Well, we did it! We participated in a very interesting experience: "Relay for Life".We shared 12 hours with cancer survivors, relatives and friends - every person there had one goal: to walk against cancer and to remember those we lost to it.
We were over 1 500 walkers, 300 survivors and over 5 000 luminaries lit our path for part of the night (I say part, because it rained for a part as well). That specific relay (Vaudreuil-Soulanges) raised over $333 000, among which our team "FORCA" raised $5 870. Hubby & I did manage to raise $2 135 thanks to all our generous friends & relatives' contributions.
The first lap was done by cancer survivors and I must say it was quite moving to see all those smiling faces, filled with emotion and pride to still be alive. One thing for sure, cancer is one thing that shows no discrimination whatsoever. To see a child, bald, walking along all those people did pull on some heartstrings. Then we started walking. We walked in turns of 30 min. As night fell the luminaries were lit. It gave a whole different vibe to the place.
This was/is a good cause and it was comforting to see people's generosity for it. It is with our pledges and actions that we will give more power to research and maybe manage to fight off this evil curse and to keep our loved ones longer.
Special thanks to my "blend" Liz who generously supported me, without even "really" knowing me - it meant a lot!
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Picture: Taken by Hubby
6 comments:
Well done - for walking and for staying awake! Great stuff!
Congratulations, sounds like you did really well! My father is a two-time cancer survivor so that hits close to home.
congrats, on a job well done.
I can only imagine how emotional it would be to watch children walking with the survivors...
Cancer seems to touch the lives of so many...I hope we see a cure in our lifetime.
i've participated in our local relay for life and it is a powerful experience. congrats on raising so much money!
you're amazing girl!
i hope i see a cure in my lifetime, maybe while i'm active in my career, before i retire.
its amazing working surgery how many, many patients are in for surgery due to cancer. there are sill a lot of the elective and accident type things but over half are surgies needed due to their cancer diagnoses.
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seeker: The staying awake was actually harder than the walking!
ananke: Thanks, I think that is the one thing that touches everyone...
kim: Thank you! I'll try to post a picture of the survivors...
princess: Powerful and quite touching indeed. Thanks
molly: Thank you! Finding a cure would be great in our lifetime. I'm sur eyou do see a lot of lives affected because of that...
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