Christus Victor's 5th Annual Spring Fling

Adding to our flurry of pre-Relay fundraisers, Team Dearborn will have a table at the Christus Victor Spring Fling! On Saturday, May 5, Christus Victor will be hosting their 5th annual craft sale. There will also be a bake sale and raffles. It runs from 10 AM until 3 PM. The church is at 25535 Ford Road in Dearborn Heights MI. Team Dearborn will have a bunch of our crafts for sale, including photo books and zipper jewelry! There should be over 30 crafters/vendors there, so come check it out! 

Team Dearborn Yellow Brick Road Rally

We're getting ready for our first annual road rally! In keeping with our Relay theme of The Wizard of Oz, it's called the Team Dearborn Yellow Brick Road Rally. It's taking place on Sunday, May 6. Entry fee is $25 per car, so bring your friends to help you navigate the streets of the greater Dearborn area, solving clues to find your destination point, take a picture of your team at each destination, try your hand at bonus clues and activities, and win prizes!
Road rally begins and ends at Buffalo Wild Wings in Dearborn (22216 Michigan Ave.). Check-in for teams begins at 2 PM, with rules and final announcements at 2:45. Teams will be sent out at 3 PM and are due back to BWW by 6 PM. Fabulous prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers! Winning is based on a combination of time, points for correct answers, bonus points, loss of points for violations. A full rule sheet will be available at the Rally.
Buffalo Wild Wings is offering a 20% donation for all sales from opening to closing, so join us early for lunch or plan to stay after the Rally and share the tales of your travels over dinner (the necessary flyer will be posted here as soon as we have it, or you can get one from us there). The flyers are good all day, whether or not you participate in the road rally. 
What to bring: Your brain, a heart, some courage, a smart phone, camera, a thesaurus, a red crayon, flying monkey repellant (seriously, prizes for most creative!), pens, pencils, highlighters, paper, bubbles, bottled water, string, at least a little cash, sunglasses, and your drivers license and proof of insurance if you are driving for your team.
All proceeds from the Road Rally will be donated to the American Cancer Society through the Relay For Life of Dearborn.
Did I mention that since it's a Sunday, parking at BWW is free? Who doesn't love free parking?
Must be 18 or above and a licensed driver to drive your team. All participants must sign a waiver agreeing to follow all legal rules of the road, including wearing seatbelts, obeying speed limits and traffic signs, etc.
As always, we are accepting donations of gift cards as prizes if you'd like to help us with this fundraiser- email us at teamdearborncares@gmail.com or get in touch with any Team member!

Bowling fundraiser

Team Dearborn is having a bowling fundraiser on Sunday, April 29! The event starts at 6 PM, with check-in starting at 5. We'll be at Skore Lanes in Taylor (22255 Ecorse Rd.). Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for kids 12 and under. For that, you get two games of bowling, shoe rental, pizza and pop.

We'll also have 50/50s and a tin can auction (including a basket of cheer and/or beer, for those of you old enough to imbibe). It should be a great event- contact us at teamdearborncares@gmail.com or get in touch with any Team Dearborn member for tickets. We're also accepting donations of items for the tin can auction (same contact methods apply)!

Wizard of Oz quilt

Just wanted to post a couple of additional pictures of the Wizard of Oz quilt. If you get a chance to come to one of our events, we've usually got it with us, and it's definitely worth checking out in person. The first image is of the whole quilt, and the second is a detail of some of the stitching on the back. It's a little difficult to see, but if you click on the image you should be able to get a better look- in the very corner, it's a tornado!

Spaghetti dinner

The Relay for Life of Dearborn has two event-wide fundraisers every year, and one of them is next weekend. The spaghetti dinner is on Sunday, April 22, from 5 PM to 8 PM. It's $10 for adults, and $5 for kids ages 4-10. That includes all you can eat spaghetti (with multiple sauce choices), salad, rolls, pop and coffee. This year, it's being held at Park Place (23400 Park, Dearborn MI). If you've been to the event in recent years, this is right down the street from our previous venue. There's also a bake sale and silent auction items, as well as a DJ. It's always a really good time, and a great way to learn more about Relay! You can buy tickets at the door, or get in touch with any of us from Team Dearborn if you'd like to buy tickets ahead of time. As always, you can email us at teamdearborncares@gmail.com or contact any Team member you know. 

Quilt raffle

We're entering the final month of fundraising and prep before Relay! We've got some great events coming up, and we'll be posting full information once we get closer. Keep an eye here for those posts. For now, though, Team Dearborn is having a quilt raffle! There are some very talented members of our team who put together three beautiful quilts. We're having a raffle for these, and we'll be pulling the winning tickets on Friday, May 11. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. To get tickets, come to any of our upcoming fundraisers, or contact us (email teamdearborncares@gmail.com or get in touch with any Team member you know). The first prize is a queen size Wizard of Oz quilt, second place gets a choice between the two American flag quilts, and third place gets the other flag quilt. Both of the American flag quilts are lap sized throws. A picture of all three is below, and we usually have them on display at our events if you'd like to see them in person! 

If you're interested in winning these, let us know! 


In the next week, look for full posts on the Relay-wide spaghetti dinner fundraiser and our Team Dearborn bowling fundraiser! We're also working on putting together a scavenger hunt/road rally.


As always, if you're interested in making a donation to Team Dearborn or learning more about the Relay for Life, click this link!