Adam and Heather Hayes

If you haven't already heard about this from my side of the family, my parents, brothers, sisters, married-ins and I are doing a cancer relay July 11th.

Our team has to start out with the first lap done by our cancer survivor, Landon, then from 6 pm till 6 am we have to have at least one person on the track walking or running. 

Why? to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

We are selling white paper bags called luminaries to line the track that night.  They are $10 and we will put the name of any cancer victim of your choice on it, and their names will be read as they light the candles in them for the relay.

Besides the luminaries, our team is trying to raise $1000 dollars for the American Cancer Society.  If you would like to find out more or help our team in it's goal, go to the link below to donate. Even $5 would help!

Relay for Life Link

The relay for life was a very worthwhile experience.  It let us see lots of other survivors in the community and the family and friends who really care and support those with cancer.

This was our "camp", go Purser Potatoes!  Abi took a lot of time and effort making the campsite cool.  She put all the people on our team's names on Potato People.  Erith, Tricity, and Timber are showcasing them here.

Adam does not enjoy walking and running very much.  He'd rather get exercise from other means, so he complained the whole way there.  But once he got there, he got way into it.  He pushed Vi in the stroller and ran half of his shift.

I was not that ambitious, I had the sweat pouring just from walking.  Adam and Sleight came out and cheered/forced me through one lap of running.  They had us pick up a paperclip each lap we did, it was a good way to keep track of how many laps we'd done. Clara was a great cheerleader.  She was smiley and happy as you can see her here with Ranae.

Ranae, Grandma and Grandpa Quinn, and quite a few others came to support us.  It made it feel more like a party than exercise.  My sister Bethany had a friend who even ran 19 laps with her at 2:00 in the morning... STRAIGHT!  (They were hurting the next day!)

They had food, live bands, and games for those not on the track all night long.  You'll have to talk to my parents and brothers and sisters to find out the details on all that.  Adam and I had early shifts and we were the only team members who didn't spend the night.  (Which got quite cold I hear.)

Well, we did it!  I'm quite proud of us too!  Erith, Tricity, and Timber did at least 4 laps of their own throughout the evening.  We had such a good time, we will probably do it again next year.  Let us know if you want to join our team!