Who’s ready to Paint Paris Purple? Because, ready or not, for the American Cancer Society’s Show Your Hope Week of April 1-6, every business and all those that wish to be included are invited to decorate their storefronts or building windows with anything PURPLE — balloons, streamers, flowers, posters, curtains, etc. Get creative, and do not be afraid to be excessive with the purple.
Relay for Life of Lamar County encourages the entire City of Paris to get involved with this Kick-Off for the 2013 Relay for Life event fundraising countdown.
RFL’s Paint Paris Purple Kickoff Party will be held on the first Friday in April — April 5th — at 6pm, in conjunction with the Cruisers’ Class Cars, who will also be there, on the Downtown Plaza.
Teams are invited this night to set up booths around the square so to promote, draw awareness for RFL 2013, and begin raising money with fundraisers.
Relay for Life encourages and asks that the downtown businesses stay open late on this night, as the event could bring many potential shoppers for your benefit, not to mention ‘givers’ to the Relay cause.
To make this year’s Paint Paris Purple event a little more fun, the RFL committee has decided to make this year’s week of decorating event a competition, offering the winner a FREE sponsorship in this year’s 2013 Relay for Life event — which as in past years, is expected to be huge event — meaning mega publicity for your business, plus your name on the 2013 Relay for Life t-shirts. So, decorate to win.*
There will be mystery judges that visit each participating location and a winner will be announced at the Kick-Off Party on the Plaza on April 5th.
As even more incentive to participate in this year’s RFL’s Paint Paris Purple event, a Relay representative will visit all the purple participating locations for pictures to add to the popular RFL Facebook page and groups. This is a wonderful opportunity for lots of free, good publicity for your business.
Sixteen teams have already signed up for this year’s Relay event, and there is still plenty of time for many more teams to sign up. You may do so online at the Relay for Life website by clicking here.
“This is a GREAT time for all the teams to get acquainted with each other and start raising money for Relay for Life 2013,” stated RFL Committee member, Molly Woodall. ”If you have a fundraiser — t-shirts, bracelets, raffles, food, bake sales, etc…bring them the night of April 5th for the Kickoff Party.”
If there are teams that do plan on setting up a booth for the Paint Paris Purple Kickoff Party, please let Carolyn Lockett or Molly Woodall know prior to the event. (Each of their contact information is at the bottom of this article on the flyer image.)
The more teams the better, and the more businesses decorating and ‘painting’ their buildings and staff purple, means more awareness and possible funds raised for the great cause of Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society.
“If you remember, two years ago, the Plaza was PURPLE! It was beautiful,” Mrs. Woodall said with excitement! We’d like to get back to that and make it a huge event.”
Photo from the 2012′s Relay for Life event at the North Lamar football stadium. Memorial Luminaria Bags line the track.
There are some guidelines, but they are simple and shouldn’t cause any issues.
The City of Paris has the following to say about the booths that will be set up on Friday, April 5th:
“If a team sets up in front of a business, please make sure that they have gotten their (the businesses) permission as a courtesy. Please make sure there is at least 4 feet of sidewalk available for wheelchairs to pass, and please do not block sidewalk accessible ramps (ADA Rules). Also, please, no cooking close to buildings.”
As in recent years during the Relay for Life event — being held this year on June 28, again at the North Lamar football stadium and track — there will be hundreds of Luminaria Bags (pictured above) that line the tracks in dedication to cancer survivors, victims and their families, and those that are lost. The bags are customizable and available for purchase at $5. Unlike other years, this year teams will be selling the bags and all the money raised from the sale of these Luminaria Bags will go to the TEAMS!
For more information about the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and their Paint Paris Purple event click here. Here you can sign a team up and even make a donation to the American Cancer Society. Every penny counts in their mission to find a cure, new treatments, and all the research they conduct for cancer.
Join the Relay for Life of Lamar County Group on Facebook by click here!
Click the above image to access a PDF file containing many great ‘Purple Painting‘ tips & ideas, these may really help if you plan to win that FREE SPONSORSHIP — a wonderful opportunity.
*You do not have to be a downtown business to participate in the decorating contest, it is open to anyone, however the Paint Paris Purple RFL Kickoff Party will be held on the Plaza downtown.