2001 events

April 11th-14th
Easter Egg Raffle. we raised $1300.00 which is fantastic and we would like to thank everyone for supporting us.

April 29th
Pizza Hut Fundraiser. We had a few volunteers come out and help us. we ended up raising $140.00

July 27th
Par Three Challenge. Blacksburg Municiple Golf Course. 8:00 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. We had 36 people participate. We gave away prizes retail value estimated at over $400 and made $110. We would like to thank Jeff at Municiple for all his help. Winning shot on the #3 hole was 21'4". Thank you to everyone who participated

2001 events

August 3rd and 4th - we were at Steppin' Out with some Team in Training members. We lost money on this event. I guess people just weren't buying at the fair this year. We had fun singing Jimmy buffet songs and hanging out. Hopefully we raised some public awareness....

August 14th - 1st annual Blacksburg Stakes at the Donaldson Brown Center. We raised $1200. The turnout was less than I would have liked. We did get some good press on this. People are starting to notice us, and take us seriously...

September 7th and 8th - We were at Valley View Mall for Health Team 10's Health fair. We were at the Leukemia booth and there was a mini-telethon with John Carlin, who wrapped himself in duct tape and had people stick money to him with the slogan "stick it to Leukemia". They raised over $3000 for patient programs and research.



September 13th: First annual BAVAL golf outing--details upcoming. Cancelled for this year. We weren't able to put the time in with other things going on...

September 20th: Light the Night walk. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at Salem's Memorial Baseball Stadium. Our team, consisting of 9 members, raised, as of right now, over $1400.

October 24th- Informational meeting on the ins and outs of bone marrow donation. Steve Lovelace, The southwest virginia representative of The Bone Marrow Donor Center of the Virginias, guest speaking.

November 1st-Squires student center. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bone Marrow Drive/blood drive. Because of past events, we were able to type 72 donors at $73 a piece. We were also able to type unlimited minority donors from grants provided by the U.S. Navy. (If a nuclear submarine were to have a reactor accident, all the sailors on board would need emergency transplants.