4pm, Saturday 22nd
November > 10am, Sunday 23rd
November
at Newport
Athletics Track
www.hobsonsbayrelay.com
$45,000 raised and still counting.
Congratulations to everyone…what a weekend!!
From Adversity Springs Opportunity
You've probably heard the saying before, from adversity springs opportunity. Or perhaps a similar one...every cloud has a silver lining. Well last weekend these sentiments had great relevance for our Relay For Life. It was a story of extreme weather...and a positive outcome that wasn't immediately obvious.
The weather in Melbourne last weekend was very unseasonable - cold, very windy and wet. Add in the bursts of hail on Saturday and it was an indoors kind of day, and not conducive for successful outdoor events. So imagine our gloom as organisers of Relay For Life – an outdoor, overnight event that relies on great spirit and atmosphere as part of its formula. Mother nature cared little that it was a large fundraising event in aid of the Cancer Council Victoria. As it stood the event loomed as being a flop, and losing the community support built up over years.
But hope springs eternal and in the midst of this adversity we made some quick decisions and found an opportunity to adapt and mould the event around our constraints, inspired our participants to continue their support and eventually conducted a wholly positive event that still achieved its goals in every respect. At the heart of the successful transformation was a shared conviction to support the principle upon which the event was based, which remained in tact regardless of the shape or form that it took.
The majority of our teams and participants still fronted up, had a great time and created a typically amazing spirit at the event. When the winds of change are blowing...some seek shelter while other build windmills. There were lots of windmills at our event on Saturday, driven by the conviction to do the event regardless of the shape it took. Good on you!!
Humans are amazing in their capacity to adapt to change - whether it's large or small, chosen or forced upon them. Often it's the people with open attitudes who see the biggest opportunities in changing circumstances. Last weekend was a great lesson for me of just making the most of what’s possible.
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Relay For Life
This is an award for the committee to recognise outstanding help provided to our event, as our way to thank them.
This year the award went to James Black. Congratulations and thank-you.
Re-live the Candlelight Ceremony
I think you’d agree that our Candlelight Ceremony this year was
the highlight of the event. It featured the fabulous kids of the Greentree Drama
School, and a performance created by Diana Greentree. Thank-you so much.
Re-live the performance here (in 2 parts because YouTube needed it like this!!):
Part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFZ6cqS3CZg
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D9Y0YDmQcQ
Event Photos
See some photos of our event at it's home at Newport Lakes Primary School. Visit our web-site (www.hobsonsbayrelay.com) to see the photos.
Thank-yous
There's so many people and places we want to thank for helping us put the event on. Without them nothing would have taken place. So thank-you to the following:
Event Committee: Bruce Cook, Laura Gilhome, Maddison Rawson, Michael Walker, Mandy Griffiths, Cheryl Johnson, Paul Benson, Erin Nicholls, Danni Nanfro
Cancer Council Victoria Coordinator: Amy McKee
Event Hosts: Newport Lakes Primary School
Volunteers: Shaun Stenson, Jacqui Watts, Gretchen McQueen, John Soccio, Joel Elliot, Amelia Elliot, Lisa Coulson, Rotary Club of Yarraville
Candlelight Ceremony Butterfly Performance: Diana Greentree, Georgia Downey, Jessica Deller, Sinit Tsegay, Neneh Hutson, Abigail Gibson, Nikita Williams, Carla Franz, Teasha McNeill, Tyra McNeill, Clare Magee, Clare Frescos, Molly Outen, Leah McCallig, Serena Spiteri, Lily Polak, Summah Goedemoed, Jazmin Pfluger
Entertainers: Boyracer, Katrina Free, Paul Mahady, ????
Relay For Life next year – 2009
The Hobsons Bay Relay For Life will be back again in November 2009, back at the Newport Athletics track!!
We'd like to challenge you to come back again with your team...and recruit another team to join us all. That way we'll double our numbers straight away, and you'll know you've played a huge part in the success. So how about it??
Join the committee??
We're a great group of people, all motivated, enthusiastic and inspired by the cause. And we have fun. Please contact us via the details at the bottom if you'd like to join 'our' team!!
Quotes
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"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only
plan, but also believe." Anatole France
o "You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit." Aristotle
o "Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet." Charles Swindoll
o "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." Mother Teresa
o "The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life." William Wordsworth
o "Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." Michael Jordan
Contact Us
Email: info@hobsonsbayrelay.com
Phone: 0438 335 368
Mail: 3 / 77 Coventry St, Southbank, 3006