24-HOUR RELAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RESEARCH INTO CANCER CURE.Byline: Daily News SAUGUS Saugus (sô`gəs), town (1990 pop. 25,549), Essex co., NE Mass., a suburb of Boston on the Saugus River near the Atlantic Ocean; settled before 1637, set off from Lynn and inc. 1815. Mainly residential, the town has some light manufacturing. -- Nearly 100 teams will walk a track this weekend at Central Park in a 24-hour relay to raise money for cancer research. The American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life Relay For Life (often shortened to Relay) is a fundraising event of the American Cancer Society, and is now held in many other countries. It is an overnight event designed to spread awareness of cancer prevention, treatments and cures, celebrate survivorship and raise money starts at 9 a.m. Saturday with opening ceremonies. Cancer survivors Cancer survivors are those individuals with cancer of any type, current or past, who are still living. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) pioneered the definition of survivor as from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life, a person diagnosed with will walk that first lap, a symbol of their individual triumphs. Teams will camp out overnight, but the relay will be continuous -- an effort that represents the cancer that never sleeps. At 9 p.m., thousands of supports are expected to join the teams for a candlelight walk circling the sprawling park. The flames in crafted luminaria lu·mi·nar·i·a n. 1. A votive candle set into a small, decorative paper bag weighted with sand and placed in a row with others along a walkway, driveway, or rooftop as a holiday decoration. Also called regionally farolito. 2. bags are dedicated to the memories of loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl who lost the battle, to survivors or as thanks to supporters. Individual walkers bring in donations and join the relay teams. Information is available by calling relay chairwoman Laura Scott at (661) 296-0081 or e-mailing randall.phillips(at)cancer.org. |
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