Bluffton Relay for Life teams organizing for 2010 event
Want more info? Call Tracy Steele, 419-358-0155, or John Spaeth, 419-326-4364
"Sockhop for a Cure" is the theme of the 2010 Bluffton Relay for Life according to Tracy Steele and John Spaeth, co-chairs of the event. This year's relay is from 3 p.m., Friday, June 26 to 9 a.m., Saturday, June 27. It is held at the Bluffton University Salzman Stadium.
An early-bird team registration is going on now until Jan. 28. Teams that register now have a registration fee of $50 per team of 15. Starting Jan. 29 team registrations are $10 per team member.
Registrations fees go toward a team's goal, according to Steele. The first three relay meeting dates are set. Each meeting is in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall. Committee meetings are at 5:30 p.m. and team meetings at 6:30 p.m.
Meeting dates are: Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 25.
Thsi year persons may sign up for a relay e-mail for updates on the Bluffton event. Persons may contact Melanie Gerlach at [email protected] to be on the mailing list. Her office is at 740 Commerce Drive, Suite B, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551.
The 2009 relay held last June raised $24,703.
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