POSTPONED

Saturday's Yard Sale at Paula's house (just down from Super Sav) has been postponed a week. Looks like rain guys!

Here's some of the ongoing sales our wonderful Relay teams are doing. Please support them!

eSouthern Belle T-shirts sold by the Committee
Southern Belle T-shirts sold by M&M Bank
Lipsuckers $1- sold by ECMS/Kissin Cancer Good-bye
Sun/Moon Contest @ ECHS 1st Block Contest
Hope Braclets being sold by ECHS
2008 4A Baseball Campions Picture Raffle- Friends of the Fight-tickets sold @ the link, Sassy’s, Southern Delight, BP Wade, Hurley Chevron
Caswell Springs has 11 Bath and Beauty Baskets, first Aid Kit, Dinner @ Sassy’s, Dinners @ Catfish Point, Cake by Tanya Cumbest and many more Raffles. They also have a Heart Tree for Memory and Honor.
ECLE- Cookbook
Safe Harbor has a I-Pod shuffle and Patriotic Quilt Raffles.
Curves has 2 beautiful Cancer Relay Blankets and a Sisters Gift Basket for Raffle.
Father’s Day Basket Raffle- Lots of really good items. St Ann’s
“Budding Artist Show”- ECLE- Parents buy Art

Let's get PURSEonal to Fight Cancer!

Hurley UMC Youth are selling "loved" purses

to raise money for Relay for Life.

All purses have been well taken care of

and are waiting for new owners.

Prices range from $5 to $30.

Raffle for a brand new "Hope Garden" print

Vera Bradley purse.

WHEN: 7 p.m., Friday, March 20

WHERE: Hurley UMC Fellowship Hall, Hwy. 613

Light refreshments will be served

Call Stephanie at (601) 508-4574 if you have questions

or would like to donate any of your "loved" purses.

Golf tournament - Relay Committee

2009 East Central Relay for Life Golf Tournament
Benefitting the American Cancer Society
WHAT: 4-person Scramble
WHEN: Saturday March 21, 2009 – 8 a.m. Shotgun Start
WHERE: Whispering Pines Golf Course, Hwy. 613 in Hurley

Prizes for: Hole in One, Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive .... And lots of door prizes just for joining us for the fun!

Just $260 per team (includes food and drink)

For Golfer Info, Sponsorships and Donations:
Charles Persons – 216-3015
Sue Ellen McNabb – 623-4941

Mail entry fee by 03/13/09 and make payable to:
American Cancer Society
P.O. BOX 1204
Hurley, MS 39555

Calendar of Events

Here's the latest calendar of events from your Team Development Chair, Donna Carpenter. If you have more information about any of these, please email the PR chick at magnoliareporter@aol.com. - Thanks, Donna Harris

Feb. 28 – St. Ann’s Yard Sale
Feb. 28 - Estabrook Yard Sale
March 6- Wild Game Supper @ Three Rivers Assembly, hosted by Friends of the Fight
March 6-7 Yard Sale @ Caswell Springs
March 13 - St. Patricks Day Dance, 3-5 grade, hosted by Huntin' For A Cure @ East Central Community Center.
March 14 - Hurley Old Fashion Day
March 15 - Pancake Breakfast @ St. Ann's
March 20 - “Let's Get PURSEonal To Fight Cancer!" - Purse Resale, Hurley Methodist Church
March 20-21 - Plant Sale - hosted by Friends of the Fight @ Century Bank's parking lot in Hurley.
March 21 - Golf Tournament given by Committee and any teams that would like to help.
March 28 - Breakfast with the Easter Bunny @ Caswell Springs
April 4 - ECHS Team Car Wash @ Advance Auto
April 17-18 – Plant Sale- Friends of the Fight, inVancleave @ VHS Front Yard

Upcoming Yard Sales - check list often for updates!

* St. Ann's Catholic Church team is having a yardsale Saturday, Feb. 28. (Correction... I had 21st earlier). The church is located at the intersection of 613 and 614, beside CVS Pharmacy.

