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 fifth year in sponsoring the East Nashville Relay for Life.

The fifth Annual East Nashville Relay for Life will be held Friday, May 4, 2012 from 6 pm to 6 am, Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Elmington Park.

This year will not be any different than the past four years, HARDAWAY began fundraising in November and has several other activities planned in order to reach our goal of $5,000. Please join us to help fight cancer.

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

2012 East Nashville Relay for Life - $5,000 (Goal)

GOLD Sponsor

2011 East Nashville Relay for Life - $6,470

GOLD Sponsor

2010 East Nashville Relay for Life - $10,717

GOLD Sponsor
Top Fundraising Team
Top Individual Fundraiser

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 2011-2012 school year begins our 27th 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 this year are as follows:

August - On the first (1/2 day) of school, HARDAWAY sponsored and helped serve breakfast to parents registering their children for the new school year. On the first full day of school, HARDAWAY employees handed out pencils and welcomed students as they arrived. HARDAWAY also sponsored an Ice Cream Social for students and faculty.
September - HARDAWAY sponsored a parent breakfast.
November - HARDAWAY sponsored a faculty & staff breakfast.
December - HARDAWAY sponsored a breakfast & games for students.

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. 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 over the past four years HARDAWAY employees did just that.

April 28, 2011 - 14 donors (1 first time donor)

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

Over the past twelve years HARDAWAY has 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.

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