January 2011

Sponsor Spotlight

“Cancer has touched my life and so many of my

agents lives.”

Barbara Trumball

Team Leader, Frisco Stars

Keller Williams Realty

The Keller Williams Frisco Office

opened more than 11 years ago and

is proud to employ 235 agents.

Their Relay For Life Frisco Stars

team is 50+ members strong in the

fight against cancer!

Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is an Austin

based real estate franchise company

with over 75,000 real estate agents,

operating in more than 650 market

centers across the United States and

Canada. Keller Williams Realty is cur-

rently the third-largest residential

real estate company in the U.S.

Sponsorships are still available.

Please contact Jaimee Zimmerer

at jaimee.zimmerer@gmail.com

or 214-476-6030 for additional

information.

Go Teams!

The American Cancer

Society listens to your

feedback each year to

make Relay that much

better for everyone

involved.

We are happy to announce two very exciting changes for 2011:

1) There is no maximum to the number of participants a team

can have! In the past, a team was capped at 15; however, this

year we can have as many as our hearts desire. Teams are

still able to divide with multiple team captains (fundraising,

squad leaders, etc).

2) Any luminarias you sell will go directly to your team total!

Please help us reach our goal of 75 teams. Your Relay committee

is so excited to see all the fundraising ideas you have in

store. It is never too early to start raising money for such a

wonderful cause!

To register your team, please visit www.friscorfl.com.

For additional information, please contact Lori Morrison

loriannmorrison@gmail.com or 469-855-3872

Upcoming Events

February 12

Pink the Rink

Texas Tornado Booster Event

Dr. Pepper Arena

7:30 p.m.

2011 Relay for Life Frisco

Friday, May 20 6:00 p.m. through

Saturday, May 21 6:00 a.m.

Memorial Stadium

The 2011 team goal is 75 teams!

Survivor Spotlight

Julie, a single mother of two sons and computer

teacher at Gunstream Elementary School in

Frisco, was not feeling well. In early 2010, she

visited her doctor, explained her symptoms and

was treated for pneumonia. After two months,

Julie was still not feeling well and went for a

second opinion. The X-rays revealed spots on

her lungs and following more extensive testing,

Julie was diagnosed with lung, liver and colon

cancer. In April 2010, Julie was given 1-1/2

months to live.

Julie began the excruciating journey of chemotherapy treatments. She

would drive to her appointments and sit in her car outside of North Texas

Cancer Center and cry. If it wasn’t for her love of her two young boys and

her prayers to the Lord, she would have not of made it through. Julie made a

trip to Durant, Oklahoma to visit with Pastor Andrew Wommack (known for

his healing prayer ministry). He placed his hands on her and prayed with her.

Many patients who have endured the same treatments Julie did have chosen

to stop and opt for hospice care. Not Julie, she fought her way through. Be-

cause she refuses to miss her son’s football games, she often has to lie down

on the field.

Julie Frame

Survivor Spotlight, cont

Having taught at Gunstream Elementary for 9

years, Julie’s impact is clear. She has not

missed one day of school since her treatments

began. If needed, she Skypes from the oncology office into her classroom

so she doesn’t miss valuable teaching time with her kids. To show their

support, Gunstream teachers and staff wear their “Team Frame” t-shirts

every Monday.

In December, her students asked a local radio station to help make a

memorable Christmas for their teacher. The station, KLTY-FM, received

more than 380 letters for Julie. The Gunstream staff along with KLTY

surprised Julie with an assembly in her name. The KLTY representative

presented Julie with thousands of dollars for her insurance deductibles, a

free trip for her and the boys, as well as months of rent payments.

Julie’s experience has inspired her to help others. She is forming “His

Foundation” which is an organization for Single Parents in Need Battling

Cancer (SPIN-BC). There will soon be a website available with a prayer

line and online resources for single parents who are battling cancer.

Now on maintenance treatments every other Tuesday, Julie has beaten

the odds and is now mentoring others who are facing the same treat-

ments that she went through. Julie is an amazing woman full of love, God’s

will and strength. She is an true inspiration to all those who surround her.

