• Cancer Fears
    the Walker

    Fight Back and take action against a disease that has taken too much. One way to do that is to join us:

    Relay For Life of Boardman
    Boardman Middle School
    May 15 - 16, 2015
    6:00 PM - 6:00 PM

    Twenty-four hours to make cancer FEAR THE WALKER!

  • Cancer Never Sleeps

    And neither do we.

    For 24 hours, those on the track remind us that cancer never sleeps. While other participants and event goers are tucked away in their beds or in nice warm sleeping bags, teams on the track keep up the fight.

  • Celebrate.
    Remember.
    Fight Back.

    Celebrating those who survive.
    Remembering those who didn't.
    Fighting Back for us all.

    Help us finish the fight!

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Fundraising Friday: Citywide Scavenger Hunt or Treasure Hunt

Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 by Boardman Relay For Life
When you create a fundraiser, the most important successful aspect of the event is that your participants have FUN!  Make a game of it.  People are more likely to buy tickets or pay to register than just donate money.  Why not take the normal Scavenger Hunt or Treasure Hunt and SUPERSIZE it?! As you read the following article, you will find some great ideas for taking a simple scavenger hunt to the city level.  Think about...
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Fundraising Friday: Just a Buck

Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 by Boardman Relay For Life
At Relay one year, we talked about doing a fundraiser called "Just a Buck".  There are a variety of ways you can implement a "Just a Buck" fundraiser.  We'll talk about two of them in depth here. Relay Bingo The first idea for implementing "Just a Buck" is actually a pretty simple idea.  We call it "Relay Bingo", but it's not really "bingo" per se.  Simply print the following image on a standard 8.5"x11" sheet of paper (or...
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Fundraising Friday: Home Parties

Posted on Friday, October 31, 2014 by Boardman Relay For Life
Who DOESN'T love to shop?  Well, buy things anyway. Believe it or not, there are still Tupperware parties out there.  And the phenomenon of the Tupperware party has morphed into a party for just about everything.  Everyone has their favorite type (or types) of home party.  Why not mix your love of Relay with your love of the party? If you know an independent consultant in a home party company, ask them if they would consider...
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Fundraising Friday: Host an Amazing Race Around Town

Posted on Friday, October 31, 2014 by Boardman Relay For Life
Do you love the TV show "Amazing Race"? I do. Every time I watch it, I always think how much FUN it would be to run around the world solving problems and meeting physical challenges. So how can we turn this into a fundraiser, you ask? It all started when I read about an Amazing Race party held by two women for a group date night. (You'll find the link to the article below.) These women have explained and created just about EVERYTHING for...
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Coping with Cancer

Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 by Boardman Relay For Life
I Can Cope® is an educational program for people facing cancer - either personally or as a friend or family caregiver.  Living with cancer is one of the greatest challenges a person can face in the course of a lifetime.  I Can Cope offers help in the form of reliable information, peer support and practical coping skills - so that you can meet this challenge. Knowledge is power, and the more you know about what is happening during cancer...
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Would You Drive a Mile to Save a Life?

Posted on Monday, February 03, 2014 by Boardman Relay For Life
Road to Recovery Road to Recovery is a service program offered by the American Cancer Society that strives to improve the quality of life for patients undergoing cancer care.  The program does this by providing patients with transportation to their treatments and medical appointments and home again.  Volunteer drivers donate their time and resources to help ensure that people with cancer get the lifesaving treatments they need. .program-search...
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