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12B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL DECEMBER 6, 2017 O UR N EIGHBORHOOD Send in your photos for a chance to be featured! 116 N. 6th St. • cmay@cgsentinel.com • zsilva@cgsentinel.com • facebook.com/cgsentinel • twitter.com/cgsentinel Above: Congratulations to Emma Hitt (left) and Peyton Baird (right) along with all of the Eugene Thunder 14U softball team on their successful fall softball season. These young ladies brought home the North American Fastpitch Association Silver league title this October. Way to go ladies! Below: Soldiers boxes by the VFW. We met and exceeded our goal, we put together a total of 111 boxes! These boxes will go to active duty soldiers serving in Afghani- stan & Iraq as well as sailors serving at sea. We had the assistance of Queen Ashley Gogolin and her dad, John and Michelle Lockard, members of the Cottage Grove Riding Club. We would like to thank the citizens, businesses and organizations of this community who donated merchandise and dollars to help us make this project a tremendous success! Welcome to Th e Relay Corner! Th is will be a monthly section, dedicated to everything Relay! Any events, fundraisers, and news re- lated to Relay for Life of South Lane County will be found here! You can also follow us on Facebook- www.facebook.com/SouthLaneR- elay/ Th e 2018 Relay for Life season is upon us! Teams are being registered, events are being planned, and sponsorship op- portunities are being taken. Th is year, our theme for Relay is the Sound of Hope. It is scheduled for Saturday, June 23, 2018 at Bohemia Park. We are changing things up a little this year. It will be a 12-hour concert in the park, from Noon to Midnight, with lots of fun family activities available! So mark your calendars, and register your teams! Visit www.relayforlife.org/cottagegroveor Welcome to our already registered teams- Team Tuff , Team Ze- bra, Vintage Visions, and Rise Up For A Cure!! Th is is a great start, but don’t wait too long to form your team. If you have a registered team, and are planning a fundraiser, you can add it to the relay corner by emailing SouthLaneRFL@gmail.com. Join us February 3, 2018 from 7-9pm for our annual Relay Kickoff event. It will once again be held at the Cottage Grove Armory. Th is year we are doing a Relay Rally!! It will be a simple event, free to attend, with the simple goal of getting the community reignited and excited for Relay! We will have lots of displays for you to learn about all aspects of a Relay for Life. Th ere will be light refreshments, and a few speakers to discuss what Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society has meant to them and their lives. As we are moving forward, we want to take a fi nal look back at our 2017 season, and thank our amazing sponsors- Th e City of Cottage Grove, Th e Cottage Grove Sentinel, Brad’s Chevrolet, Beach Poker Club, Starfi re Lumber, Lincoln Middle School, Edward Jones, Boyce and Sons, and Rising Phoenix Productions! Without your help, we never could have made it happen! Be a Relay Warrior!! Are you a motivated sponsor or fundraiser? Not wanting to wait until the last minute to raise those dollars? At our Kickoff Event, we are going to recognize any Sponsors or Teams that submit at least $500 prior to January 15th. If you want to be a sponsor for our 2018 Relay for Life, contact Betty Heine- bettyheine1@gmail.com Cottage Grove Sentinel Interested in being a part of our Event Leadership team, or maybe just want to learn new ways to help? Join us at our Monthly Meeting the fi rst Th ursday of every month at El Tapatio! We will be there December 7th at 6pm in the back room!
