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| Volume 5 Number 8 | July 2012 |
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Welcome to our final e-newsletter before the big night, offering again the links that will allow you to join up and become part of the celebration. We hope you will make many connections. The more of you who do, the more RIS will be able to accomplish. This night brings the sarcoma community together for fun, while creating ties and raising funds that allow the mission to continue all year. You won't want to miss it.
On-line Registration for both the 2012 Party in the Park and the Sarcoma Family Picnic are now open! While you are welcome to register day of for the Party in the Park, on-line Registration for both the Picnic and the Party closes Tuesday evening, July 17th.
The Event Program will be filled with big sounds, family fun and inspiration. To see the Program, click here. While The Party is open to all, we'd really like you to register in advance. You save time, get an immediate receipt and help us! To register now for the Party in the Park, click here!
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 Sarcoma Family Picnic - Register Now!
If you are a sarcoma patient or survivor, or have lost a relative to sarcoma, we invite you and close loved ones to join us for a celebration of life and caring that is also a plain old "good time." A light picnic supper is served with sunshine (we hope!), fellowship and the chance to hear a few words about RIS and its mission.
Sarcoma doctors and researchers from the University of Minnesota and Children's Hospital will also be there to socialize and visit informally. As the picnic ends, join the procession to Como Park, led by the Dirty Shorts Brass Band.
The picnic is free thanks to the continued sponsorship of American Family Insurance. Advanced Registration is required by July 17th. To learn more and to register, click here. |
Our choice of RIS merchandise is expanding with both new T-Shirts and Sunflower Notecards. We have vivid t-shirts in both green and red with classic yet creative style. Designed by Ben Eaton, who also designed our beautiful print materials, they are a real treat. Order yours on-line for delivery to your home or to the July 23rd "Party." Some sizes are going fast, so order quickly!
Also new are our Sunflower notecards, with four stunning sunflower photographs by Jeffrey Numainville and Peter Madsen. To see all 4 designs, click here. Sunflowers are the RIS symbol for the cure of sarcoma cancers. All proceeds from Card and T-Shirt sales benefit the mission of Rein in sarcoma.
Send hope and beauty to all your friends. Order both now!
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Starting Wednesday evening (July 11th) you will be able check out the hundreds of items already donated to our 2012 Silent Auction. The RIS Auction Catalog will be your way to preview many of the items on this year's silent auction. You will also be able to place a "buy it now" bid to actually win the items you desire. Buy it now bids will be accepted until Saturday, July 21st. Learn more... |
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Quick Takes...
RIS Auction - We have an amazing array of items already "in" for this year's auction, but we still would like to amp up the selection. If you are able to donate, this would be appreciated. Consider hosting a fabulous evening at your home, offering your favorite food or drink. Would your neighborhood restaurant offer a gift card? Could you purchase a few items to create a theme? Ideas and tools are available by clicking here..... Or contact Michele Erwin (612-242-1137).
We also would love to have some folks join us at the Wyckoffs' Shoreview home on Tuesday July 17, from 2 pm into the evening, to help us stage the auction items. If you can join, please contact Michele Erwin (above) or Nancy Hendrickson (below).  Volunteer! - We love our volunteers, and need even more of them if we are to staff our full night. Lend a hand, have a great time and help the cause! To learn more or to sign up contact Nancy Hendrickson (651-487-3031) or click here.  |
 Save the Date- Volunteer Picnic on August 2nd We invite our volunteers to join the Wyckoffs at their Shoreview home on Thursday evening, August 2, at 6:30 p.m. Let us thank you for helping to make the 2012 Party in the Park a great success. Enjoy supper and friends, and shop for items real bargains!. More info will be sent soon to all 2012 Party in the Park volunteers. We hope to see you there. |
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 The Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Foundation is the primary sarcoma cancer foundation in the upper Midwest. Our goals are to fund research that may find a cure for sarcoma cancers, to provide education for medical personnel and the public, and to support patients and their loved ones. We are an all-volunteer non-profit organization, which allows over 96% of our revenues to directly support our mission!
Sincerely,
Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Foundation |
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