SHOW OF FORCE SUPPORTERS JOIN 24-HOUR WALK TO HELP FIGHT CANCER.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - When Palmdale resident Leona Frieder was diagnosed with breast cancer more than 25 years ago, she fought it with everything she had. On Saturday, Frieder was one of 200 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 and more than 2,000 supporters participating in the 9th 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 walk hosted by the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, at Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). . ``It's been 25 years - I'm cured,'' said Frieder, a member of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Country Club team, as she stood in line Saturday to register for the survivors walk. ``There's been so much done for cancer patients, this is just so wonderful,'' she said. The event began just after 9 a.m. with the survivors walk. Cancer survivors released balloons at the beginning of their hour-long walk around the Quartz Hill High School track, and at the end they released butterflies to signify they had made it through their fight for survival. Soon after, cancer patients, family members, neighbors, co-workers and friends dedicated to raising cancer awareness entered the track to continue the walk for 24 hours Adv. 1. for 24 hours - without stopping; "she worked around the clock" around the clock, round the clock . The registrants came in teams of five to 10; at least one person from each team had to be walking on the track at any time. The marathon walk is scheduled to end at 10 a.m. today. Each team member was asked to collect $100 in donations to the American Cancer Society. The overnight campout featured music from several local bands playing jazz, country, rock and rhythm and blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. . Other scheduled events included games, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , dancing and presentations on nutrition, tobacco and the healthy lifestyle. ``It's a lot of fun and it's for a good cause,'' said Joan Marcell, a Newhall resident who attended the event to support a co-worker who has battled cancer for nearly three years. ``A lot of these people are really just an inspiration to me,'' she said. ``I just hope that if, God forbid, I ever have to deal (with) what they are going through, I stay so positive.'' The Quartz Hill Relay for Life was one of several held throughout Southern California, in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. The Relay was sponsored by Antelope Valley Hospital, High Desert Medical Group and Lancaster Community Hospital This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . For more information on cancer prevention and treatment, visit www.cancer.org. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Event chairman Ron Emard, center, leads the survivors walk Saturday at the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (2 -- 3 -- color) Cancer survivor Jerry Van Donselaar of Canyon Country carries his 14-month-old granddaughter, Macenna, of Palmdale through the Relay for Life survivors walk in Quartz Hill. About 200 cancer survivors and more than 2,000 supporters joined the first event of the 9th annual Relay for Life, an hour-long survivors walk around the track of Quartz Hill High. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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