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2010 Relay For Life Relay For Life of Santa Clarita Sat 9am to Sun 9am, May 22-23, 2010 at Central Park
We have 104 days left until Relay!
Fighting cancer is a team effort. The impact we can make together is much greater than what any of us could do alone.
At Relay, our team will camp out overnight and take turns walking around the track to raise money and awareness to help the American Cancer Society save more lives from cancer.
By joining or donating to our team, you will be a part of a life-changing event that gives everyone in the community a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that takes too much.
Help us create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
Click on the above link to join our team or donate. And if you would like to help out in raising funds or volunteer the day of Relay, please e-mail me, Melissa@SCValleyMommies.com
A big thanks to Cassie Girl Cosmetics for being a special sponsor by donating the registration fee & T-shirts to our Team Members
Economical Holiday Grins and Giggles When I asked my daughter what she wanted for Christmas this year, she told me there was nothing that she wanted. Later I overheard her saying to her brother that she was excited to go to Grandma?s house for Christmas, not for the presents, but to spend time with family.
Boy, did those two comments warm my heart. However, I know when present unwrapping time comes she?ll want to tear open presents just as much as the next person.
Looking back on my own childhood, yes, I do remember getting a bike one year, which I was very pleased to receive. However, the presents that I remember most are ones that didn?t cost a lot of money. They were creatively wrapped and the three that I remember best of all were edible.
First, aware that I was a Violet Beauregarde of a gum chewer, my uncle gave me my very own jumbo-sized box of gumballs. I remember wondering what could be inside the wrapped box he had given me, and being delighted when I uncovered my whopping supply of chewing gum.
Another year, I remember a friend of the family placing a wrapped mandarin orange in my stocking. Not only was I excited that he had brought me a gift, but his present tickled my funny bone as well.
Finally, I remember my grandmother giving me my very own box of neatly packaged handmade cookies. What could be better than a personal stash of favorite cookies sitting in a pretty handmade box?
Looking past the edible gifts while staying focused on dear Grandma, I recall that she was also an expert at creating captivatingly wrapped packages. Her shopping bags usually contained an assortment of individually wrapped, inexpensive, but amusing toys and trinkets she had collected over the year.
So this year as I contemplate what to give my children, I remind myself that the spirit of Christmas is not about how big or expensive the gifts I give are (even though advertising is pushing to convince me otherwise). Christmas giving is about the love and thought put behind the gifts, no matter how small that gift is or how much money it cost.
I admit it does help that my daughter has an attitude of gratitude instead of a case of the gimmies. It is her attitude that will help give me the courage to wrap an orange, a gigantic box of chewing gum, or a homemade box of cookies.
It is my hope that those inexpensive, yet significant gifts will create smiling memories to look back on for a lifetime.
