RELAY FOR LIFE

The Powerful Pink People took part in the 3rd annual Relay again this year. I wasn't totally prepared this year. My heart wasn't in it like last year because I have been so busy and sick. I couldn't have done it without my awesome team! We didn't have as many memebers this year but we managed. I walked several times but my favorite was at 4 am. I blasted Chris Daughtry and Def Leppord on my iPod and cruised. It was a great time to clear my head and remember why we are doing Relay.

Many of your friends and their families have been touched by cancer this year. Rod Johnson our old neighbor lost his mother last weekend June, 9th to her battle with cancer. They also found more brain tumors in Rod and he has been having seizures. Unfortunately, he was unable to make the trip for the funeral because of his health..........keep up the fight Rod!!!



This was our campsite. We sold chapstisk, popcorn and snowcones. A big thanks to Robert and Christina for bringing all the equipment and staying for the duration. Maggie's school project decorated our site. She did visual boards about breast cancer and about Relay. We were lucky enough to have 2 survivors walk with our team. My Mom and my Gram. My Mom has ac lean bill of health and my 82 year old Gram is a 32+ year survivor!!!
One of the most touching parts of Relay is the luminaria ceremony. HOPE spelled out in white bags lit up tell us why we are here. Hope for a Cure so that maybe someday our children will not have to deal with this horrible disease.
The survivors were treated to a special dinner, bingo and prizes.

During the opening ceremony, all the survivors darn their purple shirts and take the first lap. There are people of all ages. Each with their own story of survival and some still battling. When you see kids out there, it especially saddens you heart. This year there was 2 or 3 year old with a purple shirt on being carried by his mother....THAT IS WHY WE RELAY!!!