* Paula Evans' Estabrook team is having a yard sale Feb. 28. She lives on Highway 613 just north of Super Sav. All teams are invited to come and participate. Must bring your own tables.

* Caswell Springs is having a yard sale March 6 and 7.

Hurley Methodist Youth are looking for purses!
Stephanie Long with the Hurley UMC Youth Team needs purse donations for a purse sale coming up in March. Purses can be brought to the captains' meeting Thursday or call Donna Carpenter at 217-8070 to arrange for pickup.

PLANT SALE

March 20 and 21 at Century Bank

Proceeds benefit Chi Hamilton's Friends of the Fight team.

More details to come!

Change of Location - Yard Sale

Gary Crump with Huntin' For a Cure reports a change in location for the yard sale Saturday, Feb. 14. They're moving from Lum Cumbest Family Park to the East Central Community Center - no problem with rain there! It still starts at 7 a.m. and runs until noon or 1 o'clockish. Good news too - tables WILL be provided now! All teams are welcome to set up and sell to raise money for their own team.

Team Meeting - Feb. 19

Team Meeting Reminder -

Thursday, Feb. 19

Hurley Church of Christ

Baria Road and Hwy. 614

Those going to the first grade program can come to the meeting at 5 p.m. to get supplies and information and make deposits.

We'll have fun games, team fellowship and good food... and lots of Relay information for our fabulous teams!

St. Patrick's Day Dance

St. Patrick's Day Dance

sponsored by Huntin' For a Cure


for Grades 3, 4 and 5
6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, March 13
EC Community Center

Admission is $5

King and Queen will be crowned.


Don't forget your green!

The East Central High School team is hoping to make Valentine's Day a little sweeter for some of the teachers and faculty there. On Friday, Feb. 13, they'll be offering delicious holiday treats to the highest bidders in a silent auction in the library.

2009 East Central Relay for Life

4-Person Scramble

Golf Tournament
Benefiting the American Cancer Society
4th annual Relay for Life Tournament

Saturday March 21

at Whispering Pines in Hurley

Fees: $260 per team ( Includes food
and drinks)

8 a.m. Shotgun Start

Hole in One
Closest to pin

Longest Drive

Lots of door prizes to be awarded!

For Golfer info contact:

Charles Persons 216-3015

Donna Sampson 219-3972

or Sue Ellen McNabb 623-4941

For Donations and Contributions:
Donna Sampson 219-3972

Come join us for some great golf
for a great cause!!

Mail entry fee by 03/13/09 to
The American Cancer Society

P.O. Box 1204

Hurley, MS 39555

make checks payable to ACS

Correction - yard sale

I need to add that the yard sale

Valentine's Day at Lum Cumbest Park

is for ALL TEAMS.

Huntin' For A Cure is hosting it

but EVERYONE is invited

to bring their stuff and set up.

Don't forget your tables!

It's Feb. 14 at 7 a.m.

Join us for the
Friends of The Fight
2nd annual Wild Game Supper
Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m.
at Three Rivers Assembly of God Church 15910 Hwy 63 in Wade

Tickets are $15 for adults, $7 for children 10 & under.

Only 160 tickets are available so hurry and get yours.
It was sold out last year!

Lots of door prizes will be given away and every child will get a door prize.

Team Captain Chi Hamilton says there will be more food than you can on one plate!

A gun will be raffled during the dinner - tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.

Contact a team member to get your advance dinner tickets.

For more information contact Chi @ 990-0074 chihamilton@bellsouth.net or Kristi Goff @ 217-1840 khgoff@yahoo.com.

Southern Belle 2009 Relay Shirts for sale

"Southern Belles are erasing the colors of cancer...one relay at a time"

The Relay For Life committee are again selling special Relay T-shirts. They are $15.

ALL checks MUST be made payable to "EC Relay".

Colors available are
purple, lime green, bubblegum pink, lavender, tangerine, sunshine yellow, and cornflower blue.

