Hi, everyone. I
apologize for shutting down the Sports and Leisure desk for so long, but I got
heavily into tennis. If you are making a living as a SL tennis hustler, it's
hard to go back to online media. I also wanted to get Homeland Security off my
ass, as I was the SL Enquirer reporter who was covering the Arab Spring when
the CIA was making avatars and investigating SL looking for terrorists. I did
some lay-low time, and now I'm back to take a few more scalps. It's good to be
back, too.
One of the reasons it is
good to be back is that I get to help out charities, like the Relay For life
people.
The Relay For Life is a
community based fundraising effort for the American Cancer Society. It is their
most successful fundraiser, and is their signature event. There are over 5000
RFL taking place across 20 countries, and they make a ridiculous (I hear
"five billion" a lot when I research) amount of money for the cause.
SL has charitable minded
people, such as the SLCS, aka the Second Life Cheerleader Squad. The SLCS has
been working with RFL since I knew them, and they were my first assignment at
this paper back in 2009 or so. I'm technically a member of the squad, although
I'm too clumsy to do cheers and am actually better suited towards wrestling or
football.
As you might imagine,
their principal job is to train cheerleaders and them have them cheer at
events. When there are no events to cheer for, they organize their own events,
like RFL fundraisers. They do one almost every month, and have raised thousands
and I might even guess tens of thousands of L$ for the cause.
I was at their party
last night. It was an all-day event with about 12 hours of different
musical guests. I should have published a note earlier and got them some
publicity, but, like I said, I've been really into tennis lately.
I'll eliminate that
error right now. Their next event is October
26th, and we'll have a full listing of events soon enough.
For now, you can visit
the Relay For Life page at http://www.relayforlife.org/.
You can also find out more about SL charity by checking out the Cheertopia
Cheerleading Arena. You can find that by doing a search on SL... Crikey, you
people think I'm here to provide information or links or directions and stuff!
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