Just a small sampling of Relay pictures...more to come!

What An Event!!

I am finally catching my breath from the weekends activities and wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you that supported Team Jensen!!  To date, we have raised about $5500!  This is awesome for a first year team.  The event as a whole (just the city of Lake Oswego) raised close to $70,000, which is just amazing!!  We had a great turn out the day of the event, despite the very hot temperatures.  A few people ended up with a little heat exhaustion, but fun was had by all.  The opening "Survivor" lap was very touching.  Grace hopped on the scooter with Ryan and with purple balloons following behind them, they made their way around the track.  The day was spent walking, drinking lots of water, visiting with lots of friends and family and many water fights (thanks for the special hair-do Alexis)!  The luminaria ceremony that evening was just beautiful and the lighted candles stayed lit until about 6am the next morning.  

Thank you thank you to our family that came from out of town (Jayna, Vince, Amy, Greg, April, Monte, Jamie, Craig, Sue, Arlea, Alexis, Marcus, Max, Abby, Ashton, Amelia, Olivia, Jordan, Michael, Veronica, Olivia).  It was great to see all of you and feel your love and support!

For our walkers and runners that braved the heat, we couldn't have done it without you!  Thank you to all that supported us by donating and helping the day of the event (Becky Cassidy, you are my hero)!!

There are tons of great pictures that I will share soon!

Love to you all-

Allie

Team Jensen

Keep Fighting!

Team Jensen-Keep Fighting!

We are just one day away from the big event!  Set up begins at 8am Saturday morning and the main event starts at 10am.  Ryan will be recognized in the "Survivor" lap that kicks off the day and then the "walking" begins!  It looks like it will be a hot one, so bring lots of sunscreen, cool clothing and water.  We will have a big cooler with drinks as well.  Here are some important times:

Saturday-

10am-Opening Ceremony & Survivor Lap

10am-1pm-Team Jensen Bounce House(s) fund-raiser

9:30pm-Luminaria Ceremony

Sunday-

8am-Pancake Breakfast

10am-Closing ceremony

There will be tons of things to do on Saturday and will be a fun event for adults and kids alike! Come out and spend a good part of your day with us....even if you aren't walking!  We would love to see you!  Look for the two Team Jensen camp spots near the stage.  

We hope to see you there! 

Team Jensen

Keep Fighting

One Week Away!

Check out the official "Team Jensen" logo! So cool, thanks Courtnie!! I am going to have some posters done up with the logo and hopefully be able to add it to our t-shirts.  

Relay is just about a week away!  I have the last team captain meeting on Monday and will update the site with some important information.  Relay starts at 10am on Saturday the 12th until 10am Sunday the 13th.  You are all invited to come for one hour, or the entire day!  We would like to host a barbecue on Sunday afternoon for our fabulous team.  Stay tuned for more details!

Happy 4th!

Allie

1 Month Away!

We are only one short month away from the big event!  Both our teams are doing awesome with fundraising, thank you so much!  We still have a few time slots to fill, although I know the times left are not great.  We are working on a "Team Jensen" logo that will be added to the t-shirts and used on banners, etc.  I will be getting the t-shirts on July 7th and will get the logo added.  Thanks to Courtnie for doing this!  Our campsite theme is going to be "warrior" related since we are "still fighting".   Feel free to bring props, clothing, etc. that go with our theme.  The "warrior" theme could be military (camo) stuff, medieval type stuff, viking...or my boy's personal favorite, the martial arts warrior!  

I saw the schedule of events and its going to be packed and fun!  There will be live entertainment, a silent auction, tons of food vendors and concessions and a lot of fun activities and games for adults and kids.  Now, lets just hope for good weather...not too hot and not rainy!  

Once we get a little closer, we can divvy up drinks, snacks, etc.  Thanks again for all your support!

Walking Schedule

The time has come to start setting up the "walking" schedule.   Below are the times that we need covered.  Each time slot only needs one person walking, but multiple people can walk if needed. We would love to spread out our walkers so each time slot is filled, but please let me know if you have a conflict with your schedule.  Please post a "comment" with the day and time you would like to walk...first come first serve!   I'll update it each day with the names of our walker(s).   Remember, you don't have to officially be registered to fill a time slot.  We need all the help we can get, especially with those middle of the night times :)!