Shirts are available at team meetings, at official Relay events, from Tonya Buxton (jbuxton@cableone.net) and at East Central High (see Donna Carpenter 217-8070)

Bake Sale - Century Bank team

The Hurley and Escatawpa branches of Century Bank will be having a BAKE SALE on Thursday, Feb. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tell all your hungry friends.... especially those with a sweet tooth!

Our Wonderful Teams

We had a great team meeting on Jan. 29 with about 60 people there representing 24 of our 30 teams. (Still not too late to form a team - just call me for details... 217-8070)

We had $5,100 turned in to the bank that night! Great start teams!

Thanks to TnT Pizza and Sweet Expressions Bakery for their donations of food. Next time y'all better come hungry! We intend to keep you well-fed and happy at the meetings.

Our next meeting is Thursday, Feb. 19. It's important that you come to each of the meetings - all the information and team sharing is a big part of everyone's success.

Thanks to all of my team captains and team members. You all are off to a great Relay! - Donna Carpenter, Team Development chair

Kickoff in the news

Last week, news of our kickoff was in the East Central Link (Thanks Cherie Chesser!) and today it's in The Mississippi Press. Here's the story, with some of the pictures I took. We had a blast! The East Central Players presented an original skit illuminating the facts about cancer in a thought-provoking, but funny way. Thanks to everyone for their hard work making the kickoff a success. And thanks to all the businessess and individuals who made donations - the food was awesome! - Donna H.

HURLEY – It was “Happy 25th Birthday” to Relay For Life so about 130 folks gathered Jan. 20 to celebrate the American Cancer Society to kickoff the East Central Relay’s fundraising season.


Last year, the community raised not only reached its goal of $75,000 in three months, it nearly doubled it, raising almost $130,000. For 2009, the ACS has set East Central Relay’s goal at $135,000.


The new goal at first worried Cherie Langley, who is chairing the event for her second year.


“I know the economy isn’t what it was a year ago, but when I shared that with my mother she said to me, ‘Cherie, you’re not selling magazines or cookie dough. You’re raising money for Relay. And EVERYONE has been touched in some way by cancer. Times may be hard, but we’re doing this for a good cause and people are going to give to support Relay.’”



After her mother’s encouragement, Cherie’s not worried anymore. “One thing I do know is that when this community comes together for a cause, we accomplish what we set out to do,” she said.


Guest speaker for the Relay kick-off was Mark Scott, a widower raising his 11-year-old son Bryce.

Mark shared with the audience how his wife, Juanelle, and their small son first discovered Relay for Life. It was 2001, and the Barton family went to the George County Relay and had a blast fellowshipping with friends and sharing in the excitement of food and fun. By November of that same year, Juanelle was diagnosed with cancer.

“She used to tell people ‘My life was perfect… and then I got cancer,’” he said.
Doctors gave her a year, then she went into remission “because of the wonderful research” this event raises, he said.

After six months in remission the cancer returned and she died in 2005.
And though Relay was one of Juanelle’s favorite things to do, Mark and his son don’t Relay just for her. “We do it for that person who may be in this room, who tomorrow may hear those words.. ‘You have cancer.’”


Mark encouraged the community to get more involved with Relay for Life because it makes a difference to those battling cancer now, and those who might someday get into the fight.

“You get out there and make it bigger this year than you did last year,” he urged. “If anybody can do it, it’s this group right here.”


Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s national signature event. Each year, communities across the United States host these events to raise money with one goal in mind – eliminating cancer.


Relay is a fun, overnight event that mobilizes communities to celebrate survivors, remember loved ones and fight back by raising money to find a cure.
But it’s not just about the money. “Relay for Life is as much an awareness-raiser about the progress against cancer as it is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society,” Cherie said.


“Individuals who are willing to give their time and energy to this exciting event as a volunteer or participant have made a commitment to fight back against this disease and let the community know that we can beat cancer!” she said.

