Why We Relay!!!!

Vicksburg just held its annual Relay For Life supporting The American Cancer Society. Relay is an all night event built around teams and hope. The teams raise money for cancer research and patient support. They commit that at least one team member will be on the track for the whole 12 hours. We decorate tents ... tailgate ... have games for the kids .... have entertainment and a great time. But there are solemn times too.... The survivor lap and the luminary events are a time of celebration but they are times of reverence too. This is the time to remember why we are there and why we can never stop the race for a cure! In 2006, 556,902 people will die of cancer; that is over half a million people. But if cancer is caught early .... most of the time it is survivable. So that is why we Relay ... we relay for hope: hope for prevention; hope for survival; and hope for a CURE! Relay was started 21 years ago by Dr. Gordy Klatt... in the first year he raised $27,000 this weekend here in Vicksburg we raised $122,000. So if you are asked to support the Relay by your donation or your time or your sponsorship PLEASE PLEASE do so! RELAY AROUND THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY THERE WILL BE NO MORE CANCER DEATHS!

Nathan and I dedicate the 10 miles we walked Friday night to all of our family and friends who have survived their battles with cancer and too all who did not! We love you and for those of you no longer with us we miss you! You are why we relay!

Honor
White Malone
Jon Anne Tidwell
Ween Malone
and others I know I am forgetting someone

Memory
Thelma Malone
Essie Lee Wynne
Floyd Malone
Paw Prewitt
Maw Prewitt
Forrest McNair
Lanelle Causey
Charlotte Wynne
Hal Neill
and others I know I am forgetting someone

If you would like to support our Dana Road Team next year please leave your information in my comment area! We will be drumming up support again soon! Thanks in advance for any donations you will be making toward our 2007 Relay!