Keep an eye on the MELTON Relay For Life Facebook page so you get to find out our final total.

So, now that the 2014 Relay is done & dusted, what are you going to do to raise money to make the 2015 Relay bigger and better? The committee is aiming at informing all businesses in the Melton Shire about what the Relay For Life is all about. If anybody has contacts at any businesses in our shire, or not, please forward them to Ian @ ian.marhancock@bigpond.com and I will follow them all up.

If anybody would like to join the committee, please get in contact with me , as they say “Many Hands make Light work”

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618Participants

2014 MELTON

Relay For Life

Registered Teams

Arthurs Spitfires, Harro’s Cuddles, La Famiglia, In It For Love Vicki’s Dream Team Caroline Springs Runners Croalian Crusaders VB V8s Melton Hockey Club Pink Ladies Denise’s Team

Pink Bling 3 Doctors Little Helpers Deer Park 1st Guides Aj’s (Amanda Johnson) YMCA & Friends Zonta Power Melton Fire Brigade Wild Hogs & Hogettes, Up Town Girls Bits & Pieces Eat My Dust Surrounded By Joy Melton Maulers Ohitika Dawn Vasjuta – Bacchus Marsh Basketball Assoc. Riga

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Melton Relayers,

A sincere thank you for making my first Australian Relay one to remember!  Out on the track, I witnessed a strong community gathered in the name of celebrating life, remembering loved ones lost and fighting back against cancer.  As I hope many of you felt, Relay For Life is more than just an event, it is an experience.  It is a place to help each other stay positive and knit a strong fabric of support.  As symbolized in our candlelight ceremony, Relay is our past, present and future.  Thank you for sharing this experience with me.  See you on the track in 2015!

Warmly,

Cara aka ‘The Yank Tank’

The walkers waiting Survivors and carers waiting for Grant Harrison to cut the ribbon to start the 2014 relay

And we all join in

Survivors & Carers commence the relay

Grant Harrison starting the 2014 Relay

Who needs modern technology

It’s started only 17.59.59 hours to go

Everyone having a good time while raising money to find cures for Cancer

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Mary Carroll commencing the Candle Ceremony

Brodie reads the Relay Poem

1st Candle: We accept the sorrow of the Past.

2nd Candle: Ask for courage in the Present.

3rd Candle: And strive to nurture hope for the Future.

Laurel of Harro’s Cuddles tells all Why She Relay’s,

it was very touching

Cara goes thru the Candle Lighting Ceremony

Relayers watching the ceremony

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The Committee of the 2014 MELTON Relay For Life would like to thank all sponsors for their donations

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Melton South Panthers

Football & Netball Club

Campsites of the 2014 Relay

We saw one team had this out the front of their camp site, why don’t we try and get each team to do one next year and them get them all together for a photo.

This team had a great fund-raising idea, maybe we could have every team have a stall in front of their camp-site and we could also promote the Relay as a Relay Market to try and bring in more people from the Melton Shire that aren’t involved in the Relay. Let the committee know of your thoughts.

2015 RELAY FOR LIFE

618 Participants must have some ideas on how we can get Melton as a whole involved in an event that is raising money for a cause that will probably touch most people during their life.

Don’t forget, this is “YOUR” Relay, don’t leave it up to the committee to come up with all the ideas for the relay. We are always open to suggestions that could make our relay that little bit better. We want our relay to be “The Relay” that all other relays strive to be like. I think we are leading the way, what do you think everyone?????