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Century Relay For Life Won’t Be Held This Year
January 26, 2012
For the first time in several years, there will not be a Relay for Life event in Century this year.
“Cancer has hit us hard here,” McCall said, nothing the passing of council member Nadine McCaw due to cancer. He encouraged former Century Relay for Life teams to join with the Jay Relay for Life this year. McCall said the Town of Century is working to start a team to participate in the Jay Relay.
According to B.J. Davis with the American Cancer Society, former and potential Century area relay teams are encouraged to join the Jay Relay event on the Great Escambia Relay at Tate High School.
The Jay Relay for Life will be held April 20 beginning at 6 p.m. at Jay High School. For more information or to sign up, click here.
The Greater Escambia Relay for Life will be held May 4 beginning at 6 p.m. at Tate High School. For more information or to sign up, click here.
There is also a Relay for Life held in Atmore beginning at 6 p.m. on April 27. For more information or to sign up, click here.
Pictured: Scenes from the 2011 Century Relay for Life which was moved indoors due to weather. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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6 Responses to “Century Relay For Life Won’t Be Held This Year”
If participating in Relay for Life it would be wise to contact Jay and Tate to see if the monies stay in that county. If you or your family use Woodlands, you would probably want to participate at Tate. If you go to a Santa Rosa Co., hospital then you would want to use Jay.
I had a family member that worked hardall their life. I ask if ACS cold help with his gas to and from cancer treatments. Answer no he drew to much money. Our family had gave to the AMS for years. When they help people is it based on income? Seems unfair that someone that worked hard all their life could not get help.
I am so disappointed!!!! Momma had mentioned to me at the last relay, that she was afraid this would be her last one, and she knew that it would end with her passing. Not because she passed, but just because there are not enough people that are willing to put in the work. The American Cancer Society gave mom gas cards to pay for gas, and offered to pick her up and take her to her apppointments and bring her home. There are MANY services that the relay funds support. I am on a Relay for life team here in Arab AL, and I enjoy being able to honor my mother who tried so hard to get others to help raise money and awareness for Relay. I am so glad that the City Hall is going to have a team in the Jay Relay. Nothing would make me happier than to read that more area businesses join in with Jay and make it a GRAND event for years to come.
I am a volunteer with the American Cancer Society (ACS)and I STRONGLY disagree with the comments made that the money only goes one way. There are many programs that are available right here in our area. Many cancer patients are unable to get to their treatment and the ACS will get people to their treatment either through drivers, or whatever it takes to get their treatments. I am one of those drivers. There are many other programs such as ROCK camp where many kids in our area who are suffering with this disease are able to attend at no charge. There are hope lodges for families to stay when there kids have to go out of town for cancer treatment (again this is no charge to the family). There are other programs such as Look Good Feel Better, Reach to Recovery and others. People should investigate and get all the facts before posting untrue statements on line. When in doubt call the ACS office and GET THE FACTS.
I agree with “mercyme” about the money not directly helping our community. The money primarily goes toward research and development. If you want to impact your community, I suggest that you donate your funds to a group such as the Baptist Health Care Foundation. You can specifically tell them how you want your donations to be used. For example, my group donated to the Baptist Healthcare Foundation and we requested that it be used to help with “breast cancer” patients who are in need of transportation to and from doctor appointments AND/OR to help with the cost of prescription medicines needed for the cancer. We did this after we became aware of the need for this in our community.
I was enthusiastic about Relay For Life the first 2 years it began in our area. Then, when I got no response on my request for reports from the agency on where the National millions and millions were going, I backed off. The money goes one way and NONE comes back this way when local people need immediate help, gas money, food money, hotel room money or something to help them in their personal fight against cancer. Before you get on board, stop and think–when have you seen a Relay For Life check sent to a local person battling cancer?