Help finish the fight, join Relay for Life | Letters
Published 8:13 pm Monday, September 8, 2014
Many members of our community are familiar with the American Cancer Society and the local Relay For Life we have held in Friday Harbor for 10 years.
This is a local fundraiser, an event where you have a chance to participate, contribute and have fun.
Most people I know have had loved ones and dear friends affected by cancer in some way. I know I have, and this is why I am volunteering for this effort.
Local volunteers are a huge part of the nationwide effort to save lives and create a world with less cancer. Relay For Life is the world’s largest movement to end cancer, engaging four million people annually.
Through the Relay For Life of Friday Harbor, every person in our community can join with many people they know and care about in the fight by volunteering and creating awareness of a disease that affects us all in some way. Your donations of time, money or items for the auction at our event are appreciated.
The local email contact is: RelayForLifeFridayHarbor@gmail.com
Money raised at Relay For Life helps move the mission of the American Cancer Society—to eliminate cancer as a major health problem both locally and nationwide.
We encourage you to participate in our event on Sept. 27, as your time or donations make a difference. This will help support local programs for patients; including transportation assistance, free lodging for those undergoing treatment, and Look Good… Feel Better classes (classes that provide support to women). This is just to mention a few.
Relay For Life makes it possible for the American Cancer Society to provide helpful information on cancer, treatments, support services, and more 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 1-800-227-2345 and cancer.org.
Now is the time for Friday Harbor community members to help finish the fight against cancer.
Please help us in: celebrating survivors, remembering loved ones no longer here, taking a pledge to fight back against this disease, forming a team and volunteering for Relay For Life of Friday Harbor today.
Visit the local Relay for Life website(RelayForLifeofFridayHarbor.org), today, and join us!
Steve Hushebeck/SJC-FH American Cancer Society Volunteer
