.. 2014 Home and Garden Expo Opens September 16th ..

September 6, 2014 / Sunshine / 2 Comments

The 2014 Second Life Home and Garden Expo will be opening on September 16, 2014 and once again will raise money for Relay For Life of Second Life, the signature fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. The Home and Garden Expo, in its 7th year, is a fave among those that love to decorate, landscape and find new exciting offerings from Second Life’s home and garden creators. For this event, the exhibiting creators were required to display two brand new items created just for the Home and Garden Expo. Imagine the possibilities among the 90+ creators! Every item sold at this year’s Expo will be via an official Relay For Life of Second Life vendor and a preset percentage of the sales will be donated to RFL of SL. The percentages allowed are 20, 40, 60, 80 or 100 and will be displayed on each vendor. During the Expo, there will also be raffles, auctions, and a paid hunt – all filled with creations donated by the exhibitors. 100% of all donations paid to kiosks, raffles, auctions and hunts will go directly to RFL of SL. The 9 region event will run from September 16th through the 28th.

Key links for more info:

Home and Garden Expo Home Page

About Home and Garden Expo

Programs:

Keep an eye on the website as the shopping guide and other info will be forthcoming the closer we are to the September 16th opening day!

For more info about Relay For Life of Second Life, check out these links:

http://relayforlifeofsecondlife.org/

https://twitter.com/RelayForLife_SL

http://facebook.com/rflofsl

http://www.tumblr.com/blog/relayforlife-sl

For more info about Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society, visit these sites:

http://www.cancer.org/

http://www.relayforlife.org/

.. Making Strides Against Breast Cancer across Second Life ..

August 29, 2014 / Sunshine / 2 Comments

The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Across Second Life season starts in just a few days! Sharing post from the Relay For Life of Second Life website …

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER ACROSS SECOND LIFE
The 2014 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Across Second Life season will begin on September 1, 2014 and will continue until October 31, 2014.

The theme for the 2014 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Across Second Life is “Seasons of Pink”. Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Across Second Life is part of the American Cancer Society and Relay For Life of Second Life.

The 2014 Making Strides Committee is led by Jessii2009 Warrhol, Chair and Gem Sunkiller, Co-Chair.

About Breast Cancer:

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer.

The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is about 1 in 8. The chance of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 36. Breast cancer death rates have been going down. This is probably the result of finding the cancer earlier and better treatment. Right now there are more than 2.9 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.

Breast cancer also occurs in men. The American Cancer Society estimates for breast cancer in men in the United States for 2014 are:

About 2,360 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed
About 430 men will die from breast cancer

Breast cancer is about 100 times less common among men than among women. For men, the lifetime risk of getting breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000. The number of breast cancer cases in men relative to the population has been fairly stable over the last 30 years.

About Making Strides Against Breast Cancer:

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer or MSABC is the largest network of breast cancer awareness events in the nation, uniting more than 300 communities to finish the fight. Every breast cancer walk and event is an incredible and inspiring opportunity to honor those who have battled breast cancer, raise awareness about what we can do to reduce our breast cancer risk, and race money to help the American Cancer Society fight the disease with research, information, services, and access to mammograms for women who need them.

For more information please visit the sites below:

http://makingstridessl.wordpress.com/

http://makingstrides.acsevents.org/

http://www.cancer.org/

.. Relay For Life of Second Life 2014 Season Wrap-Up ..

August 21, 2014 / Sunshine / Leave a comment

On August 31, 2014, the Relay For Life of Second Life 2014 season will wrap-up. Since the March 9 kick off, the teams, the mega events, and every supporter of the campaign have worked tirelessly to make a difference. As of today, the total raised for the 2014 season equals US$414,535 or L$103,633,695 to benefit the American Cancer Society! This has been a record-breaking year and it has been an honor to be part of it!

The Wrap Up Celebration will be held on Sunday, August 31 at 10am SLT. The location will be announced once the regions have been rezzed in world. The regions will be connected to the American Cancer Society region, so the event will be easy to find!

during the event, the Planning Committee and others will honor all the volunteers and fundraisers of the season and will be announcing awards. Included in these awards are several that require voting. These include Spirit of Relay Individual Award; Spirit of Relay Team Award; Maid of Honor and Best Man; Smell the Roses – the Clown Awards. The ballots for these can be found on the RFL of SL wiki Additionally fundraising awards will be announced that will include Top Team Convio Fundraising; Top Individual Convio Fundraising; Convio Website Participation Awards; Top Team Fundraising Overall; and the updated Team Fundraising Club Levels. There will be some updates and other news shared during this time as well.

At 11:30am SLT, Maximillian (Max) Kleene will hit the stage and entertain the audience with his musical renderings. After Max leaves the stage, the music will continue with Trader Whiplash’s T1 Radio broadcasting until 2pm SLT (or later… you never know!)

As we move towards the wrap up, there is still time to donate at a kiosk near you or even via convio (orange boxes on the RFL of SL website). Remember if you make a single donation of US$100 (or L$25,000) before August 30th, you will be eligible to receive an RFL of SL 10th Anniversary T-shirt in the real world! The fundraising tools are scheduled to disappear on August 30th, so be sure you get your final donations towards the 2014 season made today!

So again… the 2014 Season Wrap-Up Celebration for the Relay For Life of Second Life campaign will take place on Sunday, August 31st, at 10am SLT. We hope to see you there!

For more information about Relay For Life of Second Life:

For more information about American Cancer Society or Relay For Life, in general:

American Cancer Society

Relay For Life