There’s room for more teams and more volunteers. “We encourage families, churches, businesses and other community organizations to establish teams that will compete with each other to see who can raise the most money and of course, have the most fun,” she said.

Raffle - Zachry's Valentine Basket

The Zachry's team will be awarding a Valentine's Day gift basket to one lucky winner. Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Winner announced Feb. 12.


More details to come!

Raffle - Join the Fight's Baseball Tribute

Members of the "Join the Fight" team are selling raffle tickets to win a framed tribute to the East Central High School baseball team celebrating their win of the 2008 4-A varsity baseball state championship.



Tickets are $5 each and tax deductible. The drawing will be April 24 at the EC Relay for Life.



The plaque, which includes a signed baseball and the original news article, is on display at the East Central Link office.



For more information call Jack or Linda Nobles at 588-9466.

Fundraising Opportunity - Hurley Old Fashion Day

Old Fashion Day is earlier this year and Relay teams can use that to their fund-raising advantage. Why not rent a booth space and make some money for your team? Food, games, stuff for sale - pick one or all three!

The event, sponsored by the East Central Civic Association, is Saturday, March 14, at Lum Cumbest Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

15x15 booth spaces are $40, or $45 for electricity. The ECCA is expecting about 175 booths. Crowds are expected to be between 2,000 to 2,500.

To reserve a booth call Karen at ECCA at 588-0511 or email karenecca@yahoo.com.

Dance Royalty - Huntin' For a Cure

The Mardi Gras dance this past weekend was a huge hit. Huntin' For a Cure captain Gary Crump reports that the kids had a great time. The highlight of the night was the crowning of the king and queen.

(How cute are the girls with their fingers crossed and double-crossed waiting to hear their name called out?)

Honors this year go to King Reed Clayton and Queen Raven Stampley.

Yard Sale - Huntin' For a Cure

The Huntin' For a Cure team is having a yard sale Feb. 14 at Lum Cumbest Park in Hurley. Be there by 7 a.m. for the first to see what's up for grabs!

CORRECTION: It's not just for the Huntin' team either. ALL TEAMS are invited to come set up and make some money for their team - the more the merrier!
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Racing For A Cure fundraiser

Feel free to copy the information below and email to all your friends!

Racing for a Cure presents
the 1st annual Relay For Life Kart Race
Stateline, Miss - Checker Flag Speedway
Saturday, Feb 7, 2009
Gates open at 7 a.m.

Practice Friday, Feb. 6 - $5 gate fee per person. Gates open at 4 p.m. Practice 5-10 p.m.

Classes
Rookie 250# - Blue LHV Motor and 14/67 Gear
Purple Plate 265#
Blue Plate 275#
Gold Plate 300#
Stock Lite 325#
Stock Medium 350#
Stock Heavy 375#
Animal - (Weight TBA)
Jr. Sportsman Champ Purple 300#
Jr. Sportsman Champ Blue 300#
Sr. Champ 410#
Jr. Champ Crate 360# (ages 13-17)
Sr. Champ Crates 390# - Blue or yellow OHV motor (weight TBA)
Super Heavy 400# - Driver must weigh 200#

Rookie Class will receive participation trophies
All other classes $200 Cash Prize for 1st Place (Guaranteed) Trophies for winners

Kart Entry Fees
$15 registration fee for Rookie Class and a $5 transponder fee
$35 registration fee for all classes and a $5 transponder fee

Race Day
There will be 50 reserved parking spaces, only $10 per space. All other parking free and first come first serve.
Gates open at 7 a.m.
Open practice at 9 a.m., control practice at 10 a.m.
Qualifying at 12 noon
Racing starts at 2 p.m.
$10 gate fee day of race (ages 5 and under free unless they're racing)

**We will follow Gulf Coast Motor Sports Park's Rules**
www.gulfcoastmotorsportspark.com

Call Kenny Ballard at 228-588-6064 or 228-218-0424 for reserved parking or questions