by Kathy Foster
Jody Bush is heading up the 2019 Holmes/Washington Relay for Life set for Friday, April 12th at Pals Park in Chipley and encouraged Relay team members at Saturday’s official kick off for the event to remain active and committed to making this year’s event a spectacular one.
Bush says there are many resons to be involved in Relay For Life, and that her personal reasons for committment have continued to grow in the past year. Bush said, “It seems every day the news comes of another cancer diagnosis or even worse another battle lost.”
Bush said that during the 2019 event supporters have an opportunity to be “much bigger than ourselves” and “touch the lives of people we may never meet or ever know”.
“If we all give of ourselves till there’s no more to give then we’ll know that every bit of effort put out was worth it when a fighter and family hears, “you’re cancer free!” noted Bush.
Upcoming events for the 2019 Relay For Life in Washington and Holmes counties are as follows:
- Feb. 19th – Love a Survivor Team Party at 6 p.m. at Doctors Memorial Hospital Cafeteria in Bonifay.
- March 19th – Caregiver Celebration at 6 p.m. (Location to be announced.)
- April 8th – 12th – Paint the Counties Purple
- April 8th – Survivor Dinner at Shiloh Baptist Church south of Chipley at 6 p.m.
- April 12th – Relay For Life at Pals Park in Chipley from 6 p.m. until midnight.
The Relay for Life team members in Washington and Holmes counties will be reaching out to individuals, businesses, churches and other organizations in their attempt to raise $60,000 during the 2019 Relay For Life campaign.
You still have time to join a Relay For Life team and participate in the 2019 Washington/Holmes Relay For Life event. Contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 for more information.