By Nathaniel Trives Former mayor of Santa Monica
I am pleased to be able to participate in the Seventh Annual Santa Monica Relay for Life. I am a two-time cancer survivor, as well as an advocate of cancer awareness and early detection, and have agreed to support this event benefiting the American Cancer Society. We are asking for the entire community’s help in giving this event the support it deserves.
Santa Monica Relay for Life will be held from 9 a.m. Saturday, July 26, to 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Crossroads School Soccer Field, 1715 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, Calif., 90404. This 24-hour even honors one day in the life of a cancer patient and also raises money to support the programs and services of the American Cancer Society in its fight against cancer. Team members set up tents and lawn chairs and take turns walking around a track for 24 hours while enjoying entertainment, food and the knowledge that they are playing an important role in finding a cure for cancer.
We are asking our community to join in this fight by forming teams of 10 or more people. Each team members is asked to get sponsors who will donate to this worthy event. Our goal is to help raise the funds needed for education, research, and patient services, and most important, a cure for this deadly disease that has affected so many of our lives or the lives of our friends, family, and co-workers.
I invite you to join our efforts to raise our goal of $250,000 for this year’s event. If you wish to obtain information about how to form a team, become an event sponsor, or help publicize this worthy event, please feel free to contact our 2008 co-chairs, Evelyn Warfel and Leyna Raskoff, at (310) 709-6075 or Amanda Manning at, American Cancer Society, at (213) 427-7295. Thank you in advance for your consideration. The Santa Monica Relay for Life is a non-profit event.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 18, 2008. Read the original PDF.