We look forward to walking with Julie and “Team Frame” at Relay For Life

Frisco this year!

Frosty 5K

Ohhhh the weather outside….well, it wasn’t exactly frightful but it was a little chilly!

Thank you to the Relay Committee Members who braved the cold and wind to participate

in the Frisco Frosty 5K and Merry Mile on Saturday, December 11.

I ran the Frosty 5 K and all I got was this awesome t-shirt!

(left) Rudolph, Frosty and Relay Runners are

all smiles before the race begins.

(below) The finish line is so close!

Committee Chair, Kristen Scherer, contemplates a post

race doughnut break with Accounting Chair, Shanna

Hoertsch and Relayer Cody Schoenig.

In November, several members of the Frisco committee

met in Irving for the very first Relay Workshop! The

Workshop was led by the North Texas Regional Council,

which is made up of volunteers from around the Re-

gion. Event Chairs from all Regional Relay For Life events

met for a Retreat Friday evening. They enjoyed dinner

and brainstorming with other chairs in their area. There

were also breakout sessions to discuss in detail the roles

and responsibilities of the Event Chair.

On Saturday, other members of the committee joined in

the Workshop to discuss their responsibilities for each

committee. The Teams Committee met to discuss new and fresh ideas, including changes to the

team sizes. The Online Committee met to discuss new features that will be made available on

each Relay’s websites. The Accounting Committee met to be trained on the new online ac-

counting system that will be used in 2011. And, the Sponsorship Committee met to uncover new

ways to approach potential sponsors.

Relay Workshop was a huge success to make sure

that those committee members with roles and re-

sponsibilities that require time commitments earlier

in the year are properly trained and have the tools

they need to carry out those duties.

The North Texas Regional Council did a wonderful job

of helping each Committee identify their strengths,

areas for improvement, and help solidify their focus

going into the new year!

Relay Committee Workshop

Kristen Scherer (left) , and Tracy Fenwick

(right), 2011 Relay Chairs get a show of support

from 2010 Chair, Michelle Skene (center).

Front row: (left-right) Tracy Fenwick, Kristen Scherer, 2011 Chairs; Amanda Bliss, Accounting Back row: Gary Rowe and Valerie Conley, Online; Shanna Hoertsch, Accounting Chair

2011 Committee

Kristen Scherer Event Chair

Tracy Fenwick Event Chair

Audra Cozart ACS Partner

Gloria Martinez Registration Chair

Alyssa Sanders Registration Co-Chair

Diana Valtr Registration

Valerie Conley Online - Community

Gary Rowe Online - Technical

Shanna Hoertsch Accounting Chair

Amanda Bliss Accounting

Kellee Albrecht Survivor Chair

Vickie Boynton Survivor Co-Chair

Kim Carmichael Survivors

Gloria Novocilsky Survivors

Brenda Price Survivors

Kristi Godfrey Luminaria Chair

Laura Lamkin Luminaria

Rosemary Mills Luminaria

Lori Morrison Teams Chair

Gilley Estes Teams

Jennifer Fredrickson Teams

Lynne Michelich Teams

Deb Cortese Volunteer Army

Michelle Skene Team Mentor

Jaimee Zimmerer Sponsorship Chair

Kristin Zimmerer Sponsorship Co-Chair

Anthony Cordova Logistics Chair

Matthew Mosier Logistics

Barbara Krehbiel-Thompson Logistics

Rene Sinclair Special Events Chair

Buzz Priestly Missions

Candice Dingman Advocacy

Amanda Dougherty Entertainment/Activities

Amy Cohen Publicity/Marketing

Facebook News

Don’t forget to “Friend” Us on Facebook!

The Relay For Life Frisco 2010 Event Video is now available on Facebook!

The Facebook Fundraising Application has been turned off and now redirects to

RFL.org in prep for 2011. For anyone that used the application to fundraise via

Facebook, your totals will no longer display. With the redesign of our Facebook

pages, the fundraising application can no longer be placed within a box on the left

side of a Facebook page and must be moved to a tab. For those that don’t know how

to move an application from a box to a tab, a short “how to” video will walk you

through the process, http://screenr.com/a90.