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Twenty-four hours without sleep can seem like an eternity. Whether it’s an all night cram session for that calculus final, a nurse’s first night shift, a crying baby, or the shortest stick on the cross-country road trip, the only thing slower than those 24 hours is that getting ready process the next morning.
But imagine if you were staying up 24 hours because you could not sleep after your doctor diagnosed you with cancer. I say imagine knowing all too well that many of you have been faced with this situation. Cancer has touched so many people’s lives. So what are you doing to help those families (your own family) with the fear, sadness and hopelessness that they have felt during those first 24 hours?
Join teams from your community to help The American Cancer Society.
Honor your loved ones with luminaries and inspire so many others to Relay. We are not sleeping because cancer does not sleep, and we are fighting for more birthdays.
Relay for Life Bulloch County will be April 29th at the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fairgrounds. Use your 24 hours to make a difference and join us to relay.
My reason to Relay: Merrill King.
Devon King is one of my friend’s from high school. They are sisters that were separated too early because of Merrill’s battle with leukemia. I Relay in hopes that no more big sisters ever have to say goodbye to their little sisters.
What’s your reason to Relay?
And the home of the BRAVES!
April 27, 2012 in Comments for PRCA 3030, Community, PRCA 3030 | Leave a comment
As an Atlanta girl — born and raised — I have been raised doing the tomahawk chop. I go to at least one game a year, and my highlight game was seeing John Smoltz’s 3,000 strike out. However, I am a horrible fan. I love the Braves, but I have never been a great sports fan because I don’t keep up with the statistics, trading or competitors. My love for the Braves starts and ends with the excitement of Turner Field and the surrounding culture.
Nothing is better then a bunch of excited Braves fans tailgating all day and then dancing in the stands. Because of this I think the Braves should do a campaign to go back to the culture of the sport. When the Braves have a poor season, they still have still have a strong fan base. Their fan base goes beyond the Atlanta area to a larger southern reach. I think the marketing and communications team for the Braves should bring out a campaign to acknowledge the large reach of Braves fans. The campaign should consist of commercials, billboards, and other print advertisements as well as a huge reach into social media.
In order to incorporate a winning season, they should do the same cultural aspect that stretches across all Braves fans introducing fans in other areas. But uniquely this campaign would encourage the excitement of a winning season. I think they should go back to the National Anthem finishing it out like a true Braves fan would. They should incorporate this in all traditional media. They should also ask fans to incorporate the song if videos and submit them via social media. They could even put on a competition for the ultimate braves fan to possibly go go the world series.
Everyone needs to be doing the Tomahawk Chop!