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Teams Ready For 11th Annual Relay For Life In WO
By Anastasia Marchese n Friday, May 20, at 6 p.m., Relay for Life is set to take place at West Orange High School. Kyra Miller, a community manager for Relay for Life at the American Cancer Society, said this is an all night event, “to symbolize a cancer patient's journey. Cancer never sleeps and neither will we.”
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The relay is a walk/run around the high school track that continues for 12 hours. Teams consist of at least four members but can include upwards of 40 people. The idea is that at least one member of the team will be on the track at all times either walking or running. The event begins with an opening ceremony at 7 p.m. The participants are welcomed and there is also a speech by a survivor as well as a caregiver, each of whom share a bit of their stories. The opening lap is the survivor's lap, where cancer survivors walk the track to the applause and encouraging cheers of all present. Later, there are luminaries set up all around the track. The luminaries can be dedicated “in honor of” or “in memory of” a cancer survivor, cancer victim or caregiver. Once the luminaries are all set up and lit, there is a lap of silence to remember those who have fallen in the battle against cancer. At 7:45 p.m. there is a survivors’ reception to honor those present who have had cancer. Dinner, massages, goody bags and other special treatment will be offered to the cancer survivors, “to show them that they are the stars of our relay,” said Miller. There are teams from all over the community. One of the largest teams comes from St. Barnabas Medical Center. Many members of the oncology team take part and some years there are more than 40 members on their team. Many businesses as well as religious and community organizations also come to take a stand and raise funds in the fight against cancer. “We get a diverse outpouring from the community,” said Miller, who also said that this is the 11th Relay for Life that
has been held in West Orange. Throughout the U.S., there are about 5,000 of these events held annually, with around 100 of these taking place in NJ. The Springfield Office of American Cancer Society’s continued on next page
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