Starke County Relay for Life Celebrates “Holidays of Hope”

 
 

Organizers of the annual Starke County Relay for Life hope to raise $67,000 for the American Cancer Society during this year’s event. It starts tomorrow at noon at the Hamlet Fairgrounds and continues until 6 a.m. Sunday. Fundraising chair Ericka Taylor-Joseph says all proceeds go to the American Cancer Society to help cancer patients in need.

“It may be getting them back and forth to their treatments. It may be buying a wig for somebody who has lost their hair. Support services – Hope Lodge if they have long-term treatments that they need to have, they can stay in the Hope Lodge with their families. It also goes to cancer research. Besides the United States government, the American Cancer Society is the number one fundraiser for cancer research in America,” she said. Continue reading

Plans Under Way for 2014 Starke County Relay for Life

Ericka Taylor-Joseph
Ericka Taylor-Joseph

Starke County Relay for Life organizers have set Saturday, June 21 as the date for this year’s annual American Cancer Society fundraiser. Chair Ericka Taylor-Joseph says this year’s theme is “Holidays of Hope.”

“We’re going to celebrate every holiday that we can with a different activity, so it’s a little bit different than we’ve had in the past. We’re going to have an Easter egg hunt, trick-or-treating for Halloween, and those types of things. We’re pretty excited that we’ll have a lot of family-friendly activities,” said Taylor-Joseph.

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