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

 

The Last Relay Events

For many teams in the Relay for Life in Second Life, the Relay Weekend is the end of activities. For some however, the time remaining is used to pull off one or two more events. And of course there is the last event of the season, the Relay Wrap-Up. The Newser would see some of the teams last events, and of course the Wrap-Up.

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Announcement: The Relay Wrap-Up

Everyone is welcome to wrap up the 2019 Relay For Life season with a party at the American Cancer Society Island in Second Life on Sunday, June 23 at 10am SLT.
Final Awards will be presented in between songs and dancing!
If you can't make it, listen live at http://www.t1radio.com
Or Watch the LIVE STREAM at http://www.facebook.com/rflofsl.

Relay For Life Awards

Presented at Relay Weekend

Cancer Education Award

Favorite Ride: Harmony of Hope
Favorite Walk-through Experience: Elves of Hope
Favorite Abstract Experience: Heroes Helping Heroes
Favorite Realism Experience: Inspired Dreamwalkers
Favorite Overall:
1. Relay Rockers
2. Harmony of Hope
3. Goreans in Relay For Life

Theme Decorated Campsite Award

Favorite Ride: Harmony of Hope
Favorite Walk-through Experience: Relay Rockers
Favorite Abstract Experience: Team Livewire
Favorite Realism Experience: Fly For Life
Favorite Overall (3 awards):
1. Goreans in Relay For Life and Harmony of Hope
2. Bonanza Country RFL Team
3. Touched by Angels

 Designer Build Award

1. Null Aries (Mac Pierce) - South America Hero
2. Cassie Eldemar - Europe Dedication
3. Cuddly Waffle - Survivor/Caregiver

Rising Star Award (Presented to first year teams)

1. Ritz New York
2. Relay for Christ
3. GTFO 4 Life

All Star Team Award

1. Harmony of Hope and Fighting Sunflowers
2. Relay Rockers
3. Bonanza Country RFL Team

* * * * *
Presented at Relay Wrap-Up

Top In-World Fundraising Team

1. Skill Gaming L$6,475,533
2. Goreans in RFL L$1,603,563
3. Relay Rockers L$1,346,920

 Top Website Fundraising Team

1. Heroes Helping Heroes $2,070
2. Team Shadow $2,260.55
3. Relay Rockers $2,375

Top Overall Fundraising Team

1. Skill Gaming $25,804
2. Relay Rockers $7,756
3. Goreans in RFL $6,517 

Top Website Fundraising Individual

1. Melina Firehawk $2,070
2. Gem Sunkiller $1,635
3. Samm Scrabblebat $1,250

Spirit of Relay - Team

All Teams 

Spirit of Relay - Individual

Gem Sunkiller

Source: Relay for Life

RFL Announcement: 2018 Wrap Up and Awards Ceremony, Sunday at 10AM

It Opened on April 7th...  Ran for 113 Days.. We Stayed Up All Night on July  14 & 15...  And along the way raised over $200,000!

Now we say Good Bye to

United We Relay - the 2018 Relay For Life of Second Life.

This Sunday July 29th @ 10am  Join Chair Nuala Maracas, ACS Staff Partner Stingray Raymaker, your Event Leadership Team and Special Guests for the 2018 Wrap Up and Awards Ceremony

Sponsored by Entice
Entertainment by
FlyGearZ
Shay

Sponsored By: Entice, RFL Wrap Up (121, 194, 22)

The Relay Wrap-Up

It was the end of another successful season for the Relay for Life. 2016 "Once Upon a Cure" had seen many events and millions of Linden dollars raised to help the American Cancer Society. Now it was time to bring the season to an official close with awarding some individuals and teams for their efforts, announcing the theme for next season, and give overall congratulations for a job well done. For one certain reporter, there was a surprise at this year's Wrap-Up.

Read the story in Events.

Press Release: RFL 2016 Wrap Up Party on Aug. 14

                                             *+.*+.* 2016 Wrap Up Party *+.*+.*
                                
                                                   Sunday, August 14, 2016
                                                      9:00am slt - 1pm slt
                 
                                                              
One More Party For Relay!  Join Your 2016 Committee as we gather to Celebrate and Thank Each and Everyone of the Best Relayers in the world for all your hard work, and dedication and for making Once Upon  A Cure a Success!

