Relay for Life

I know this is my second post today, but this deserves its own post! My classmates and I are participating in Relay for Life on Friday for the American Cancer Society.  Relay for Life is an all-night walk-a-thon where teams sign up and fundraise prior to the event and the fundraising continues there.  The different teams set up tents and stations and have unique fundraising events that take place throughout the night. One person from each team is supposed to walk the whole time to represent that cancer never sleeps and the patients do not stop because they are tired! During the event there is a Luminaria lighting to symbolize the darkness of fear that one feels when they are diagnosed and when lit it is to show those who are affected by cancer they are not alone and there is hope!  The bags are in honor of those we have lost or to celebrate survivors.  The money raised by the American Cancer Society goes to “fund life-saving cancer research, patient support services, prevention and education information, and detection and treatment programs.”

The event is Friday evening from 7pm-7am.  So even after a long week of studying we are willing to stay up for a good cause.  Everyone has had cancer touch their lives in some shape or form and we will encounter it daily with our career.  Our team is the “WVU Pathletes” and if you would like to donate, I will put a link to my fundraising page here!  Any bit helps!!  If would like to donate in honor of someone, tell me in the comments and I will make them a Luminaria bag that will be lit in remembrance at the event!