It’s not
too late to get involved in the Noble County Relay For Life, an American Cancer
Society event to raise money for cancer services and research. This year’s
Relay takes place May 18th and 19th at the West Noble
High School track and football field, south of Ligonier, and has a theme of
“Colors of Hope”
Teams from
across the county will gather to walk the track and participate in activities
in the all night event, and are encouraged beforehand to search out a variety
of fund raising ideas: everything from bake sales to dinners, lemonade or food
stands, putting out coin cans that are available from the ACS, or selling
luminary bags. Teams can also secure sponsorships, or do fund raisers on site during
the Relay. Corporate sponsors are always welcome.
This is the
100th anniversary of the American Cancer Society, while the first
Relay dates back to 1985. Relay For Life supporters celebrate survivors,
remembers those lost, and have an opportunity to fight back.
For more information contact
Melissa Stephens at melissa.stephens@cancer.org or by phone at 260-471-3911,
or Carla Fiandt at the Community State Bank in Albion, at carlaf@csbemail.com, or 260-636-3744.
Teams can register online at the Relay For Life website at: http://www.relayforlife.org/noblecountyin
It's not surprising that it takes a lot of time to organize this sort of thing. There's a charity fundraiser here in Ottawa that takes place on a weekend in the summer, but they have year round offices downtown for the proceedings.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, it's a huge amount of work. All I do (for the most part) is PR work, but I get to watch other people do the heavy lifting.
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