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VCI Relay for Life raises $21,000 for cancer research

a border around the track.

more than $3,000. The team was organized

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held on the track, but due to rain the walk

Therewasalsoentertainment at the relay

in honour of area resident Wade Bates, who

took place in the school as survivors of the

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provided by students and area volunteers.

passedawaythreeyearsagofromthedisease.

disease paraded down the halls around the

A highlight of the night was a performance

About 10 p.m. organizers hosted their

atrium, honoured by walk participants.

Students at Vankleek Hill Collegiate

by student Joella Chabot, who sang Katie

Luminaries Ceremony. People purchased

Shortly after that the rain stopped and

Institute (VCI) doubled their expectations

Perry’s Fireworks to the delight of the crowd.

bagged candles in memory of loved ones

the 13 teams participating in the event took

during the first VCI Relay for Life in aid of

While the event was a financial success,

who are fighting cancer or who have died of

to the track for the all-night relay, saidAllen.

the Canadian Cancer Society.

it also offered other benefits for the school.

the disease. People wrote the name of their

Each teamof 10was taskedwithraising$100

The fund-raising event for cancer

“I think it brought us all closer together,”

lovedones on the luminaries before lighting

per teammember toparticipate in the event.

research, held overnight Friday, raised

said Allen.

the candles. The$5 candleswerearranged in

The topteaminthe relay, TeamWade, raised

$21,191 – more than double the $10,000

organizers had hoped for.

“The goal was $10,000 and when Trena

(co-organizer Trena Whinfield, a guidance

counsellor at VCI) said she would be happy

if we made $8,000-$9,000, I thought she was

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‘out the door,’” said Lyn Cooke-Hurtubise,

a learning resource teacher at VCI and a co-

organizer of the relay. “Sowhen I sawwhat

weactuallymade,Iwastotallyblownaway.”

The relay was the brainchild of grade 12

student Annie Allen who wanted to do

something to aid cancer research after the

disease touched her family.

“It is important because cancer has

touched everyone,” said Allen. “My aunt

Joan recently passed away from pancreatic

cancer and my grandma has just been

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The event kicked off with a Survivor

Walk. The walk was initially going to be

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He and a team of 12 hard-working

students andcountless other staffmembers

are organizing the fourth annual Relay For

Life Event at the school in Hammond to

raise money for the Canadian Cancer

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