Since Relay is just a week away I thought I would better explain it. The Relay event is when everyone gets together, the relayers, survivors, care-givers, and anyone in the community, and we ...well...celebrate, kinda. There is a luminary ceremony we do at night were we light candles that are placed into white bags that have been dedicated in memory of someone that has lost the battle against cancer or dedicated in honor of someone who has beat cancer. We go to the state capitol for this event. The bags are placed on the stairs spelling out HOPE and CURE and placed around the fountain and throughout the campsites. Its so beautiful when all the candles are lit up.
We do walks... around the fountain....its a big fountain. One lap is for survivors, one lap is for the care-givers, and one lap is for the volunteers. Then, anyone at anytime can walk laps. I walk when I start getting sleepy. Its a 24 hour event. Cancer never sleeps, so we won't either. There are also themed laps. This year we have a purple lap, college football lap (you gotta be wearing something resembling one or both of the colleges around here), red white and blue, mardi gras, favorite musical icon....and so on.
We also play games, sing, pray, hold contests, and have fund-raisers. Its something very special to be a part of and I urge anyone who can attend one to go. I'm sure there is going to be a Relay event in your area. Just look it up. Go, be moved, have fun, cry a little. I'm sure you or someone you know has been affected by cancer in one way or the other.
Relay For Life helps raise money for the American Cancer Society to find a cure for cancer. You can go to my personal page here....
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=8267116&pg=personal&fr_id=24762
Visit, donate, look around the site.
This is a picture from our Relay a few years ago at our capitol. The lighting is a bit dim on the camera. Its much more beautiful in person.
Remember. Celebrate. Fight Back.
We do walks... around the fountain....its a big fountain. One lap is for survivors, one lap is for the care-givers, and one lap is for the volunteers. Then, anyone at anytime can walk laps. I walk when I start getting sleepy. Its a 24 hour event. Cancer never sleeps, so we won't either. There are also themed laps. This year we have a purple lap, college football lap (you gotta be wearing something resembling one or both of the colleges around here), red white and blue, mardi gras, favorite musical icon....and so on.
We also play games, sing, pray, hold contests, and have fund-raisers. Its something very special to be a part of and I urge anyone who can attend one to go. I'm sure there is going to be a Relay event in your area. Just look it up. Go, be moved, have fun, cry a little. I'm sure you or someone you know has been affected by cancer in one way or the other.
Relay For Life helps raise money for the American Cancer Society to find a cure for cancer. You can go to my personal page here....
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=8267116&pg=personal&fr_id=24762
Visit, donate, look around the site.
This is a picture from our Relay a few years ago at our capitol. The lighting is a bit dim on the camera. Its much more beautiful in person.
Remember. Celebrate. Fight Back.
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