By Daily Press staff
Now you can fight cancer all day long. The American Cancer Society invites cancer survivors, anyone affected by cancer, community leaders, team captains and volunteers to the kick-off party for the 2005 Santa Monica Relay For Life. Each year, a kick-off party is held a few months before the actual relay. This year’s kick-off party with be at the Sheraton Delfina hotel on Thursday, April 7, at 6 p.m. This year’s chair of the event is Santa Monica Police Lt. Frank Fabrega. Jean McNeil Wyner, physician and community liaison with Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, will serve as the honorary chair.
Relay For Life is a fundraising event that allows participants from all walks of life including patients, health care professionals, businesses, civic organizations, churches and community volunteers to join together in the fight against cancer. Relay For Life is a team event where participants walk around a track relay-style for 24 hours. Teams of cancer-fighting enthusiasts will gather at Santa Monica College’s Corsair field from 9 a.m. Saturday, July 23, to 9 a.m. Sunday, July 24, to show their support and dedication.
Volunteers from the Santa Monica community are needed to recruit and form teams, seek community support and underwrite, coordinate logistics, find refreshments and prizes, plan entertainment and lend their support.
If you would like to join the Santa Monica Relay For Life as a volunteer or team participant, call Karen Rubenstein at the American Cancer Society at (818) 905- 7766 Option 3. When school’s out, what will they do?
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 14, 2005. Read the original PDF.