Why I Relay -- from Daaneth Kivioq

I relay for my RL big sister, Anne Rose Martens, who died from complications of Pancreatic Cancer in January of 2007.

Anne was one of my pillars of strength during my darkest hours, and I relay in her memory. She left behind a legacy of love that will last forever.

I relay for Artistic Fimicoloud, - in RL Stephanie Koslow, killed by breast cancer in May of 2008. "Fimi" was one of the members of the Passionate Redheads Relay Team here in SL. She loved being a part of relay, and her bright spirit inspired us all. When she died, we did not mourn her death, we celebrated her life, because she made each day of her life a celebration, right up until the end.

I relay for my beloved Sabine McGettigan, my SL partner, and the love of my life. Sabine is a ten year survivor of breast cancer, and the Captain of our relay team. She has motivated us all and helped us take our team to new heights. Her driving Passion for life shows in everything she does. That's why our team is called the Passionate Redheads. This year, we have raised over 2.5 Million lindens for the cause - eight times what we were able to raise last year. Sabine leads us, inspires us, and makes us all feel loved.

I relay for all the dedicated scientists, engineers, technicians, nurse, doctors, therapists, and researchers who are working every day to bring us closer to the goal of killing the monster that is cancer.

But most of all, I relay for you. I hope and pray that you who are reading this never hear the words "you have cancer" - but, if, god forfend you ever do - I want to be also able to hear "and we can cure that now."

God Bless You All!

Yours In Service,
Daaneth Kivioq

Hang onto your hats--More Redheads RFL Shopping :)

Our team has a number of really wonderful content creators pushing prims in support of RFL this year. I've blogged a few and will be blogging many more as the Relay season unfolds, but for now, three more perfect ways to spend $$ and support RFL. So ready ... set .... SHOP!


First up are some absolutely wonderful Angel Wings from Kala Bijoux of Material Squirrel. If you have her wings you KNOW they are first rate and include fabulous animations. These come in white, blue, pink, grey and, *cough*, black for those of you who got coal for Christmas. At L$299 each they are a steal, as are all of Kala's wings. So go get 'em! You'll find them on the back wall of her store with her other new delights.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winged%20Isle/143/213/36


Second up is a porch full of Sakuradawn Lei's creations at her store, Lazy Places. There are hooved boots, wonderful Sakura Doll Heels and much, much more. The porch is to the right of her main store. Just follow the purple vendors ;) Apparently spring has sprung since I took my photo LOL I got the Sakura Heels in Pink:)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Growl%202/41/112/22


Last, but far from least is Trixie Bumbo's Everyday Necklace and Earrings in Silver available at her Primagine store. Each heart has a small pink stone at its center. As with all of the Primagine creations, the work is lovely and lies nicely on your body. Go and BUY! It is also available in gold in a non-Relay vendor.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kilmarta/214/29/69

PHEW!

What a Saturday! We're now *almost* at L$800k!!!

We had two events yesterday and raised well over L$500,000 to help fund the cure.


The Date Auction organized by Leala Spire & Ariel Zehetbauer and held at Ariel's Club, Sensual Desires, raised L$500,000 alone.


Some of most eligible and delightfully delicious avatars inworld were auctioned off at amazing bids, including many Passionate Redheads. Here we have IshtarAngel Micheline, who took these pictures, strutting her stuff!


The second event was a 4 hr Party at the Sunweaver's Club Cutlass. DJs were Redheads Monette Gaea and Dusk Griswold. Many Redheads were in attendance, including Sunweaver Goddesss, Rita Mariner. We raised well over L$20k for Relay.

Thanks to the Saturday events we are very close to L$800k!!! Why don't you hit our folks at the Clothing Fair to help top us off, as it closes today :) Below is a picture of Samsara Nishi's store at the fair--very original, as is her Escaping from Pirates dress--buy the teal, Redheads, as that's OUR dress :)


GO RELAY! GO REDHEADS!

You all ROCK!

