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Relay for Life Luminaria
Hello and Happy Holidays!
This year I am on the Johnson County Relay for Life planning committee. More specifically, I am the Luminaria Chairperson. During the Relay for Life event on June 24, we will have a special Luminaria ceremony in which we light candles in honor of or in memory of friends or loved ones who have had cancer. If you purchase a Luminaria, it will be on display during this ceremony. The Luminaria you purchase can be designed with a photo, name, and phrase. Let me know if you are interested in purchasing. They make good gifts for this Holiday season and are only $10…and all the money goes to the fight against cancer!
You can order luminarias today by completing either the online Luminaria form or the mail-in Luminaria form, both of which are available via the “Luminaria” tab on our website. Holiday certificates “in memory” and “in honor” of your loved ones also are available on the “Luminaria” page. If you have questions, please contact me.
Not only am I on the Relay planning committee, but I am also participating in Relay! When I registered online, I was issued my own personal fundraising web page. It explains what Relay For Life is and why I chose to get involved. My web page also has my fundraising goal and how much money I’ve raised so far. Please visit my page, and while you’re there….why not make a donation to the American Cancer Society? Your donation will help the American Cancer Society create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. The amount you donate will count towards my fundraising goal. Thank you so much for your help!
Happy holidays!
Jess
FOOTBALL!
This is a bit of a catch-up post from the past two months involving college football! It is nice being back in Iowa City where we can get our Hawkeye Football fix in person! We have been lucky enough to attend several games this season. We kicked it off (ha! get it… football? kick off? ha!) with Fry Fest, before the first game of the season. This year Fry Fest broke the world record for the most people doing the Hokey Pokey at one time. Both Jess and I are now officially world record holders. A few weeks after our brilliant world record win, I flew down to Tucson to watch Iowa play my former employer, the Arizona Wildcats. While we both had a great time (Ryal’s first time to Arizona), the game didn’t quite go the way we would have liked. Then, a few weeks after that, Jess and I both participated in Alumni Band again for the Iowa vs. Penn State game in Kinnick Stadium. For this game, they had alternating sections of the stadium wear black and gold for a really nice effect.
There are several football-related galleries in our photo album: