All through Columbus County’s 2007 Relay for Life event (held at Southeastern Community College) on April 20-21, The News Reporter team is asking people to “Tell Us Why You Relay.” Keep visiting this blogspot site. As we can, we’ll post some of the answers we get.
Here’s the first one from Herb Washington of U.S. Cellular. We saw his smiling face out here in the very beginning hours of the community’s annual event to: raise awareness of and money for the fight against cancer.
Herb wrote:
“I’ve been given information that’s not for me alone. “My” experience are everyone’s experiences, so I “Relay” for those to whom it concerns. Life concerns everyone, and the THIEVES of life (ignorance, in-difference, and such like) will life. So I walk, we walk. I learn, we learn. I Relay because “He” Lives.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
* The below comments were hand written by participants during Relay for Life on April 20-21 at Southeastern Community College. Visit the 24-hour coverage of Relay link to discover others’ “reasons to Relay,” via pictures, video interviews and more.
“…It helps other people and I love to help other people.” - Katie Menson
“…I had breast cancer and I have had several family members who died from cancer.” - Lisa Cartrette
“…I am a cancer survivor. My mother is a cancer survivor and several family members survived cancer.” - Doris J(ergen)
“…I want other people to know how important it is to help others who have cancer. ‘Cause if I had it, I would want someone to help me.” - Maya Phillips
“…Cancer affects everyone! We have lost family members and friends to cancer, and this is one way that we can help fight it. It is only our hopes and prayers that one day cancer will be beat.” - From the members of the music group Consumed: Jordan McPherson, Lee Hinson, Jason Beck, Shane Moore, Brad Ethridge, Heather Ray, W.T. Edwards, Hope McPherson, Heather McPherson
…”To help find a cure from cancer.” - Pamela Stone & Tammy Patrick