The Roos (short for the Kangaroos) are a performance troupe in the online community called Second Life that entertains with music, dance and laughter. Our specialty is off-the-beaten-track DJ sets (including lots of Aussie music), freestyle synchronized dance routines in formations that frequently involve the audience, and lots of old fashioned humour and corny jokes.
In the 2019 Relay For Life of Second Life, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the Roos launched their Relay For Life team, the 'Roos With A Dream'. Through active participation in Relay from February to June the Roos were proud to achieve JADE fundraising status (US$2,000+) and were honoured with the Spirit of Relay Team Award.
In our first 6 years as an RFL team we have raised over US$27,400 for the American Cancer society and its mission to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer. The vision is simple - end cancer as we know it, for everyone.
The Roos use our joy of performing to raise awareness of the fact that there is far too much suffering caused by cancer and to mobilize people to participate in doing something about it. We not only hold our own fundraising events but also love to support others in raising funds. Roos firmly believe that there should be fun in fundraising and use this approach to attract people to the cause and raise the spirit of everyone involved.
Look for the Roos at American Cancer Society in SL events throughout the year and please join us in working to eliminate the suffering cancer causes us, our loved ones and our friends.
Kayla Flow, Ren Flow, Alison Flow, Patty Flow, Maia Flow, Belle Flow, Cin Flow, Arie Flow, Cherry Jester, Ealwen Tenwe, Cameron Geordie, Vanasilme, Antonia Aoi-Biddle, Aragain Siochana, Mirore Tenwe, Autumn Tenwe, Trinity Tenwe, Dani Durant and Kit Tenwe-Sanura Lmour .
Roos have received outstanding support from many people and groups and we thank you all. But rising above the rest is our Honourary Roo, Sienna Thor, captain of our sister RFL team, the Cure Chasers, and winner of the 2019 Spirit of Relay award.
In 2021 the Roos with a Dream and the Cure Chasers partnered more closely than ever. We did everything together, had a lot of fun doing it and raised at lot of money for Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society. Our joint effort on the DreamFair more than tripled its fundraising from the previous year. We did other joint events and jointly supported many other teams. We even coined a new term... ChaserRoos (though some think it should be the other way around). We love our Chasers!♥