I go away for a few days, and you hit over L$157,000. Way to go! [Will be off SL until Saturday, so see what you can surprise me with when I get back :)]

Where to check? http://www.rflofsl.org/

Why I Relay--from Sabine McGettigan

I am a breast cancer survivor. I did everything "right"...didn't smoke or drink, ate all natural foods, exercised like a Marine! Even my fruit trees got eaten up by bugs because I would not use pesticides. I breast fed four babies. No family members had ever gotten cancer. With no risk factors whatsoever, I thought I was immune, but I still got cancer.

Because of research funded by the American Cancer Society. I lived to raise my sons. I've lived to see grandchildren arrive, and I've lived to take my granddaughter to see the sun set over Sedona!

I relay so that my daughter and granddaughter might never have to face the terror that I felt during that long cold winter of chemotherapy.

I relay because of beautiful friends right here in Second Life who are even now facing cancer treatment and living with the fear and uncertainty of never knowing when or if it will come back.

I relay because I'm Passionate for a Cure!

Sabine McGettigan
Captain, Passionate Redheads

Please, if you wish to share why you relay with your teammates, drop a notecard on Samara Barzane inworld.

What a Party!

The Passionate Redheads started RFL 2009 with a wonderful party held at Park Galleries, formerly owned by the late Artistic Fimicoloud. Jahman Ochs of The Bottom Line Cabaret DJed and provided us with 2 hours of fabulous tunes. Attendance was steady over the 2 hours, with visits from MamaP Beerbaum, Morgan Kincess, Dwen Dooley among others, showing again that Relay is for ALL of us. Besides Redheads know how to party-yes we do!


By the time we crawled off having given our all, our kiosk total was over L$50,000. Watch out grid-the Redheads are BACK!

Additional pictures available at our Flickr Group Pool.

Let the Redhead RFL Shopping Begin!

We have a number of wonderful Redhead content creators on our team who are donating one or more of their items to RFL fundraising for Passionate Redheads. There will be more posts to come, but here's a preview to get your started on this Kick Off Weekend!


Our "Passionate Bluehead," hyasynth Tiramisu, has donated 3 items to fund the cure, the Nephilim Suite and 2 Valerian Suites, suitable for both men and women. They will be available both at her store, ~silent sparrow~ and at the RFL Clothing Fair starting March 16.

Samsara Nishi of Sam's Secret has donate "Escaping from Pirates" in Teal to us. Available at her booth at the RFL Clothing Fair starting March 16.

Two of our fine jewelers, Mouse Mimistrobell and Hibiscus Flossberg have their items available in their stores. Hibiscus has donated her whole Gypsy Set in Pinks, including the tamborine :) Available at her store, Puarangi Designs through Relay. Mouse's contribution is a Pink Tourmaline version of her Spheres set in Silver. This is available by paying the RFL Kiosk at least L$150 at her store, Dark Mouse.

So there is no excuse not to be both well dressed AND funding the cure!

2009 Relay for Life Kickoff Party is underway!

Picture by Trixie Bumbo

Here are some more pictures of redheads at the kick off: http://www.flickr.com/groups/redheadsrfl/

KICK OFF PARTY SLURLS & Other Good Info :)

Early is GOOD
Low ARC is GOOD!

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IBM Sim

http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM/250/77/24
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IBM Sim #1

http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%201/77/4/24
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IBM Sim #6

http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%206/180/251/24
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IBM Sim #7

http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%207/7/179/24
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The kick off event will be done via live stream on t1radio.

Please turn off your SL voice when you get to the IBM sims or you will continually get a "connecting" spam due to the way the 4 sims meet.

You do not need SL voice on.
You need your music players turned on

Thanks

The stream address is: http://t1radio.serverroom.us:8242

Redheads are EVERYWHERE!