The following awards will be handed out at the Wrap Up Party:

Team Fundraising Club Awards - To Teams Who Moved Up A Level Since July 17 Relay Weekend
Top Team Convio (Website) Fundraising  1,2,3
Top Individual Convio (Website) Fundraising 1,2,3
Convio Website Participation Award 1,2,3
Top Team Fundraising Award- Overall 1,2,3
Beacon Award - Team
Beacon Award - Individual
Change Makers Award - Team
Change Makers Award - Individual
The Spirit Of Relay Award - Team
The Spirit Of Relay Award - Individual
Swag Raffle Drawing

We will be announcing the 2017 Theme and have a few other surprises in store!

Our pre Wrap Up party starts at 9am. Followed by the awards and Wrap Up event......then....even more .... ... with live singer Geo Rocks at 11am followed by a 1 hour dance party!

All music, award presentations and the Wrap Up event will be streamed live via the Official Relay For Life Of SL Radio broadcaster, T1Radio.

If you are arranging a listening party of your own, or cannot make it to the awards, you can use the following links to hear the music / events: 

http://t1radio.serverroom.us:8242  (in your land)

http://tunein.com/radio/T1-Radio-s113797/    or    www.t1radio.com  outside of SL

Main Location: Relay dAlliez (128, 19, 23)

A listening location for overflow will also be located here:
American Cancer Society (72, 113, 21)

Requested Attire:   Relay T-shirts and jeans / skirt  - let's keep the load on the sim to a minimum.
Please detach all huds (dance, game, roleplay, hair, shoes, clothing etc), if your clothing, shoes or hair has a resize script then please remove the script or put on different clothes, hair, shoes. Turn your draw distance down to 128 or lower, set your quality to Medium if you need to for this time period, turn your particles to 50 or lower, set your Max Avatars lower if needed .  Remember, you control your own lag.  Your computer processing speed is the majority determinant for how you experience an event. Adjust YOUR settings and things will improve. But we can all help each other out by doing the simple steps above with our huds and clothes.

We look forward to seeing you at the party !!     

The Weekend at a Glance

There were quite a few events that took place this weekend. Saturday saw Tuna Oddfellow's tenth rezzday celebration, with two of his Odd Balls that day. It was also the grand opening of a new club, Coeur D'Ame. Sunday had the Relay for Life season Wrap-Up at the Rose Theater, and at the Ivory Tower of Prims residents gave their respects to it's builder, Lumiere Noir. On both days at Raglan Shire, their "Wootstock" 60's tribute took place.

We'll have more for you later. For now, the newx crew is tired and needs some rest before writing up on these events, and more.

Press Release: The RFL Wrap Up Event

                 The Relay For Life Of Second Life
                *+.*+.* 2015 Wrap Up Party *+.*+.*
                     Sunday, August 16, 2015
                         9:00am slt - 1pm slt
                                                
Live music, award presentations, wrap up speakers, special performances, dance party and the 2016 Theme announcement along with other surprises.
                                                     
The Rose Theatre and Art Gallery http://www.impl.org.uk/, Angel Manor (152, 214, 29)                              

This is one last party for the Relay to THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU for all your work, time, effort, and dedication to make the RFL of SL such a huge success.

The following awards will be handed out at the Wrap Up Party:

Team Fundraising Club Award - To Teams Who Moved Up A Level Since July 18 Relay
Best Man and Maid Of Honor Awards
Smell The Roses - The Clown Awards
Top Team Convio (Website) Fundraising  1,2,3
Top Individual Convio (Website) Fundraising 1,2,3
Convio Website Participation Award 1,2,3
Top Team Fundraising Award  - Overall 1,2,3
The Spirit Of Relay Award - Team
The Spirit Of Relay Award - Individual

You can still enter your nominees for some awards until August 9
http://relayforlifeofsecondlife.org/

We will be announcing the 2016 Theme and have a few other surprises in store!

We have a live music performance starting at 9am that you do not want to miss! Followed by the awards and Wrap Up event......then.... hang on to your hats...... we have a very very special performance that will leave you wanting more, followed by an hour dance party!

