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REMSEN
TEAMS
OPEN
LETTER TO COMMUNITY OF REMSEN
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WHEN:
June
7 & 8, 2008
WHERE:
Remsen: 10AM-10AM, Remsen Central
School
more
relay sites coming soon!
HOW:
If
you would like to volunteer or find out how to build a team for the
American Cancer Society Relay For Life in your community,
call 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org/relay.
Create a virtual team or donate online anytime at www.cancer.org/relay.
View
the new Remsen Relay For Life Web Page through American Cancer Society
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YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN
THE
RELAY FOR LIFE MOVEMENT
American Cancer Society Relay For Life
Comes to Mohawk Valley
The day of diagnosis is often the darkest day of a cancer
patient's life. The questions come flooding in, Who will take care of me?
Who will take care of my family? How could this happen to me? Am I strong
enough to survive?
Then there is Relay For Life - a day when a cancer survivor
recognizes the support and hope that come from seeing an entire community
rally around one cause… finding the cure for a dreadful disease.
For years, people have given money to help find a cure for
cancer. This money, a dollar here, two dollars there, has helped
make leaps and bounds in the fight against this disease. It is
because of the power of Relay For Life that cancer patients have the hope
to carry on.
Relay For Life is not a new event; in fact it is one of the
nation's most established and well-known community celebrations. The
largest grassroots fundraiser in the world is not just a fundraiser, it is
a lifesaver. It's not about the amount of money raised, but about
the millions of husbands, wives, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers,
friends and neighbors saved.
1 in every 100 Americans currently participates in this
monumental event and it has become a cultural movement across the United
States. Numbers alone don't really tell the story, though. The looks
on the faces of the individuals walking the track hand in hand – some in
victory, some feeling great loss – illustrate why Relay For Life is a
beacon of hope for families who have stared cancer in the face.
By 2015, the American Cancer Society aims to prevent 5
million additional deaths from cancer, avoid 6 million new cancer
diagnoses and measurably improve the quality of life for those with the
disease. The support of 4,500 Relay For Life communities across the nation
will make this possible.
Relay For Life returns to the Mohawk Valley this year on
June 7 – 8. Each event will feature a celebration of life as
survivors open the Relay by walking the first lap around the track. A
survivor reception will honor all survivors in the community. At
nightfall, each event will hold a luminaria ceremony. Lit candles
will line the track, each one bearing the name of someone who has faced
cancer. Some are still with us, others have passed on. All
will be remembered, and honored for their fight.
REMSEN
RELAY FOR LIFE 2007 PHOTO ALBUM
REMSEN
RELAY FOR LIFE 2006 PHOTO ALBUM
REMSEN
RELAY FOR LIFE 2005 PHOTO ALBUM
Click
the album year above to view the photo albums!
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