Hope For Holly

This weekend, Willow Glen (our neighborhood) is having it’s annual Relay for Life sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

Holly and I have a lot to be thankful for and she and some friends have formed a team and have raised almost $5,000 in funds for ACS!

There are going to be close to 1,000 people in attendance this weekend including almost 700 walkers, plus their families & friends. Despite the prediction for record temperatures in the Bay Area, it should be a really excellent time.

That is a lot of people though and I’m sure that some of them won’t be able to find one another, or share their ideas, their feelings, where they are and what they are up to.

With that in mind, I’ve created a simple Twitter echo bot. If you are going to be attending the event, I invite you to sign up for it and share messages.

If you aren’t familiar with Twitter, it is a service that asks a simple question ‘What are you doing?’ Users respond and conversations arise.

A Twitter Echo Bot simply publishes what you’ve written and relays it to everyone who follows the bot. In other words, if you share that you are looking forward to meeting friends at Relay for Life, this message goes to everyone who subscribes to the bot. This weekend, the hopes are that it gives people the ability to meet up with some friends both old and new.

If you are living in Willow Glen and happen to be at the Relay for Life this weekend, do this:

* 1. Sign up for Twitter
* 2. Follow WGxRelay - To get the most out of this on Saturday, follow by your phone
* 3. Send your updates of where you are to the community by texting @WGxRelay to 40404

For example, send this type of message to 40404 - @WGxRelay At the track, looking forward to seeing everyone.

Couldn’t be simpler, so sign on up. If you are in the Willow Glen area this weekend, please stop on by the relay. I’ll look too see your status coming through @WGxRelay.