Coachman Park in downtown Clearwater will be the official host site to hundreds of community volunteers that will be rockin’ and walkin’ from 6 p.m. May 7 to noon on May 8 during the 15th annual Clearwater Relay For Life event themed Rock on the Water, Cancer is a Beach!
The Clearwater Relay volunteer committee hit the track running after hosting its annual kick-off party at the Belleview Biltmore Country Club in November where 15 teams signed on including PostcardMania, Clearwater Beach Hyatt, The Oaks of Clearwater, Sunscreen Film Festival Committee, Clearwater Highschool and many more.
Over the past few months, Clearwater Relay has received generous support from local businesses. Abe Moussa, proprietor of Mugs on Missouri, hosted a Clearwater Relay fundraiser in December joined by Special Ed from Wild 94.1. Abe donated a portion of the evening’s restaurant sales. Special Ed sold copies of his Scary Karaoke Show CD and donated 100 percent of the proceeds. In total, nearly $2000 was raised for Clearwater Relay at this single benefit.
In addition to local business donations, this year’s Clearwater Relay teams significantly stepped up their fundraising goals. Take for instance the Oaks of Clearwater retirement community that to date has raised a whopping $10,000 and show no signs of retreating anytime soon.
With the largest campout of the year approaching, Clearwater Relay for Life committee members are busy prepping for next week’s event. The schedule is packed with activities such as Sunrise Yoga with celebrity yoga instructor Megan Brazil; Tai Chi classes and demonstrations; Zumba dance classes; poetry workshops; onsite team fundraisers; luminary ceremony to honor those taken by cancer; silent auctions benefiting the American Cancer Society; and, vocal performances by special guest Broadway and Beyond.
The 2010 Clearwater Relay For Life event is sure to please, entertain and help raise much-needed funding and awareness for the fight against cancer. Visitors are welcome to partake in activities and entrance is free. Come celebrate with hundreds of volunteers at next week’s Relay!
About Relay For Life:
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in a communities across the globe a change to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved one’s lost and fight back against the disease. Relay began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Washington, ran and walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Since then, Relay has grown from a single man’s passion to fight cancer into the world’s largest movement to end the disease. Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the United States, along with additional communities in 20 other countries, gather to take part in the global phenomenon and raise much-needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer.
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If you would like more information on the Clearwater Relay for Life event, please contact Patty Riddle at patty.riddle@cancer.org or 727-812-7025 or visit www.relayforlife.org/clearwaterfl.