Saturday July 12th

10am-11am Allie & Ryan (survivor lap)

11am-12pm Monte & April Black

12pm-1pm Meg Mushlitz

1pm-2pm Ryan Mushlitz

2pm-3pm Adam & Marilyn Sims

3pm-4pm Trish Hahn

4pm-5pm  Arlea Satter

5pm-6pm Jamie, Olivia & Jordan Palmer

6pm-7pm Amy & Greg Antonini

7pm-8pm

8pm-9pm

9pm-10pm

10pm-11pm

11pm-12am

Sunday July 13th

12am-1am

1am-2am Renee Gibson

2am-3am Renee Gibson

3am-4am Renee Gibson :)

4am-5am

5am-6am  Kristen Engel & Alix Edwards

6am-7am  Kristen Engel & Alix Edwards

7am-8am Allie & Ryan Jensen

8am-9am Arlea Satter

9am-10am Molly Burby

Done!!

Info., Info. & More Info.

I had a great meeting last night and our team is soooo far ahead with Spirit Points, its not even funny! This is what I find amazing...last week I was hoping we would make it to 50% of our fund-raising goal and as of today, we are at 91%!!! We rock...or should I say, all of you rock!!

Team JensenII:
We now officially have Team Jensen II and shortly some names will be transfered over. I thought I would keep it easy and have Team Jensen I as a "friend" team and Team Jensen II as a "family" team. We will all be together the day of the event, its really just a clerical thing for ACS. If you are still wanting to join one of our teams, you can chose which one to join when you register on-line. There is still plenty of time!

Fund-raising:
I've had a few team members ask about fund raising, so I thought I would go over a few points. The goal for each team member is $100. You can ask family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc. to donate to either Team Jensen, or under your participant name. The easiest way is to have them go on-line to the website and chose either "donate to a team" or "donate to a participant". Donations can be done either on-line (with a credit card) or off-line, but sending a check into either me, or the American Cancer Society. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about fund-raising. Even though we are close to our fund-raising goal already, it would be great to exceed it!!

Camp-Sites/Day Of:
I was able to pick our "camp-sites" at the meeting last night. We have three big areas all together. We plan on bringing some shade tents, chairs, tents, drinks, snacks, etc. Once it gets closer, if you are interested in bringing something, we can divy that up. Many participants actually sleep over on the field...I'm thinking we will go home at some point, but who knows, maybe we will get wild and crazy and camp out! I've heard that there is a lot of fun activities going on through the night. You can plan on coming for your alloted "walk" time...or for most of the day! There is going to be tons to do and see and lots of meal/snack options, drinks, etc. There will be live music, a silent auction and lots more. Each team will do some type of on-site fund-raising through out the day. We thought it would be fun to do a bouncy house, snow cones and/or cotton candy. I've heard that there is plenty for kids to do, so consider bringing the family out!

Ideas?:
Each team is asked to decorate their campsite and come up with some type of "theme". The event theme for this year is "There's No Place Like Hope" and is Wizard of Oz related. We can go this route, or do our own thing. Some teams have names like "Pirates of the Cureibbean" and will be going all out with "pirate" related goodies.

I keep calling Ryan our "warrior", so we could go this route, or do something "battle" related with camo decorations, etc. Any ideas...let me know, I would love to hear from you!!

Ok, I think thats it for now. Please let me know if you have any questions at all! Allie

Oh I Love You Guys!

Not even 24 hours after our donation request and we are well over 50% of our fund raising goal of $3000! You guys are the best!  The 250 Spirit Points will be ours!!  Thanks to all of you!! 

Be sure to check out the side-bar on the Blog to see all our great family and friends that have donated!

Will Team Jensen Win the Spirit Award?

