Yale Bulletin and Calendar

March 31, 2006|Volume 34, Number 24

Yale teams to take part in fight
against cancer through relay

For the second year, Yale will host the American Cancer Society's signature event, Relay For Life, Saturday-Sunday, April 1-2.

The overnight team-oriented walking event will take place at the Lanman Center in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, 70 Tower Pkwy. It will begin at 4 p.m. on Saturday and end at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Relay For Life aims both to honor cancer survivors and to gather participants as a community in the fight against cancer. All money raised is donated to the American Cancer Society to fund life-saving research, patient support programs, advocacy efforts and cancer education.

The 2006 Relay For Life at Yale will kick off with an opening ceremony featuring Yale College Dean Peter Salovey, who is honorary chair of the event; Linda Mowad, program director for the Cancer Information Service at Yale Cancer Center; and Stacey Leondis, a Yale College junior who is a cancer survivor and serves on the relay committee. Immediately following the ceremony, cancer survivors will take the first lap around the track, as a symbolic gesture of their courage and strength. Following a special dinner reception for survivors, all participants will gather together at 9 p.m. for the Ceremony of Hope, to honor survivors and remember loved ones lost. There will be activities and entertainment throughout the event, including live band performances, movie screenings, raffle giveaways and a silent auction.

With more than 700 participants and 60 teams, the 2005 Relay For Life at Yale raised over $170,000, becoming the largest first-year fundraiser in New England and the ninth largest college relay event in the United States. This year, organizers hope to raise $200,000 and to involve more people from the Yale community and the general public.

In honor of survivors or in memory of those who lost their struggle against cancer, Yale students are selling luminarias from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. through March 31 outside of Yale Commons, 168 Grove St.

Registration is still open for those wishing to join an existing team or start a team of their own, and individuals are encouraged to stop by for all or part of this free and public event.

For more information or to register as a participant, visit www.acsevents.org/relay/ctyale. For more information on specific issues, contact the following:

* To pick up a team captain packet: stephanie.smith@yale.edu

* To register or RSVP as a survivor: david.mixter@yale.edu

* To volunteer at the Relay For Life: paul.morse@yale.edu

* To submit photos or quotations for the Ceremony of Hope slideshow: wen.fan@yale.edu

* To dedicate a luminaria in honor of a loved one: abigail.cotterill@yale.edu

For all other questions, contact stephanie.smith@yale.edu or David Hirx at the American Cancer Society, david.hirx@cancer.org.

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