Relay For Life celebrates 40 years of honoring cancer survivors

Relay For Life will be held Friday, May 16

What began as a 24-hour walk around a track in Tacoma, Washington by Dr. Gordon Klatt in 1985 to raise money for the National Cancer Society has grown since Klatt’s first step towards a cure.

Relay For Life celebrates 40 years of honoring cancer survivors

WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) -- The American Cancer Society celebrated 40 years of Relay For Life in Warren on Sunday afternoon. People from Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties joined in. In the past, each county had its own event, but this year they all came together at the Saint Demetrios Community Center in Warren. The event honors cancer survivors and remembers those who have died from the disease. Survivors were recognized during a special l…

Sharon and Don Converse gain first-hand knowledge of how Relay for Life benefits local families impacted by cancer – BG Independent News

By JULIE CARLE BG Independent News Cancer runs deep and wide in the families of the Anderson sisters Jeanne Wingate and Sharon Converse. Their parents died of pancreatic cancer. Wingate is a longtime survivor of ovarian cancer. They both also tested positive for Lynch syndrome, the mutated gene that significantly increases their risks of colorectal, endometrial, stomach, and ovarian cancers. Though Wingate joined a Relay for Life team through her

On Saturday and Sunday, the Norwegian Cancer Society is organizing Relay for Life. Emmeline took a break from the confirmation party to honor her grandfather.