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2015 RELAY FOR LIFE
Relay for Life enters its second year with an ambitious new goal of $55,000 for the ACS
PHOTOS BY DAVE FRIED
The 2015 Relay for Life will be held April 17 at 6 p.m. in either the Woodward Center or Alumni Field. To sign up to be a member of a team, go to relayforlife.org/wsuma.
Joshua Clark Editor-in-Chief
Confirmed by event coordinators Brenna Closius and Beth Teague, the second Relay for Life will be April 17, 2015. The first Relay for Life on the Westfield State campus, which happened last semester, was wildly successful with the event raising $45,000 for the American Cancer Society. “Last year, we were so overwhelmed with incredible support we received,” said Teague in an email on Tuesday. Over 350 people signed up for the event last year, says Closius. “This year, we are setting the bar even higher and hope to raise $55,000,” she added. Teague, who has been attending the event at other places since she was young, started the idea to hold a Relay for Life event on the Westfield State campus. She saw other universities participating in the event and
wanted to know why Westfield State could not get involved. Last year’s goal was $20,000. “We knew that we could fundraise more than that,” said Closius last April in an interview with The Westfield Voice. At last year’s event, there was live music, raffles, games, and other intricacies, which kept the participants in the Woodward Center for the totality of the event. After last year’s event, Clo-
sius joked, “It was most likely the hourly drawings that kept people.” Both Teague and Closius agreed that they are looking forward to throwing an event that is “bigger and better than last year!” The event starts Friday, April 17, 2015 at 6 p.m. in either the Woodward Center or Alumni Field, depending on the weather, and will last until the next morning at 8 a.m. To create a team or to sign
First-Year Read lecture to be held Nov. 18 Westfield State University will welcome author Anne Fadiman on Tuesday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Scanlon Banquet Hall. Fadiman’s novel, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,” was chosen as the First-Year READ for incoming first-year students. Her lecture will focus on the novel and student reaction. (photo courtey of Molly Watson)
up to be on a team, you can log onto relayforlife.org/wsuma. The Relay for Life Club meets Thursdays at 8 p.m. in the University Hall Conference Room. Any questions about the event can be directed to Closius, Teague, or any other member of the Relay of Life Club.
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