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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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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