I belong to a church based Relay for Life team. We are a group of ladies that get together to give support and fund raise for the American Cancer Society. Our main event is usually the second week of July at a nearby high school track. We camp out overnight and walk the track for 24 hours. There are different activities going on throughout the 24 hour event. Each year is a different theme; this year is "Around The World". We donate approx 4,000.00 a year. Acouple years ago the theme was "At The Movies". Now what better movie could we have picked, other than "Calendar Girls". We struggled with our choice and even ran it past our minister. We were glad that we went through with it because it turned out to be such a HOOT! We did a calendar! That's me on the far right. We positioned ourselves behind quilts, pot and pans, knitting baskets, flowers, etc. We ended up on the front page of the local paper and interviewed by the local news.
One year the theme was "On the Farm". We turned our tent into a hen house. We had chicken cages and each of us brought a ceramic or fake chicken to put in the cages. We made chicken costumes out of bright yellow fluffy material, boy were we glad to get them off after the parade. Another year the theme was "At The Circus". To be different we all dressed up like boxes of circus food.
One year the theme was "On the Farm". We turned our tent into a hen house. We had chicken cages and each of us brought a ceramic or fake chicken to put in the cages. We made chicken costumes out of bright yellow fluffy material, boy were we glad to get them off after the parade. Another year the theme was "At The Circus". To be different we all dressed up like boxes of circus food.
I'm the bag of circus peanuts on the left. It actually had Styrofoam peanuts in it. We designed and made all the costumes ourselves. Every year we start out wondering WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? As you can see we always come up with something and have usually gotten a trophy for having the most spirit. I know we have fun! We also had the theme of " County Fair" one year. Because of the fun we had had with the first Calendar we decided to do another one. This time it would have the county fair theme. We had poised with pies, cows, bunnies, chicken even goats. I was March in the calendar and positioned myself behind a basket of chicks. I also did the pictures with the help of Photo Explosion.
