What is Relay? Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's largest community fundraiser in the world. It's a unique event that offers everyone in the community the opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer. Relay for Life represents the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported and that one day cancer will be eliminated.

This is HARDAWAY's third year in sponsoring the East Nashville Relay for Life. The theme this year is "Carnival on the Cumberland". In keeping with the carnival theme, the HARDAWAY Hard Hats decided to add a little magic to the festivities by having a magician as our team's on-site fundraiser. The HARDAWAY Hard Hats - Abracadabra - Making Cancer Disappear.

The Third Annual East Nashville Relay for Life will be held Friday, June 18, 2010 from 6 pm to 6 am at LP Field.

This year will not be any different than the past two years, HARDAWAY began fundraising in February and has several other activities planned in order to reach our goal of $7,500. Please join us to help fight cancer.

CARNIVAL DAY: Back by popular demand ~ You won't want to miss this one! HARDAWAY will be turning our west side parking lot into a scene straight from the carnival. This event will be held on Friday, June 11th from 12:00 (noon) until 4:30 p.m. Come one, come all for a chance to dunk your favorite HARDAWAY upper management. If the donation is large enough, you might even be able to dunk your favorite (or not so favorite) Project Manager! This afternoon will also be filled with games (both kids and adults) and plenty of food. So, come hungry and don't forget your wallet or check book!

SILENT AUCTION: Our on-line silent auction has been changed to a manual silent auction due to some problems Google has been experiencing with their web site. The auction items will be on display at our CARNIVAL DAY (615 Main Street, west side parking lot, 12:00 (noon) until 4:30 p.m.) and will be available for bidding until 4:00 p.m. Items must be paid for and picked up by June 16th at 4:00 p.m., or will be sold to the next highest bidder. Please come by and bid on some of these items ~ it's for a great cause!

LUMINARIES: For $10.00 you can purchase a glowing tribute for a friend or loved one who has experienced cancer. For information contact Sharon Hackett at 615.254.5461 ext. 4860.

MAKE A DONATION: All donations are tax deductible. Make checks payable to the American Cancer Society. Send checks to HARDAWAY Construction Corp.| Attention Susan Hutchens | P.O. Box 60429 | Nashville, TN 37206. On-line donations will also be accepted at http://www.relayforlife.org/eastnashville

 

2010 East Nashville Relay for Life - $7,500 (Goal)

GOLD Sponsor

2009 East Nashville Relay for Life - $16,000

DIAMOND Sponsor
Top Fundraising Team
Top Individual Fundraiser
Team Recruiting The Most Survivors

2008 East Nashville Relay for Life - $17,750

GOLD Sponsor
Top Fundraising Team
Top Individual Fundraiser

HARDAWAY participated in the "Bowl for kids' Sake" DMG Bowl-O-Rama 2009 event to help raise funds for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization (BBBS). With the help of our sponsors, HARDAWAY raised $5,070 for BBBS, receiving the award of Top Fundraising Team. As a bonus for being the Top Fundraising Team, HARDAWAY was able to "Pick a Titan" to bowl with. Kevin Dyson, a former Tennessee Titans player (89-03) donated his time to help BBBS and bowled with our team. HARDAWAY was also the Grand Champions of the night for the event. The DMG Bowl-O-Rama event raised a total of $40,396 for BBBS, which allows 40 children to be placed with a Big Brother or Big Sister. A sincere thank you to all who supported the HARDAWAY team! For more information visit: http://www.mentorakid.org

The 2009-2010 school year begins our 25th year as partners with Jere Baxter Middle School. As an annual tradition, HARDAWAY employees welcome students back to school by greeting them as they arrive on the buses and present them with a Hardaway "pencil". Other activities we've sponsored:

August - Staff breakfast
September - Incentives for library reading program
October - Dinner two evenings for the staff as they held parent / teacher conferences.
December - Prizes for the 1st semester drawing for the S.O.A.R. program. Students earned "Baxter Bucks" as recognition for good behavior, showing responsibility, being on time and respecting self, others and property.

HARDAWAY's employees have participated in the Nashville Heart Walk for the past several years. Those who participated not only walked, but also raised money for the cause as well. In October 2005 HARDAWAY's Heart Walk Committee decided to have an annual chili cook-off lunch to raise money for this event. On April 17, 2008, HARDAWAY lost one of its best lead men, Jerry D. Moore (J.D.) to a heart attack. J.D. was as dedicated as they come and touched countless lives during his life. J.D. was without question, a "Top-Notch" employee, therefore, we changed the name of our annual chili cook-off in January 2009 to the J.D. Moore Annual Chili Cook-off to benefit The American Heart Association. The chili cook-off has been a huge success! This year we raised over $500 and hope to have increased participation in the years to come. To date, HARDAWAY has raised over $23,500 for the American Heart Association.

One of the greatest gifts in saving a life is by donating blood, and for the past two years HARDAWAY employees did just that.

June 30, 2009 - 14 donors (2 first time donors)

Soles4Souls is a Nashville-based charity that collects shoes from the warehouses of footwear companies and the closets of people like you. The charity distributes these shoes free of charge to people in need, regardless of race, religion, class, or any other criteria. Since 2005, Soles4Souls has given away over 7 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes (currently donating one pair every 9 seconds.) The shoes have been distributed to people in over 125 countries, including Kenya, Thailand, Nepal and the United States.

HARDAWAY recently collected 108 pairs of shoes for Soles4Souls.

For more information and ways you can help visit:
http://www.soles4souls.org

On February 6, 2010 HARDAWAY provided a forklift and operators to unload over 34,000 boxes of cookies for the Bellevue Service unit of the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee. This is HARDAWAY's 11th year helping the Bellevue Service unit of the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee.

HARDAWAY has partnered financially with LifeWay Christian Resources in spreading the good news of Jesus Christ around the world through LifeWay's "A Defining Moment" campaign. For more information visit:
http://www.adefiningmoment.net

HARDAWAY donated time and personnel to build a deck for the Single Mothers Network of East Nashville.

"Even though your time was donated we were still treated as a real customer whose opinion mattered" - Kimberly Tucker, Founder and President, I.C. White Stone Foundation. For more information visit:
http://www.icwstone.org