Duluth Community Relay For Life Event 07.18.08

Theme this year: Cancer Takes No Holidays - photo above - "Nurse Betty" from our team

Maddy face painting
one of many campsites
Opening Ceremony

The weekend of July 18th was our Duluth Community Relay For Life event, Friday night. My daughter and her family came up from Hudson. I took my Granddaughter to the relay. She loved it, and had a good time walking with Grandma, and going around to the different campsites, vendors, and eating! She was our team "mascot", carried our sign. She made it till after midnight before she admitted she was tired and wanted to go home. We had a great time. I usually stay all night, but since I had Maddy this year, I didn't. Most of our team stayed all night. The Luminaria Ceremony at dusk, where all the luminarias are lit, and we all join hands around the track, was as always, the most inspirational moments of the evening.

This was the first year the Duluth Relay had raised over $100,000 before the relay night. What a great start to our $140,000 goal this year. As of yesterday, we are almost at $130,000. Money is still coming in, and we have until August 31st to reach our goal.

Our Hope UMC team broke $5,000 last week!