Relay For Life

Hey everybody!!

I have embarked for the first time ever to be a team captain for the upcoming Relay For Life here in the San Antonio Northeast region. My team name is McRamos' and I am excited to do this. I'v wanted to do this for sometime and now it seemed right. I have been able to establish my team name and now I am reaching out in many ways to gain team members and donations. I am using my blog to keep everybody informed of the progress that is going on with the team and how, if anybody, that is not close by to donate to the cause.

Here are some facts about what Relay for life is about.

* Relay for Life is an opportunity for the raising of money for the American Cancer Society.

* The mission of the American Cancer Society is to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.

* The ACS is the largest private source of cancer research funding, donating $2.7 billion for cancer research since 1847 and funding 38 Nobel Prize Laureates.

* In 1985, the first Relay for Life event was held and raised $27,000.

* Since then more the $1.5 billion has been raised.

So here is your opportunity to reach out and donate to the American Cancer Society through my team. Here is how it works.

1. Go to the Relay for Life web site. WWW.relayforlife.org/northeastsanantoniotx

2. Click on DONATE

3. Either click on SEARCH FOR PARICIPANT and type in DEREK RAMOS or
click on SEARCH FOR TEAM and type in McRamos'.

4. If you choose to donate under my name you will see a picture that is obviously not me, I can't get the picture to change. click on DONATE.

5. Follow the instructions to donate. If you do it through this web site there is a minimum of $10.00. If you prefer not to do it over the web site but you want to donate, I understand I don't like to do payments over the internet either. send me an email (mailto:derek.ramos@sbcglobal.net)%20 and we can arrange some other way.

6. If you want to donate to the team just choose the McRamos' and follow the same instructions.

So there you go for those near and far. Please join me and my team in our efforts to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The blog will be updated with accomplishments and pictures as we make progress then look for a posting on the Relay for Life event in May.

Thanks again.