All music, award presentations and the Wrap Up event will be streamed live over the Official Relay For Life Of SL Radio broadcaster, T1Radio.

If you are arranging a listening party of your own, or cannot make it to the awards, you can use the following links to hear the music / events: 

http://t1radio.serverroom.us:8242

http://tunein.com/radio/T1-Radio-s113797/     (on the web)


Listening locations for overflow will be located here:

American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society (183, 78, 23)

Relay dAlliez Common Area, Relay dAlliez (128, 21, 23)

Requested Attire:   Relay T-shirts and jeans / skirt  - let's keep the load on the sim to a minimum.
Please detach all huds (dance, game, roleplay, hair, shoes, clothing etc), if your clothing, shoes or hair has a resize script then please remove the script or put on different clothes, hair, shoes. Turn your draw distance down to 128 or lower, set your quality to Medium if you need to for this time period, turn your particles to 50 or lower, set your Max Avatars lower if needed .  Remember, you control your own lag.  Your computer processing speed is the majority determinant for how you experience an event. Adjust YOUR settings and things will improve. But we can all help each other out by doing the simple steps above with our huds and clothes.

We look forward to seeing you at the party !!      

Relay for Life Wrap Up Date Announced

Daniel Voyager wrote on his blog that the Relay for Life in Second Life "Wrap-Up" event will be on Sunday August 16. Although the Relay Weekend last month was the climax of the Relay season, it's the Wrap-Up that marks the official end. On the RFL of SL website, people are asked to submit nominations for the Spirit of Relay awards, for both team and individual, and other awards. The deadline for nominations is Sunday August 9, a week before the wrap-up.

http://relayforlifeofsecondlife.org/

Press Release: Fantasy Faire Wrap Party

Another dawn approaches- the light rustling of small animals unseen quiets as the horizon lightens to the east. Fireflies continue their coded messages in  flight, reluctant to end a mating dance till it repeats again tomorrow. Are they something other? - is that a soft giggle or water rushing over the stones of the dark brook between the reeds? We cannot know if we do not attend the gathering. Wrap Party- Fantasy Faire 2015 June 13 noon till midnight SLT on Selidor Sim. Call for your coach!   

The Relay Wrap-Up: The RFL 2014 Season's Official End

Sunday marked the end of the Relay for Life fundraising season, the "Relay Wrap-Up." Congratulations were given, as were awards, and the theme for the following year was announced. So who got what award and what is next year's theme?

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The Relay For Life Wrap-Up

A week ago on Saturday Aug 10th, the final event of the Relay For Life season took place: The Wrap-Up Party. Avatars were dropping in at 11AM and before at the RFL Wrapup 1 and RFL Wrapup 2 sims. They danced to the music to Trader Whiplash's T-1 Radio. as more and more people arrived. The Relay Committee congratulated the teams and Relayers, announcing that overt 98 million Lindens, or $392,000 US Dollars, had been raised for the season. Once again, a new seasonal record was reached.

A number of awards were given out. This included the Spirit of Relay Awards.

Spirit of Relay Team Award: Team Petunnia's Garden.

Spirit of Relay Individual Award: Oldesoul Eldemar

Also given out were the Top Conventional (Website) Fundraising Awards.

Top Team Conventional (Website) Fundraising Awards
3rd Place: Relay for Hope
2nd Place: SL Music Races For A Cure
1st Place: Circle of Life

Top Individual Conventional (Website) Fundraising Awards
3rd Place: Sunshine Zhangsun
2nd Place: Blynn Heron
1st Place: Levio Serenity

Besides these prestigious awards, there were also a number of "Spontaneous and Fun Awards," given out just for chuckles.

