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relay.jpegHow do you tell people that the tears you cry as a survivor walking the track at a Relay for Life event are both joyful and sad? How do you explain that you are both relieved and burdened to be there? How do you convey that you are both proud and regretful that your caregivers are walking beside you?

Last night’s Relay for Life event (in Fairfield, CT) was spectacular; a friend at the American Cancer Society informed me it was their “best” Relay yet, even with the rain, and that it would truly take all night to determine the total funds raised.

Today I’m exhausted but there are a few things I want to share with you immediately:

  • A researcher from Yale Cancer Center spoke about the ACS grant that was funding her research. She told us that non-defense research funding from the government was way down … and every little bit we can give to the ACS will ensure that cancer research will continue.
  • There is an entirely new culture of teenagers who are out there making a difference in a tangible way. They cried as I walked the track. They were kind to my children who wore their caregiver sashes. They came up with creative ways raise even more money — one girl carried safety pins and asked people to pin dollar bills onto her shirt so that at the end of the night, when she gave the ACS the shirt off her back, it would be extraordinary. Today’s teens are extraordinary.
  • Survivors, though we don’t necessarily feel as inspiring as everyone says we are, truly give hope to those who’ve not been stricken with the disease. If we can do it, we reassure them that if they get cancer, they’ll be able to do it, too. We are hope.hope.jpeg

    • We are hope.

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    Posted in Awareness/Fundraising Events, Charities to Support, General on June 10th, 2007

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