PostcardMania Joins Relay For Life

As Coachman Park in downtown Clearwater returns to normal from the wave of Relayers who took over for the annual Relay For Life event May 7^th & 8^th, PostcardMania shares a few of the highlights from being one of the participating business teams.

At the beginning of the year, the Clearwater Relay volunteer committee hit the track running after hosting its annual kick-off party at the Belleview Biltmore Country Club where 15 teams signed on, including businesses such as PostcardMania, Clearwater Beach Hyatt, The Oaks of Clearwater and many more.

Throughout the months, Clearwater Relay For Life received generous support from local businesses, including PostcardMania, who donated the design services and printing for signs and the event program and Abe Moussa, of Mugs on Missouri, who hosted a fundraiser in December joined by Special Ed from Wild 94.1.

May 7^th kicked off the 18-hour event with a heartwarming and inspirational Opening Ceremony where cancer survivors were honored and outstanding teams were recognized. Throughout the event, Relay teams played along with the “Rock On the Water, Cancer is a Beach” theme by creating props for the specialized laps, games and activities. Some even dressed ‘to the 9’s’ to represent their team’s theme.

In addition to the festivities and on-site fundraising, all teams had to have at least one team member walking the Relay lap throughout the 18-hour event. All teams braved the rigorous conditions to show their support in the fight against cancer. PostcardMania employee and team member, Fayette Amsden, showed his team support by walking 152 straight laps, covering 38 miles!

All in all, the 2010 Clearwater Relay For Life event turned out to be one of the most successful events to date. Relay teams soared over the event fundraising goal of $35,000 to raise over $60,000 and plan on doing the same next year!

About PostcardMania:

PostcardMania is one of the nation’s most effective, top marketing agencies specializing in lead generation for small to large-sized businesses. PostcardMania started out as a full-service postcard marketing company helping clients create turn-key marketing campaigns with graphic design, printing, mailing list acquisition and mailing services. Over the years, it has expanded to offer its clients more services including website and landing page design and development, email marketing and full marketing evaluations — all while continuing to educate clients with free marketing advice. PostcardMania has won many awards for creativity, best business practices and expansion and was featured on the Inc. 500 and 5000 lists. Joy Gendusa, Founder and CEO, began PostcardMania in 1998 with nothing but a phone and a computer and zero investment capital. Within a few years, revenues reached nearly $19 million and the company now employs over 160 people, prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards each week. They have more than 39,000 customers in over 350 industries. Visit www.postcardmania.com

About Relay For Life:

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in a communities across the globe a change to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved one’s lost and fight back against the disease. Relay began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Washington, ran and walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Since then, Relay has grown from a single man’s passion to fight cancer into the world’s largest movement to end the disease. Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the United States, along with additional communities in 20 other countries, gather to take part in the global phenomenon and raise much-needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer.

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