Hello everyone...I'm here with an update on Relay For Life of Hancock County. Relay started in Seattle in 1985 and has become the largest non-profit fund raiser in the world. The money raised goes to cancer research and programs for cancer patients. Do you know someone who has had cancer? I'll bet you do. I started a geocaching team last year because I knew, as a group, we don't really have a "cause" ......bikers have Toys for Tots, Shriners have their burn centers, Kiwanis has embraced pediatric trauma, etc. As Hollora mentioned above, a group of geocachers came together as a team, camped out, and walked at this past year's Relay. There were 23 teams that participated in 2008. This coming spring marks the 25th anniversary for Relay For Life and our 10th year in Ellsworth.

We'd love to have many more geocachers join us in June. Joining is very easy to do online and much of the money raised is by having friends and family donate online (secure) under your name as a team member. One idea that I might try is to get people to pledge $1 (or even 50 cents) for every cache I find between now and then. As things came to a close on Saturday morning of this past spring's Relay we were stunned to discover that all the teams combined had raised over $70,000 at our Relay and the final total (money kept trickling in) was over $77,000!! Kaching Karen had made a sign with the Groundspeak logo on it and the team name...which was proudly standing in front of the team's campsite. I appreciated greatly that geocachers had come together to form a team which would help make the world a better place for tomorrow (much like the spirit of CITO). I hope many of you can join us this coming spring!