2009.10.27
Photos: GE employee team raises the most Salem Relay money
Team captain Mary Crowder was on hand at the IUE-CWA local 82161 labor union meeting for GE employees where American Cancer Society representatives Abbie Bartley and Melissa Trotman awarded her team the Purple All Star Award. Crowder's 13-member-team raised the most money of all the Salem Relay for Life teams: $31,586.50, which averages out to about $2,429.73 per person.
How'd they manage to do it?
"We take just a couple of months off" after each Relay, said Crowder. Within their company, they put on raffles, yard sales, bake sales, breakfasts and dinners, as well as contributing their own funds and soliciting donations.
"Mary is an outstanding leader in fundraising in this community and she represents what we hope that everyone would strive to be" for Relay, said Bartley, the Roanoke area executive director
Here are the team members and how much they were able to raise individually:
Mary Crowder, team captain - raised over $6500
Ted and Sandra Calloway - raised over $4000 each
Anita Hardy and Diana Bird - raised over $3000 each
Carol Foutz and Martha Harman - raised over $2000 each
Rhonda Hartman - raised over $1000
Judy Ellis - raised over $600
Eula Sanders - raised over $350
Amanda and Craig Strong and Cindy Bucy - raised over $200 each
