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Baker’s dozen anniversary for Maxville Relay for Life
GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
MAXVILLE | Thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number. But that is not the case for Maxville Relay for Life as supporters are preparing for the 13th anniversary June 7. I n the traditiona l w eddin g c a l endar , the 13 th anni v ersar y is the “ hone y” or “l a c e ” an - ni v ersar y . F or C aro ly n Bo u rassa and others at the C anadian C an c er So c iet y’ s S DG- PR distri c t o ffic e in C orn w a ll, the “ hone y” anni - v ersar y for the M ax v i ll e Re l a y for L ife do v e - tai l s v er y w e ll w ith the “ diamond - and -g o l d ” 7 5 th anni v ersar y for the C anadian C an c er So c iet y . “W e ’ re tr y in g to pull o u t a ll the sto p s ,” Bo u rassa said , re g ardin g pl ans to mar k b oth o cc asions. W hi l e the C anadian C an c er So c iet y is no w a v enera bl e non -p ro fi t instit u tion that has made its p resen c e w e ll-k no w n a c ross the nation , the w ho l e Re l a y for L ife mo v ement is sti ll a ne w bu t g ro w in g p henomenon in the c o u ntr y . T he c on c e p t b e g an more than 2 5 y ears a g o in the U .S. w ith the Ameri c an C an c er So c iet y w hen D r. G ord y Kl att , a T a c oma , W ashin g ton , c o l ore c ta l s u r g eon c reated his o w n so l omarathon to he lp raisemone y and a w areness a b o u t c an c er. Du rin g a 2 4- ho u r p eriod he ran c ir cl es aro u nd a l o c a l u ni v er - sit y r u nnin g tra ck, l o gg in g 8 3 mi l es by the end of the l ast l a p and raisin g $ 27 , 000 U S for c an c er resear c h. T he Re l a y for L ife mo v ement w ent gl o b a l from there w ith more than 2 5 c o u ntries no w ser v in g as hosts for at l east one and often se v era l c omm u nit y Re l a y s of L ife to c o ll e c t mone y for c an c er resear c h and s up- p ort p ro g rams and raise the publ i c p ro fil e of c an c er resear c h and g i v e p eo pl e w ho ha v e s u r v i v ed c an c er a c han c e to sho w oth - ers that there is ho p e for a cu re. T he M ax v i ll e re l a y is one of t w o that the S DG- PR c ha p ter of the C anadian C an c er So c iet y hosts in the F i v e C o u nties re g ion. T he other is in I n gl eside at F arran ’ s Par k and mar k s its ei g hth anni v ersar y this y ear. Both ta k e pl a c e in Ju ne and the n u m b er of p ar - ti c i p ants in ea c h , b oth f u ndraiser teams and c an c er s u r v i v ors , c ontin u es to g ro w . “I t (M ax v i ll e ) has g ro w n tremendo u s ly,” said Bo u rassa. “F rom 80 teams w hen it b e - g an and $1 72 , 000 raised. Y ear 1 0 w as o u r b est w ith 1 70 teams and $553, 000 raised. ” L ast y ear ’ s M ax v i ll e re l a y had 13 0 teams doin g their l a p s aro u nd the b a llfi e l d , de - s p ite the p o u rin g rain , and raisin g $4 0 5, 000 for the l atest c ontri bu tion from the re g ion to c an c er resear c h. T he n u m b er of c an c er s u r v i v ors ta k in g p art in the e v ent l ast y ear ta ll ied more than 3 00 , a g ood res p onse de - s p ite the w eather , Bo u rassa noted. T he 1 0 th anni v ersar y of the e v ent had more than 4 00 c an c er s u r v i v ors ta k e p art in the o p enin g l a p . “I t ’ s ju st ama z in g to see that man y c an c er s u r v i v ors a ll g ettin g to g ether. ” Si g n up s are o p en no w for this y ear ’ s M ax - v i ll e Re l a y for L ife. T o re g ister a team g o on - l ine to www .re l a y for l ife. c a / max v i ll e.
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