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Area Fund-Raisers
Relay
for Life 2008
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"It's about being
a community that takes up the fight!"
- American Cancer Society -
ps - Please read the article below to fully understand the emphasis
behind the RELAY for LIFE.
"Cancer does not stop for nighttime."
RELAY FOR LIFE
starts at dusk and ends at the next day's morning. The light and
darkness of the day and night parallel the physical effects, emotion
and mental state for a cancer patient while undergoing treatment.
The RELAY FOR LIFE
beings when the sun is setting. This symbolizes the time that the
person has been diagnosed as having cancer. The day is getting darker
and this represents the cancer patient's state of mind as they feel
that their life is coming to an end.
As the evening goes on it gets colder and
darker, just as the emotions of the cancer patient does. Around
1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. represents the time when the cancer patient
starts treatment. They become exhausted, some sick, not wanting
to go on, possibly wanting to give up. As a participant, you have
been walking and feel much the same way. You are tied, want to sleep,
maybe even want to go home, but you cannot stop or give up.
Around 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. symbolizes
the coming of the end of treatment for the cancer patient. Once
again they are tired, but they know they will make it.
The sun rising represent the end of treatment
for the cancer patient. They see the light at the end of the tunnel
and know that life will go on. The morning light brings on a new
day full of life and excitement for new beginnings for the cancer
patient. As a participant, you will feel the brightness of the morning
and know that the end of the RELAY FOR
LIFE is close at hand.
When you leave the RELAY
FOR LIFE, think of the cancer patient leaving their last
treatment. Just as you are exhausted and weak, so is that person
after treatment.
REMEMBER: There is no finish
line until we find the cure.
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