Relay for Life holding ‘Purple Promotion’ week of July 9

By EVELYN LONG -

The Relay for Life of Mor­row County Com­mit­tee and team cap­tains are ask­ing local mer­chants and restau­rants to help sup­port Relay for Life of Mor­row County on Wednes­day, July 11, 2012 and to show their sup­port through­out the week of July 9 by help­ing the com­mit­tee “Paint the County Pur­ple.” Mer­chants and restau­rants are being asked to com­mit to donat­ing ten per cent of their July 11 sales to the Amer-can Can­cer Soci­ety and to decide the hours the pro­mo­tion will be in effect.

Relay for Life of Mor­row County will take place Fri­day, July 27, at the Mount Gilead High school track with almost 30 teams and 250 par­tic­i­pants. This com­mu­nity fund rais­ing effort in the final days lead­ing up to Relay will gen­er­ate new sup­port for the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety, as well as raise aware­ness and enthu­si­asm for the event.

“The involve­ment of your busi­ness with the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety is a pos­i­tive pro­mo­tional oppor­tu­nity, posi­tion­ing you as a con­cerned cor­po­rate cit­i­zen actively sup­port­ing the bat­tle against can­cer. For mer­chants and restau­rants who com­mit to donat­ing ten per cent of their July 11 sales, the Relay for Life com­mit­tee will –

- List your busi­ness on the Mor­row Relay web­site at www.relayforlife. org/morrow on our Face­book page and in our event program

- List your busi­ness in the news­pa­per edi­tion the week prior, encour­ag­ing our com­mu­ni­ties sup­port you by din­ing and/or shop­ping at your busi­ness on July 11th.

- Pro­vide you with a yard sign, poster and pur­ple rib­bon to display.

The com­mit­tee is also ask­ing that par­tic­i­pat­ing busi­nesses show­case their sup­port of the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety and Relay for Life of Mor­row County through­out the week of July 9th and lead­ing up to the Relay event on July 27 by tak­ing part in the efforts to “Paint the County Pur­ple.” Pos­si­bil­i­ties include–

- Pur­ple place mats or napkins

- A pur­ple dessert or beverage

- Pur­ple flowers/balloons as decorations

- Pur­ple lights

- A pur­ple Relay theme win­dow display

- Pur­ple name tag rib­bons for your staff

- A Relay mes­sage on your marquee/sign

- Ask your staff to wear purple

Teams of Relay­ers will be dis­trib­ut­ing pur­ple and sil­ver stream­ers and yard signs through­out the county and vil­lages to raise aware­ness for Relay dur­ing the week of July 9th. Indi­vid­u­als in Mor­row County are encour­aged to help us “Paint the County Pur­ple” by pur­chas­ing a pur­ple porch light for $3. If you would like a streamer or two at your home, or a yard sign, please let the com­mit­tee know.

Mat­tingly con­cluded, “Finally, we hope you will join us on Fri­day, July 27, at the Mount Gilead High School track for Relay for Life of Mor­row County. Open­ing cer­e­monies will begin at 6 pm, the Lumi­naria cer­e­mony at 10 pm, the auc­tion at 8 am on Sat­ur­day morn­ing and clos­ing cer­e­mony at noon. This is a time of Cel­e­bra­tion for our can­cer sur­vivors, a time of Remem­brance for those we’ve lost and a time to Fight Back against the dis­ease called cancer!”

To par­tic­i­pate in any of the “Paint the County Pur­ple” events, please con­tact the event chair, Con­nie Mat­tingly, at 419–560-0062 for fur­ther infor­ma­tion. “Because of your dona­tions and the dona­tions of mil­lions of other mer­chants and indi­vid­u­als, there are more can­cer patients sur­viv­ing and cel­e­brat­ing more birth­days. Be a part of the movement!”

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