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Franklin, Bellingham & Wrentham Relay at KP This Year, June 12-13
Remembrances and Awareness at Walk of Tears By Grace Allen On a bright, clear Sunday morning in early May, over 100 King Philip and Franklin High School students took part in the annual SADD Walk of Tears. Held in memory of Maura Howard, a graduate of KP High School, and Amy Callaghan, a graduate of Franklin High School, both victims of drunk driving, the Walk raised over $2,000 for SADD programs and scholarships at the two high schools. On July 31, 1994, Maura Howard of Norfolk was killed when the car she was riding in was struck from behind by a drunk driver. The oldest of nine children, Maura’s death devastated her family and the community. A family friend, then a wellness teacher at Franklin High School, suggested the Howards channel their grief into constructive action and help organize a Walk of Tears in memory of Maura and to
By J.D. O’Gara
The SADD Walk of Tears rotates between KP High School and Franklin High School to remember two young graduates of the respective schools, Maura Howard and Amy Callaghan, who were lost 21 years ago to drunk driving. The message to young and old: Don’t Drink and Drive.
raise awareness of the dangers of drunk driving. Combining the SADD chapters at both KP and Franklin high schools, the walk would bring together the two athletic rivals for a good cause.
The first Walk of Tears was held in the spring of 1995. The next year, Franklin High graduate Amy Callaghan was killed in a crash with a drunk driver.
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The Relay For Life of Franklin, Bellingham and Wrentham will take place on Friday, June 12th this year, and it is happening at the King Philip Regional High School, at 201 Franklin Street in Wrentham. The event, in which relay teams keep members walking all night to point out “cancer never sleeps,” raises money for the American Cancer Society. It will begin at 6 p.m., and the night will include additional opportunities for the public to donate. According to American Cancer Society’s Event Coordinator Mike O’Brien, as of mid-May, 386 members of 53 teams had signed up for this region’s relay, and the total raised at that time was over $22,000. “We raised $107,000 last year, even though it rained throughout
most of the event,” says Christine Walsh, who has participated for four years and is once again one of the organizers, along with Bridget Rymanowski. Walsh’s mother and family friends have been touched by cancer, but she points out, “it’s not a death sentence, anymore.” Teams camp out at the track, bringing their own food. Each year, several traditional ceremonies take place at the Relay for Life. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with an opening ceremony, followed by a Survivor lap at 6:45, which will lead into a Survivor Reception at 7 p.m. Another feature of the night will be the luminaria lap. “That’s at 9 p.m. on Friday night,” says Walsh. “Bags line the track dedicated to survivors,
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