On Friday June 10, the place to be is College Avenue Secondary School
Set up your camp site and then enjoy an evening of walking ... Accept The Baton
It’s never too late to register for Relay For Life
in Woodstock, so you can still sign up and donate at College Avenue Secondary
School on the day of Relay on Friday, June 10.
The registration tent will open at 4:30 as many
registrants are signed up with a team – and most teams will be setting a camp
site inside the CASS track.
The opening ceremony is at 7 p.m. and is quickly
followed by the Survivors’ Lap. Master of ceremonies will again be Dan Henry from 104.7 Heart FM.
The keynote address is from Kay-Lynn Stevens
this year. She’s a Woodstock 19-year-old student battling brain cancer. A link
to her story is below.
Upon arriving at CASS, each participant much check
in. I like to use the term ‘check in’ as most often each person has already
registered through their team or online. If money still needs to be submitted,
the banking committee will be inside CASS to assist you in final tabulations of
your donations.
If you are a cancer survivor, there is a tent for registering
and receiving a t-shirt. Cancer survivors can register for Relay for no charge,
but as we certainly know, they are often the largest collectors of pledges and
donations. Any care-giver – by the way -- for a survivor is also admitted at no
cost.
The food tent is open from 5:30 – 8 p.m., but closed
during opening ceremonies. The menu is supplied by Boston Pizza and Swiss
Chalet. The coffee is from Tim Hortons, while additional food tent donations
are received from Water Depot and Scott’s No Frills.
Relay For Life – Woodstock organizing committee is
extremely pleased with our on-going sponsors and their assistance. Check out
the previous post here which notes many many sponsors, who have donated money,
product, time, and sometimes all three.
If you have any questions or comments throughout the event, talk to someone in a bright orange t-shirt from the organizing committee.
Relay can be described as a solemn or serious event,
but at the same time it’s most certainly all about fun and enthusiasm too, and
in fact often family fun as Good Beginnings daycare is the sponsor of the
children’s tent with games, crafts and prizes. Among the sponsors of the children’s
activities are Home Depot and Blue Cow Delivery. A Shriners clown or two or
three will also be present.
The Woodstock Camera Club are consistent volunteers
at Relay For Life and we thank them again for their talent and time as they will
take team photos and capture many other great event moments.
2015 -- Vuteq
2015 -- Holy Trinity Church
The hair styling school at Fanshawe College will again
be available for hair cuts – for those interested in donating hair to the
cancer society and cancer patients.
After the opening ceremony, but before the luminary
ceremony, entertainment on stage will be from two different local bands.
Performing around 7 p.m. is a group called Teacher’s Pet. After 9 p.m., the
scheduled performers are returning to Relay as The Grapes are exceptional
musicians which you could say are ‘back by popular demand’.
MISSION To Cure Cancer
If you’re looking for more details on the various forms
of cancer, there is a ‘mission tent’ open throughout the Relay For Life event
with lots of information available from the Canadian Cancer Society.
The Luminary ceremony is at dusk as the luminary tealight
candles are lit around the track – luminaries purchased to remember someone who
has died from cancer, but also to honour those battling the disease currently. It’s
significant to note, many of the cancer survivors walking around the track are
still undergoing chemotherapy and other treatments for cancer, including guest
speaker Kay-Lynn Stevens and dozens of others.
While walking the track up to 1 a.m., there will also
be many theme laps including limbo dancing, Scrabble, soccer, and
build-a-necklace laps.
Ready Set Relay . . . Enjoy the 2016 Relay For Life
. . . Accept The Baton.
Canadian
Cancer Society
17th
Annual Relay For Life
College Avenue Secondary School – Woodstock
Friday, June 10, 7 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Facebook ‘Group’: Canadian Cancer Society Relay For
Life in Woodstock
Facebook ‘Event’: Relay For Life in Woodstock
Twitter Hashtags: #WhyIRelay #AcceptTheBaton or
#ReadySetRelay
CCS Oxford Community Office: 65 Springbank Ave North
(519) 537-5592
Ingersoll Relay is Friday, June 24 at IDCI
Ready?
Set. Relay !
