Enid, OK - May 31, 2017– Garfield County Relay for Life is celebrating! Celebrating 20 years of Relay for Life in Enid! Garfield County’s Relay for Life invites everyone to join this giant birthday party on First Friday, June 2, 2017 from 7pm-12 Midnight in downtown Enid on the square. If bad weather is in the area, please check for latest updates on Garfield County Relay for Life-Enid, OK Facebook page.
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The opening ceremony will start at 7pm including a proclamation by Mayor Bill Shewey marking Friday in Enid as Relay Day. Teams set up campsites throughout the area. The event features a live DJ, food booths, fun for the kids, entertainment and themed laps. Luminarias decorated featuring the names of loves ones who have lost their battle with cancer as well as survivors are displayed on the walking path. The event is free to the public.
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Many start fundraising with Relay following the loss of someone near and dear to them, such as Cindy Harber, the team captain of “Got Hope.” This is her 11th year to do Relay, her 6th year as a team captain and her 3rd year to serve on the event committee. “I lost my grandmother to cancer and my mom is a cancer survivor. We just lost my 50 yr.old brother-in-law to lung cancer almost two years ago. When so many friends and relatives have died or fought this disease it becomes very personal,” Harber stated. The saddest thing about her brother-in-law; he had never smoked a day in his life but lived in a household with two chain smokers.
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“Cancer touches almost every family, it takes our neighbors, our friends, our co-workers and often times we feel so helpless, but Relay is one of the best ways to honor the memory of a loved one or celebrate that fighting spirit of a survivor!” stated PR chairperson Lisa Bland-Selix. Joining the Garfield County Relay for Life Committee as a new Co-Chairperson, Tammy Miller added, “I Relay in hopes that someday no one will have to hear the words, you have cancer!”
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The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is a unique celebration of life in honor and in memory of those whose lives have been touched by cancer. The Garfield County Committee is determined to help more people celebrate more birthdays! Relay for Life events are life-changing cancer fundraising events that help communities across the globe fight back against cancer.
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Relay For Life Birthday Party June 2