The Inspirational Unicorn Award: Avariel Falcon
The Relay Hood Ornament Award: Melodie Jigsaw and Jaycethriller Resident
They Can't Avoid the Kite Award: Aryon Dagger
The Bah! Bah! Rah! Rah! Award: Ham Thespian and Vee Tammas
The Who's the Cop and Who's the Crook Award: Fuzzball Ortega
Stinky's Girlfriend Award: Amanda Darbyshire
The Rhino Jail Fail Award: Dwen Dooley
The Dick Butkus Award: Tamlee Walter
The Honey We Shrunk the Shadows Award: Sasha Fairywren and Sylisan Resident
The Don't Eat the Outreach Chair Award: Gem Sunkiller
The "Feeling Zombified" Award: Mandy LavaRock
The Do-Do Bird Award: Stingray9798 Raymaker

And with this event, the Relay for Life fundraising season for 2013 officially comes to a close. There are some off-season events, such as the annual Christmas fundraiser. But for most Relayers, this marks the end of their fundraising until March 8, 2014 when the next season begins. The theme: "Journey of Promise."

Bixyl Shuftan

The 2012 RFL Wrap-Up

On 4PM SL time on August 18th came the official close of the Relay for Life: the Wrap-Up party. Taking place in a temporary sim of the same name next to the permanent ACS Isle, it was a chance to reflect on the season this year, and look forward to the one ahead. For those who couldn't be there or had sound trouble, T1 Radio broadcasted the event on the Internet.


Following a poem read in honor of those who passed away from cancer, the Relay Commotte thanked the Relay's sponsors, as well as the Lindens for helping out with things like "last moment requests." There were a number of awards given out. Among them was a "Shapeshifter Award" given to Dwen Dooley for his amusing use of numerous avatars. Genie Ortega was also given an award for her "Squeee!" that spread around the Relay groups. The Purple People Eater" was awarded for it's creator's use of imagination and humor. There was also an award for Best Display Name to David Fangirl.

The top three performing teams were announced. Third was "SL Music Races for a Cure" with 4,172,000 Lindens raised or $16,688. Second was "Friends Fighting Cancer" with 6,670,000 raised, or $26,281. And the number one team was "Amaretto Ranch Breedables" with a whopping 8,668,000 raised, or $34,672.

The Spirit of Relay Team Award went to Team Shadow. The Individual Award went to Zanier Green.

Following the awards, the theme for 2013 was announced: "Celebrating 100 Years of Hope." This was in honor of the American Cancer Society's 100 year anniversary. The Kickoff event will be on March 9, 2013, with the Relay Walk on July 13-14, 2013. MamaP Beerbaum announced she was stepping down as the Chairwoman, "On one hand it is sad to say goodbye, but I will be relaying for years to come." For 2013, Nikki Mathieson will have the chair.

And with the song "One Hundred Years to Live," fireworks began going off outside the building, with the event officially coming to an end, "Have a great offseason," "It's hard to say goodbye to Relay." "Good night everybody."

The "unofficial total" raised for 2012, as of the time of the Wrap-Up event, is $374,829. The Steelhead Salmons, the team of one of the Newser's sponsors, were Platinum ranked with 551,650 Lindens raised, or $2,207. The Passionate Redheads, the team whom make up many of the neighbors of the Newser office building, raised $307,810 Lindens, or $1,231.

Official Website of RFL in SL: http://rflofsl.intuitwebsites.com/index.html

Bixyl Shuftan

Press Release: Relay for Life Wrap-Up Party

It's time for the 2012 Relay For Life Wrap-Up Party!

When?: August 18 , 2012 @ 4pm SLT

Where?: the Main Location is here:

RFL Wrap Up (13, 133, 21)

and if you can't get in, you can try next door at the ACS Isle Amphitheater where the festivities will also be streamed.


Agenda:
* Broadcasting and Musical Entertainment provided by T1 Radio!
* 2012 Relay For Life Wrap-Up Celebration
* 2012 Relay For Life final Awards and updated Fundraising Club Awards
* 2013 Relay For Life Theme Announcement
* 2013 Relay For Life Kick-Off Date Announcement
* Off-season kiosk distribution
and more!!

You do NOT want to miss it!
Hope to C U There!

~ Until theres a Cure, we Relay! ~

The Relay for Life 2011 Wrap-Up Party

Last Saturday, the "Seasons of Hope" fundraising season for the Relay for Life came to a close. The Relayers marked the day with a "Wrap-Up" party, giving out awards to those who distinguished themselves. Plus the theme for next year was announced.

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