From the President
Athens Area Cancer Auxiliary, You Just Do It!
Nike’s “Just Do It!” slogan was created during a 1988 meeting when a consultant reportedly complimented the Nike team for its always-positive, can-do attitude, saying “You Nike guys, you just do it.” While the slogan is not a typical advertising brand line, it is immediately recognizable and motivates the viewer to take action, whether it be running or hiking.
Making “Just Do It!” the AACA focus for this year seemed appropriate because we all are passionate about fighting cancer – and as a group, we can take action and make a difference in our community.
The Cancer Auxiliary has many exciting opportunities for you to “Just Do It!” over the summer, and I hope you will participate in a few of them. First, bring a friend to our July 16th meeting. Stacy Tarver and Kasay Rabon set a goal of introducing AACA to 41 new members in this, our 41st year. Please help us reach this goal.
Second, sign up for a service project, such as driving a patient through Road to Recovery, dropping-off food at Northeast GA Cancer Care, or participating with Camp Sunshine. Each member must complete 20 hours of community service – so let’s just do it!
Finally, buy your tickets for the “fall” fundraising event at our July meeting. After dinner and an exciting silent auction, we will rock the night away to Sounds of Motown on August 20th!
Thank you for all you do individually in the fight against cancer. Together, we will help find a cure for this disease – together, we can “Just Do It!”
—Alison
Annual Meeting Raffle Winners
Thank you to everyone who bought a raffle ticket! Below are were the winners of our fabulous prizes:
- Oreck Vacuum – Laura Tucker
- Dr. Alex – Monica Heidesch
- Stylized Portraiture – Stacy Tarver
- Men’s basket – Amy Chisholm
- Sport Basket – Sarah Schmitt
- Wine Basket – Marshall West
Save the Date for “Celebrating Athens”
Details
The Athens Area Cancer Auxiliary invites you to join us for dinner, dancing, and bidding at the fifth annual fundraiser and concert featuring the Sensational Sounds of Motown
- Thursday, August 20th
- Doors open and dinner begins at 6:30
- The band starts at 8:30
- The Foundry Park and Melting Point
- 295 E Dougherty Street
- Athens, GA 30601
- For questions contact Whitney Byce, (706) 224-6836 or webyce@gmail.com
Silent Auction Items
We need your help getting fantastic auction items for our Celebrating Athens Event. Below you will find the Silent Auction Request letter that you can customize and send out requesting items from your friends and family members. Items sold at auction are 100% profit and that profit goes towards all of our great efforts in ending the fight against cancer. Please e-mail Cassie Malone at cassie.malone@wellsfargoadvisors.com if you have secured an item or have one in mind.
Silent Auction Request Letter
Note for Upcoming General Meeting
- Date: July 16
- Time: 6:30PM til 7:30PM
- Where: Athens Regional Medical Center/Breast Health Center
“Bring a Friend” night! Dinner will be provided (approximately $6 a person), and we will receive a tour of the Breast Health Center.
In preparation for this year’s AACA “Celebrating Athens” Annual Event at The Foundry, the Committee would like to request that all members in attendance to the July General Meeting on July 16th, please bring a bottle of your favorite wine. We will be using the wine in our raffle, as well as, in the Silent Auction. We appreciate your participation, and we are looking forward to a fun and exciting event!
AACA Sponsors
We need your help to meet AACA’s sponsorship goals. Please ask your business to be a 2009-2010 sponsor! We will be providing numerous advertising opportunities for our sponsors this year to help them get the most bang for their investment – and we would love to include your business in our promotions. Below you can download a document with the sponsorship levels. Amy Chisholm has sent out letters to numerous businesses and continues to look for more opportunities, so please contact her with any suggestions you might have. In-kind sponsorship options are also available.
Sponsorship Documents
June Volunteer Opportunities
Below you will find information on volunteer opportunities through Camp Sunshine, working directly with kids who participate in their summer or hospital camps. Though there is a drive involved, I feel certain what you gain from the experience will far outweigh the travel. (By the way, Rutledge, GA is only about 45 minutes away from Athens). Plus, we’d like to help set-up carpools for these events. For planning purposes, the Camp Sunshine coordinators would like to know if you can volunteer as soon as possible.
The second link for download is about a way we can help The Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia & Northeast Georgia Cancer Care, LLC celebrate local cancer survivors during the month of June. Please sign-up to bring an item!
Camp Sunshine Volunteer Opportunities
Celebrate Local Cancer Survivors
June and July Birthdays – Happy, Happy from AACA!
June Birthdays
Peggy Gates……………..10th
Krista Breedlove……………13th
Holly Thornton……………..13th
Alison Bracewell-McCullick…..14th
Stacy Tarver……………….15th
Ashley Farmer………………17th
Claire Brown……………….30th
July Birthdays
Lisa Hollingsworth………….3rd
Evelyn Riley……………….3rd
Connie McMillan…………….7th
Amy Chisholm……………….8th
Rosemary Belger……………11th
Marsy Boyd………………..18th
Julianne Hutto…………….21th
Peggy Suddreth…………….30th
Member News
The Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia (Kimberly Liebowitz) just got a brand new website up and running. It has a thank you to their donors (AACA is listed!) information about what they do, their board of directors, and the ability to make donations and receive a newsletter/foundation update.
Congratulations to all of these members on the exciting changes in their lives:
- Rachel McCarthy married Grant Harvey on May 2nd
- Becky Holt married Matthew Drayton on May 2nd
- Raegan Yeomans married Jon Harvey on May 30th
- Jill Barrow had a baby boy on May 31st, Leland Hagan Barrow, Jr.
- Lindsay McLear is engaged to Andrew Griffeth
- Cassie Malone is expecting a baby in January
- Leigh Garrett had a baby boy on June 16th, Benjamin Dawson Garrett
- Kelli Dean had a baby girl on June 5th, Avery Elizabeth Dean
- Cynthia Logan was recently promoted to banking officer at Athens First Bank & Trust.
Newsletter
Do you have news for the monthly AACA newsletter? Committee updates, fundraising opportunities, ways to support AACA and our members, member news or other information? If so, please email Kelly Jones.
