Fundraising - ACS - Relay for Life

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My family is walking in the ACS's Relay for Life this June. Relay for Life combines a lot of celebrations into one 2-day event, including an honorarium for cancer survivors, a memorial for those who lost their battle, and an overnight fundraising walk.

My grandfather, grandmother, all three of my grandfather's brothers, and my mother have all been diagnosed with cancer. My mother survived ovarian cancer, the battle with which cost her uterus and both ovaries, and melanoma, which was surgically removed, and required a 25% amputation of her outer foot. My uncle survived lung cancer, but at the cost of half of his left lung. They are the only two in our family who survived.

I've just finished registering our Relay for Life team online (bit have only gotten my mother/team captain done so far). If anyone finds the fight with cancer a worthy cause, and would like to sponsor our team by making a donation to the American Cancer Society, you can sponsor our team here by entering the participant name Cathy Jones (my mother) with Team Nikes (Nikes was my grandfather's family name).