Every year the American Cancer Society awards a team with the coveted "Spirit Award". So far, Team Jensen is in the lead for the award! Spirit "points" are earned by the number of participants you have, donations, meetings that I attend, etc. We have a team captain meeting on Monday and 250 points will be awarded to any team that has reached 50% of their fund raising goal by then. We are at 45%...so close! If you are wanting to donate to our team, donate before Monday, May 12th ,and we will be well on our way to getting the Spirit Points....and hopefully the award! How cool would it be if the "newbie" team were to win??!

I will have LOTS of info. for you after Mondays meeting. I will be picking out our camp sites, going over schedules, items to bring the day of the event and much more. I'll be sure to post the info. after the meeting.

Thanks for supporting "Team Jensen"!

Team Jensen is #1!

Its official, "Team Jensen" is in the top position out of 26 teams in both size and donations! I always knew we were the top dog, but now so does everyone else! We have reached over 40% of our fund raising goal with just over $1200! Our team is still growing, currently we have 22 members. There is still plenty of time to join our team and/or make a donation. Thank you so much for your support! It is very uplifting to our family to do some good with this crummy hand we have been dealt!

Fighting our way to the Top!!

Well, its official, "Team Jensen" is in the top 2 teams out of 25 teams with $1095.00 to date in donations!  We are 39% of our $3000 goal!  Thank you so much for all the generous donations! Its so exciting to see the donations rolling in and for our "newbie" team to be doing so well!  It just reconfirms to us what an amazing support system we have in all of you!

I've decided the best way to split the teams is to go with a "Team Jensen Family" team and a "Team Jensen Friends" team...although all our friends are like "family", we thought this would be the easiest way to split the teams.  Of course we will all be together the day of the event, the splitting of the teams is pretty much just a "clerical" move that the American Cancer Society needs us to do.  I wouldn't be surprised if we need to spin off a 3rd team!  The fundraising goal for each team will be split as well, so we will be looking to raise $1500 per team.  Should be a snap!  The two teams should be set up on the Relay for Life website in the next week.  

Thanks again to all of you!

Team Jensen Really Does Rock!!

I got an e-mail today from one of the Relay for Life directors from the American Cancer Society and they are really impressed by both our fund raising efforts and the size of our team!  Soon we will be spinning off a second team, and may even need to have a third team.  Not too shabby for a first time team!  

Thanks to you all!  I think this will be a really fun and memorable event!

Allie

aka 'Team Captain" :)

How You Can Help!

There are a multitude of ways that you can "be part of our team":

1. Join "Team Jensen" and walk the day(s) of the event

2. Donate to "Team Jensens" fundraising goal of $3000

3. Recognize a loved one that has been lost to cancer through the purchase of a Luminaria.  You can do this on-line, or directly through me.  You will have the option of decorating your own Luminaria bag, or I would be happy to do it for you.  On Saturday night of the event, a candle will be placed in the luminaria and they will be placed around the track.  It is a beautiful and very touching event.

Go to the "Relay for Life" link on the right hand side of the blog to do any of these things.  

Let me know if you have any questions!  Thanks for all your support!

Go Team Jensen!

We are so excited to get "Team Jensen" up and running (no pun intended)!  So far, we are the biggest team...by leaps and bounds! We are getting ready to form our "Jr." team as a second team with all the kids.   We are in the top 3 teams for our fund raising efforts, so we are doing great!  We have reached nearly 30% of our $3000 goal, and we are still a few months away from the event!  We really appreciate your willingness to participate.  We are going to make this as fun as possible! Towards the end of May, early June, I will send out an e-mail for time slot sign ups.  Rest assured, that we aren't going to make you walk at 3am...unless you really want to!  If you know now that you have some time constraints on either day, let me know and we will make it work out.   Remember, you don't have to be officially signed up to participate in the walk (you just wont get a cool t-shirt).  Anyone can come and take time slots and participate and enjoy the day!

I will begin posting information at least once a week to keep you all updated on things like what to bring the day of the event, what to expect, timing, etc.  

Be sure to check out the side-bar to the right which lists all our fabulous friends and family that have already donated!  Donations will be accepted until July 13th...so there is plenty of time to get those in!  You can donate on-line, or send a check directly to me.  Every dollar helps!

Go Team Jensen!!!