Fun Fair Family Event fundraising forRelay4Life of Kent County MD raising childhood cancer awareness

Sept. 9, 2011 - PRLog -- Some wonderful families in Kent County Maryland have created a team called “Going for the Gold” to raise funds for Kent County Maryland’s Relay for Life. Our team consists of families and friends that have been faced with this life threatening disease. On September 17th, 2011 we have planned to have a Silent Auction with a bake sale and yard sales, to jump start our fundraising efforts, for the relay here in our county. We have been encouraged with the kind donations from local community businesses to make this into a huge event. This event will be located at the Galena Volunteer Fire Department, in Galena Maryland. There is still time to make donations, just contact Team “Going for the Gold” co/ kathyflorent@aim.com. We will take donations up until the day of the event.

This fundraising event will include yard sale from 8am-4pm. Then the main events start at 11am and run through till 4pm. We will have baked goods, live bands and music all day, popcorn, hotdogs, bouncy slide, and a tractor barrel train ride. As well as kid friendly activities like face painting, sand art, and decorative feather braiding. We plan to have a silent auction and we have had so many generous donations from the local businesses and even a few sports teams for those team spirited folk.  Items from the Eagles football team, the Ravens and even the Stealers. Local items from Mary Kay, Longaburger, Stampin’ Up, Jewelaplooza, Kitty Knight House, Twinny’s, Harris Crab house, Molly’s Sporting Goods, Kent County Humane Society, Show an Tell, Body Works, Pizza town, Rockaholic Fishing LLC, Ray Price Goose Hunting Trip, leopardlanecats.com, Travis Taxidermy, Turners Unlimited, Angelica Nurseries, and many more .  Also don’t forget to please bring your chairs; we will have live music all day. This event is rain or shine. This will be a huge auction and you won’t want to miss out!

We are also hoping this year is especially great because our Nathan and Owen are so special to our families and friends. Both of these children have had cancer and as the families of these two brave kids, we would like to his increase their efforts to help other people with cancer. Nathan is 10, and had been diagnosed with bone cancer in November of 2010 and is still fighting through his battle with cancer, where Owen was 2 years old back when he had been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Both these children have been so brave in facing their own fight that for them to help raise funds for the Relay has been extra commendable. You can visit http/www.nathansstory.com to see both of their stories.

Please come out and support these families and this wonderful fundraising event at the Galena Vol. Fire Company and thank you for taking the time to hear of these commendable families and their stories.

All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society and Kent County’s Relay for Life.  We want to thank all the businesses who have helped to make this event so great with these wonderful donations.