{"id":9553,"date":"2017-10-26T13:13:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=9553"},"modified":"2017-10-26T13:13:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:13:59","slug":"harding-community-gathers-to-raise-money-and-awareness-for-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2017\/10\/26\/harding-community-gathers-to-raise-money-and-awareness-for-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Harding Community Gathers to Raise Money and Awareness for Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Harding will be hosting the annual Relay for Life on the front lawn tonight beginning at 5 p.m. and ending 5 a.m. Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Relay for Life is a fundraising community walk that gives awareness and support to the American Cancer Society (ACS) with the hope of one day finding a cure for cancer. Thirty-three organizations and social clubs will set up booths to fundraise for the ACS.<\/p>\n

Students, faculty and community members spend 12 hours walking the Front Lawn to symbolize an ongoing battle against cancer for individuals and their families. e walking in the light represents the discovery of cancer, night represents the feeling of fear regarding the physical and mental e ects of the disease, and dawn represents overcoming of cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lisa Bryant, assistant special education teacher, is the on-campus faculty advisor for Relay for Life. Bryant has participated in Relay since 2003 when she lost her mother to cancer, and she is a former event chair of the White County Relay. After her mother\u2019s death, she promised her children that they would do what they could to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cI promised them that we would do everything that we could so that no other little boys would lose their Mimi\u2019s,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cAnd I promised them that they wouldn\u2019t have to grow up without a grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n

The theme for Relay this year is \u201cGet Your Heart in the Game.\u201d For the theme, each club\u2019s booth will sell an activity and food based on the theme.<\/p>\n

\u201c ere is no reason you shouldn\u2019t come to this event,\u201d sophomore and Relay committee member Carson Gentry said. \u201c ere is a variety of activities and snacks, and every- thing you do supports research to save lives. It is a win.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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to an increase in participation, the fundraising goal this year is $18,000. According to Bryant, half of that has already been raised.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think (Relay) is important because it gives Harding students a chance to get involved in something by having fun with everyone while also helping a cause,\u201d junior participant Maria Cofer said. \u201cI go because I know so many people that have been positively affected by Relay for Life; and by supporting Relay for Life, I support those people that I know and love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relay is open to students and the community. There will be a survivor lap after the opening ceremony for the survivors from campus or anyone who is a cancer survivor. They will receive a purple shirt and will walk the lap with their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t have to go by themselves,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cPeople don\u2019t fight cancer by themselves, it is a group effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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