Tillsonburg's Relay For Life cancelled
CCS's Great Ride N Stride continues in Tillsonburg area
By
Mark Schadenberg
Co-Chair of Relay For Life in Woodstock
The
third rock from the son is always revolving and Relay For Life as a major
fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is always evolving.
Difficult
and unfortunate news to report this month as it has officially been announced
that Tillsonburg will not have a Relay For Life event in 2017.
It
is important to stress that the Woodstock event on Friday, June 9 at CASS high
school is certainly set to go. Ready Set Relay! Or if you prefer #ReadySetWalk
You
can register today for the Woodstock Relay at www.relayforlife.ca/woodstock
Information Night is Wednesday, May 3
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If you would like to participate in Relay For Life on June 9,
you can join my team by registering now at:
www.relayforlife.ca/woodstock
My team is called: Royal LePage Triland.
You can also donate to myself from this internet page.
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The Woodstock committee would like to invite everyone to join our community. The word ‘community’ is one idea that co-chairs myself and Don McKay have been stressing. The Woodstock community office of CCS was ecstatic to add Don McKay to the organizing committee for several reasons. Firstly, he is all about community as the mayor of East-Zorra Tavistock and as former warden of Oxford County council. McKay is an effective orator as he can be a guest speaker at any event you may want him to attend to promote Relay. McKay’s family is a strong part of the Woodstock business community with his daughter operating Your Farm Market (YFM) on Dundas East. And, likely the most important contribution to Relay for Don McKay, is the fact he is also a cancer survivor and tells his story about treatments and family connections to cancer very well, but most especially in reminding men to be checked or screened for cancer.
Call me (Mark Schadenberg) any time at (519) 537-1553 for more info on Relay For Life in Woodstock.
I
have included here the links to news stories about the end of Relay For Life
for 2017 in Tillsonburg.
Oxford
CCS office manager Jan Cunningham invites everyone who wants to assist in the
on-going task of raising dollars to support Canada’s best cancer research.
Cunningham mentions both Relay in Woodstock and the Great Ride N Stride in
Tillsonburg scheduled for April 30.
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From
Tillsonburg News story:
"The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is disappointed to
see the event fold and truly thanks the Tillsonburg community for its support
over the past 15 years," it said in the media release. "During that
time, over $2.5 million was raised to fund the best life-saving cancer research
and support those living with cancer and their families in Tillsonburg and
across Canada."
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APRIL
is DAFFODIL Month
In
Woodstock, you may also volunteer to sell Daffodils for the month of April. My
name is on the schedule for Thursday, March 30. Contact the CCS office today at
519 537-5592 and someone will make sure you are added to the schedule.
If
you are unable to volunteer now for the CCS, you can also give your time to
selling luminaries for Relay For Life in the same format – a small booth at a Woodstock-area
grocery store.
LINKS:
Canadian Cancer Society
18th Annual Relay
For Life
College Avenue Secondary School – Woodstock
Cancer Changes Everything. So Can You
Friday, June 9, 7 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Facebook ‘Group’: Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life in
Woodstock
Twitter Hashtags: #WhyIRelay #AcceptTheBaton or #ReadySetRelay
CCS Oxford Community Office: 65 Springbank Ave North
(519) 537-5592
Email Jan at: jcunningham@ontario.cancer.ca
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