Event to help cancer patients





Walkers and runners will go around the clock in the battle against cancer during the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life in the Conejo Valley.


Teams of Conejo Valley residents will gather at 10:00 a.m. on Sept. 29 in Newbury Park High School’s Panthers Stadium for a 24-hour relay against cancer. Relay For Life is a family-oriented team event where participants can walk or run relay-style around the track and take part in fun activities off the track.


Teams can include co-workers, club members, family and friends and have gathered donations prior to the event. A registration fee of $10 is required from each participant along with a minimum of $100 in donations.


The public is also invited to attend the luminaria ceremony which will take place at 8 p.m. To honor the community’s cancer survivors and to commemorate those lost to the disease, survivors will circle the track rimmed with glowing luminarias while the names of the survivors and those lost to the disease are read aloud. Luminarias can be purchased for $7 each by calling (805) 497-0114 (press 3).


Funds raised by Relay For Life will enable the American Cancer Society to support local services for cancer patients and their families such as Reach to Recovery, a peer-to-peer support program for women with breast cancer, and "I Can Cope," a series of classes to educate those touched by cancer. Funds also support critical cancer research and community education programs designed to teach people how to reduce their risk of developing cancer.


For more information, please call (800) ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.



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