Hello! My name is Becky Fisher
and I am a Marshall student and the co-event chair for
Marshall's second annual Relay for Life!
Last
Spring
Marshall
University
held its first ever Relay for Life, “Herding Towards Hope,”
sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Relay for Life is
a 12-hour team event dedicated to building community spirit
and honoring loved ones who are affected by
cancer. Together Marshall raised more than $15,000 to help
fund cancer research and provide funding that supports
cancer patients in the
Cabell
County area.
This year our second annual
“Herding Towards Hope” Relay for Life will be held on April
7, 2006, and we have set a goal of raising at least
$20,000. We would like to invite everyone to come out to
this event, which will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 7,
and last until 6 a.m. on Saturday, April 8. The event will
take place on the Lefty Rollins Track.
WVU is also holding their
Relay for Life on April 7. We raised more money than them
last year at the Relay for Life, and we have engaged in some
friendly competition with our friends up north to see who
can raise the most money towards reaching our shared goal of
finding a cure for cancer. Help
us beat WVU again this year and
beat cancer by donating money to the American Cancer
Society!
Donations can be made online
by visiting
www.acsevents.org/marshalluniversity. Once there, you
can find the team you wish to donate to (my team is Team
Becky) and use your credit or debit card to complete the
transaction. If you would like to mail in a check, you may
do so by mailing it to:
The American Cancer Society
611 7th. Ave. Suite 101
Huntington, WV 25701
Please do not forget to let us
know if you would like your donations to be in memory or in
honor of someone who has lost the battle to cancer, is
currently fighting cancer, or is a cancer survivor, and a
luminary will be lit in their name at our Relay. For
questions or more information about the American Cancer
Society or “Herding Towards Hope” please visit the above
website or contact Becky Fisher at
fisher52@marshall.edu, or you can call your local the
American Cancer Society at (304) 523-7989.
Thank you,
Becky Fisher
Relay for Life Co-Chair