting team Harmony of Hope)  L7250

Club Cutlass  (team Sunbeamers)  L4100

Zero Gravity (team Sunbeamers)   L2600

Gathering Oak (team Sunbeamers) L 1600

Harmony of Hope total  24973

THANK TO ALL OF YOU!  Congratulations team Camping For a Cure!

From Team Harmony of Hope

Latest RFL Team Sunbeamer "Bid Me" Event Results

The latest three "Bid Me" events of the Relay for Life's Team Sunbeamers are done. Together, they've raised 23,001 Linden dollars for the team. The team total is over 88,000 Lindens, and well on it's way to the Gold.

The bids were closed on Friday March 29 at 8PM SL time at the end of Club Cutlass' party that night, and an announcement made by team captain Rita Mariner shortly afterwards.

Beamers:  The current BID MEs have ended and here are the totals.

RITA:
Bunny:  0L
Pink Bunny: 5001L.  I go pink for a week, due to the evil, nasty, vicious Bixyl, since that is what he picked.

SHOCKWAVE:
Wolf: 50L
Goat: 9000L, so goes goat for 3 weeks

CYNTHIA
Goat: 50L
Wolf: 9000L so goes WOLF for 3 weeks

Yes, a certain, usually foxy, reporter did make the last substantial bid into Rita's kiosk. And since Rita would be "tickled pink" to see the 'beamers reach 100K and then Gold soon, well, the avatar seemed appropriate.

In the near future, the team will be having an Air Show event. The date has not yet been announced.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

Press Release: Homes For Our Troops Fundraising Results

Wow! What a way to end 2016. I am proud to announce that we were successful in sending Homes For Our Troops $1650 for the month of December in 2016. This brings our total for 2016 to a little over $13000. This is humbling and a proud moment. And it is only because of the efforts of many fine people in Second Life. In December we would like to give a shout out to the extra efforts of these people:

GJackie Winkler
Dahlea Milena
DonGuapo Resident
JadeCorazon Resident
Kaiya Clawtooth
AriannaHarper Resident
BellaRose Restless
Cayleen Linette
EastBayRay47 Resident and Sunnyskies McMahon

Then there were all of our fine performers and their managers in the month of December.

Thank you's go to:
JimmyT49 Dukes
Anek Fuchs
Toxic Darkmatter
DirtyDee Sweetwater
Jordan Jarmann and Keileigh Galaxy, Whispering Sands
Hogan Baily
Savannah Rain
Franklee Anatra and Jbird Melodie
Waya Snowpaw
Lightning Strikes

Everyone of you put your heart and voice into this cause and made our effort's fun and worthwhile. We cannot thank you enough for your time and kindness.

2016 has been an exciting and productive effort for the cause that Homes For Our Troops represents. Our results show what can happen when everyone pulls for a worthy cause.

Now let's hit $17000 in 2017!

Announcement: Celebrating The Three Million Dollar Mark

THANK YOU RELAY WORLD - WE DID IT!  THREE MILLION DOLLARS!!!!

The Final Totals for 2016 are in and WE DID IT.   Relay For Life of Second Life has reached the $3,000,000 milestone!  

This Calls for a Celebration.. and thats just what we are gonna do!

Celebrate our historic milestone and get warmed up for Passport To Hope at Relay dAlliez!

Sunday, January 15th  1 - 4pm SLT

Press Release: "Homes For Our Troops" Fundraising Results For August

Thank you for your support of our efforts for Homes for Our Troops for the month of August, 2016.

It is again with great pride that I can report that we have collected a total of $870 (242,248 Linden) for our efforts for Homes For Our Troops in Second Life. This is once again due to the efforts and help of several people as well as the Second Life community in general. A special shout out to the following :

Dahlea Milena, Bri Mcmahon, Gjackie Winkler, (Veterans Isle)
Don Guapo, JadeCorazon, and Victoreeria  (Legion of Vets,Club Vet)
Boo Chant (Coconut Grove)
Lee Domenici and Codelyn  Wolfhun (Wild Farm)
TessSeville Resident (Discipline Society)
Suzie Fehr (Serena Itaparica)
SweetSue Olivieri (Amazonas)


And of course all our performers for the benefits this month. Thank you!

Zak Claxton
SRV4U Conacher
Hogan Baily and
JimmyT49 Dukes.

You all played your hearts out for a great cause!

It is an honor to be associated with such a kind effort.   So far this year we have sent Homes For Our Troops $7000 in 2016.  Let's keep this rolling!

Frets Nirvana

Transcript For the Relay Wrap-Up

The article for the Relay Wrap-Up will be available later today. In the meantime, there is the transcript provided by Cuddly Waffle. Here, one can find out the theme of next year (Passport to Hope), the total amount raised, and the winners of several awards.

Read the transcript in Events.