Relay For Life 2009 Truckee

July 19, 2009

Well, we have finished another year of support for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event. This is Truckee’s 3rd year and JK Real Estate has participated the past two years with its own team. The Relay is an event that begins at 10:00 am on Saturday and continues 24 hours until 10:00 am on Sunday. During this time each team must have a representative walker on the track at all times. This means that we spend the night on the Truckee High School Soccer field. There is more involved than this, of course. We are supposed to solicit our friends and colleagues for donations to the American Cancer Society and each team is awarded kudos which are in direct correlation to the amount of dollars we are able to procure. Denise and Amanda did us proud in this department.

This year we had 4 adult women: Jennifer, Mary, Denise and Kappy, 4 young (somewhat adult) women: Ashley, Amanda, Amy and Alisha (all A’s) and 2 young men: Brandon and Benji on our team and we all stuck it out together. Boy was it hot out there!!! Saturday dawned scorching hot and we all worked up a lot of “perspiration” as we walked and tried to stay in what little shade there was. The only saving grace was a nice little breeze that pushed the hot air around. We were so grateful for nightfall, not only for the chance to participate in the luminari program but also for the relief that evening afforded us. During this 24 hours we honored and remembered all of the people we know who have been afflicted with cancer, both those who survived and those who did not. Especially remembered are those that are not with us any longer. Jennifer’s Sister — Ginger, Kappy’s Sister Nancy Jackson, Denise’s Dad. Others included Billy Seymour and Carolyn Gaston.

It was fun while it lasted but I sure appreciated my wonderful shower and bathroom when I got home this morning. — Porta Potty’s just don’t make it — especially in the hot sun.

Thanks so much team for your help. I understand that the Truckee Relay for Life 2009 raised somewhere in the neighborhood of $53,000. Way to go Truckee.