Relay For Life

This was our first year at Relay for Life, and we brought out the whole family to be there for such a great event. In case you don’t know what this event is about here is a brief description off their site:

“One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life® is a life-changing event that brings together more than 3.5 million people across the country each year to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that takes too much.”

“This year marks the beginning of our celebration of 25 years of Relay For Life®. Sign up or donate today and join us to mark this milestone and the successes we’ve achieved together during the last 25 years. “

Over 108 teams sign up with different ideas to raise money for this great event Donate now. The coolest idea I saw were these kids that set up Rock Band on Playstation and it costs $1.00 per song with the money going towards this event. Teams made Cookies, hot dogs, and anything else you could think of to raise money. The total participants were 1388 and over $116,047.65 has been raised from the event, at this Relay For Life alone, that number I hope keeps growing.

Everyone enjoyed the Photo Booth especially the junior high and high school kids most coming from local schools. Some girls from the cheer team stopped by and even performed there schools fight song while waiting for the booth. We even fit 10 kids in our booth WOW! (See picture) Make sure to check out our site for our new package for Birthday Parties for Monday-Friday.

SnapBooth Entertainment was able to raise $200 for the cause and hope next year we can bring even more in. The event was held all day April 4th and 5th. Families and teams sleep in tents over night and continued to sell many different items into the morning to help raise money. My family got a chance to buy some shirts and show our support.

My favorite part of the event was something that was most special and close to my wife and I (We have both lost close family members in the last few years to cancer) This was called the Luminaries Ceremony (check out the pictures below), so many bags where lit in memory of a family member, friend or neighbor who lost their battle to cancer. The lights were turned off and everyone was asked to walk a lap in silence in memory of family members and loved ones. The word HOPE was written in lit bags in the bleachers, this was so amazing to see so many people affected by something like cancer and to be a part of it was even better.

The night could not have ended better with some amazing fireworks (I love them, my wife says they are too loud) we packed up and got on the road home. We can’t wait until next year to be able to help raise more money for Camp Keller Williams click here to donate now . Thank you Relay for Life for all that you do to help fight the battle for a cure for cancer.