A dear friend of mine went through cancer diagnosis, treatment, and
life afterwards. She's had some complications along the way, scary
times, and complications from chemo and radiation since treatment ended.
Needless to say, it would not be a life experience I would wish on my
worst enemy. Watching someone so close to me go though such an awful
experience was difficult. And while I did what I could do to help out, I
never felt that it was enough to take just some of the burden from her.
One
of the things I felt I could do to help her was participate in Relay
for Life. It was an amazing experience and one that anyone who wants to
assist in raising funds for cancer should get involved.
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| Caitlin, Lisa, and Barbara |
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| Opening Ceremonies with Color Guard |
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| Seeing this little boy, of not more than 10, broke my heart. Can you read his shirt? "Walking in Memory of My Daddy" No one this young should know the world 'cancer.' |
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| 'Survivors' during Opening Ceremonies |
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| Willis H.S. cancer survivor. So sad that cancer is part of her vocabulary before graduating high school. She is one strong young lady! |
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| The walk kicks off with a 'Survivors lap.' |
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| Followed by a 'Survivors and Caregivers.' |
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| Releasing balloons at the end of their lap. |
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| Broke my heart to see someone so young with a 'Survivors' shirt on. |
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| Plaques to celebrate and honor. |
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| The LLMS Relay for Life team. |
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| Willis had numerous teams. Every school had a team and since there is a maximum number of people per school, some schools had multiple teams! |
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| Luminaries. |
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| H O P E |
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| C U R E |
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| The luminaries were lines up around the ENTIRE track celebrating and
honoring. They were absolutely beautiful when the lights to the stadium
were turned out and we walked around to just the luminaries lit. |
Some teams thought of some REALLY creative ways to raise money. This particular group created this setup and would put it on peoples lawns. If they wanted it moved, they would have to PAY for it to be moved to someone else, thus how the team raised funds. VERY CREATIVE! Who wouldn't want this on their lawn?!?
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