We have a number of Passionate Redheads participating in the 2009 Relay for Life Clothing Fair which opens on March 16th. Please be sure to drop by and visit AND buy their stuff! They are all wonderful! The names I have so far are [alphabetic by store name]:

Dani's Fine Fashions Danielle Harrop
Rebel Hope Designs, Inc Rebel Hope
Sam's Secret Boutique Samsara Nishi
Silent Sparrow hyasynth Tiramisu
Sn@tch Ivey Deschanel
.:SToRin:. Annah Whitfield

I know I'm making my shopping list :) If I have missed anyone PLEASE leave me an IM inworld k?

Also a reminder that we have TWO events this weekend.

• Saturday, March 14, 10am: Relay for Life Kick Off EventSunday, notecard with details in group notices
  
• March 15, 10am-12noon: Passionate Redheads RFL Team Kick Off Event at Park Galleries. Rehead DJs Monette Gaea and Jahman Ochs will spin as we celebrate HOPE!
  

Blog Update

We've added a slideshow widget on the right and a list of other team blogs at the bottom of that column. We ARE in this together!

Team members are already suggesting some amazing fundraising events. Just a reminder that we need the details the Monday BEFORE the week of the event in order to get it on the Official Relay Calendar.

We also have a number of new members on the team. But since I lost track of who was new a long time ago, here's the list of PASSIONATE REDHEADS put together by our peerless leader, Redhead-in-Chief, Sabine McGettigan.

2009 Passionate Redheads (revised 03/09)

Sabine McGettigan (captain)
Danneth Kivioq (co-captain)
Samara Barzane (co-captain)
Healman Sage (co-captain)

Akasha Divisadero
Alessandra Eberlain
Alexandra Mensing
Amar Coronet
Angelica Graves
ana Nyle
Annah Whitfield
anibrim Jung
Anna Whitfield
Arbiter Dassin
Ariel Zehetbauer
Aryon Dagger
binary1oh Tomorrow
CaptAl Newman
Carpathannia Thorne
Cupcake Aero
Dane Immelmann
Danielle Harrop
Dusk Griswald
Edith Halderman
Emmanuelle LaFollette
Envy Watts
Evus Alter
Faria Munro
hawksong Cukor
Hibiscus Flossberg
HotAndSpicy Curry
hyasynth Tiramisu
IshtarAngel Micheline
Ivey Deschanel
Ivy Darrow
Jahman Ochs
Jaxx Tardis
Jaydie Sapeur
Jerry Oranos
Jerusha Kitty
Juliagoolia Emmons
Julie Fieschi
Kala Bijoux
Kalana Vaalbara
Lea Anatra
Lea Giadelli
Leala Spire
Linah Alter
Lomgren Smalls
Lorenzo Mathilde
Luci Saintlouis
Mata Loire
Merrian Weatherwax
Monet Minton
Monette Gaea
Mouse Mimistrobell
Nadiya Destiny
Natedogg Christensen
Prim Anbinder
Racoonia Riggles
Rebel Hope
Reign Congrejo
RH Engel
Rita Mariner
Rob Chandrayaan
Roslin Petion
Samsara Nishi
ShanDae Bachem
Somnus Doctorow
TallyHo Shawbridge
ThomasMcConnell Sands
Treminari Huet
Trixie Bumbo
Vixie Valiant
Windy Lurra

Welcome to The Passionate Redheads SL ™ Relay for Life Blog

Your captain and co-captains will try to do our best to keep you informed of Relay and Redheads plans and activities, so bookmark us now!

FIRST:

Kickoff is this Saturday, March 14 starting at 10am SLT.

We'll have more details and get you landmarks closer to the event.

Also several Passionate Redheads are participating in the Relay Clothing Fair and we THINK they will be able to set their vendors to our team. In any case it all goes to the same cause--so visit their booths and help fund the cure!

We are also planning an event for Sunday morning, March 15 for our own kick-off. Again more details will be forthcoming as soon as they are set.

Be sure to take a moment to check the group membership list as we've added a number of wonderful and talented people. We hope you will welcome them warmly in the Redheads fashion :)

Suggestions for the blog may be emailed for the time being to samarabarzane@hotmail.com