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North Posey Relay plans set in motion
By Valerie Werkmeister
The North Posey Relay for Life coffers are filling up as generosity from the
community continues to expand. It takes a lot of work to raise funds and
meet the $84,075 community goal, yet somehow the committee members have
found ways to overcome these challenges…all while doing it with a smile on
their face.
Committee members learned during their March 1 meeting they have raised
$8,985.25 so far. That total will climb even higher as soon as funds from
the recent Farm Bureau Co-op dinner and the Cookin’ for a Cure dinner by
Cookin’ Friends are tallied.
Nancy Dougan, of Cookin’ Friends, stated this year’s dinner was a huge
success as 453 chicken dinners were served and a total of $3287.55 was
raised. She thanked the community for its support and Superintendent Dr.
Todd Camp as well as the MSD of North Posey School Board for providing the
dinner location. She also praised Jerry Wassmer and their own families and
friends who donated their time and support to make the dinner a success. She
continued by thanking CRS OneSource, Prairie Farms, Wabash Foodservice and
Rick Decker from Farm Boy for their donations to the dinner.
Dougan also stated there were 557 M&M’s in the jar and Phyllis Reeves wrote
down the closest number, making her the winner.
Committee members discussed upcoming plans for the annual chili supper and
card party to be held on Thursday, March 18, at St. Francis Cafeteria in
Poseyville. The chili supper will be held from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. and the card
party begins at 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. In addition to chili, vegetable soup,
grilled cheese sandwiches, chicken salad sandwiches, hot dogs or chili dogs
and assorted desserts will be served for $4.
Both a silent auction and live auction will be held that evening. Anyone
wishing to make donations to the auction should contact Karen Blaylock at
874-2240.
A work night is scheduled on Monday, March 15, at 6 p.m. at St. Francis for
all committee members to prepare for the card party.
Donna Nash informed the committee that a special movie matinee will be held
for all North Elementary students on Thursday, March 11 from 2:45 p.m. –
4:45 p.m. A “surprise” movie will be shown and students are asked to bring
$4 that will cover popcorn and a drink. All proceeds from the movie will go
towards Relay for Life.
This year’s Relay for Life will be held Saturday, June 26 beginning at noon
and will end Sunday, June 27 at 6 a.m. The committee has been discussing
changing the plans for the Survivor dinner to a brunch. Survivors will be
able to register for the Relay for Life inside the air conditioned building,
participate in the survivor lap and eat brunch soon after. All survivors are
encouraged to RSVP so an accurate count can be made for food preparations.
It is also not too late to register your team for this year’s relay. So far,
there are a total of 18 returning teams and five new teams that have
registered. They hope to add four new teams this year to bring the total to
28.
Businesses that would like to become a sponsor need to respond before April
1 in order to be included on this year’s t-shirt. Contact any committee
member or call Carolyn Higginson at 874-3184 or Al’s Place at 874-3118 for
more information.
