On Saturday April 21 the University of Oklahoma will hold an
event to help fight pancreatic cancer called Relay for Life. This relay will
earn money that will go towards cancer research and awareness.
Along with earning money, the relay will celebrate the lives
of people that have survived cancer and also remember those who have perished
because of the terrible disease. The relay will have many teams with numerous
people on each team. The goal is to keep at least one person from each team on
the track walking around the entire time to show that cancer never sleeps.
Before the race begins there is a survival lap where cancer
survivors walk around and show the victories they have achieved over cancer. In
most Relays’ for Life there is a Luminaria Ceremony, which happens after dark
where they honor people who have died from cancer.
University of Oklahoma freshman, Logan Eller is
participating in Relay for Life this year.
“I decided to do relay for life because one of my sorority sisters was
very involved in it. She was not personally affected by pancreatic cancer but 3
of her family members have passed away because of it. More importantly she lost
her mom this year to pancreatic cancer,” Eller said.
Eller also thinks that it will be something that she will
continue to be involved with in throughout her life.
“I think I will continue to participate in Relay for Life because the
money goes to a good cause and so many people are affected by this disease but
not many people are aware of what it is,” Eller said.
Logan Eller
Relay for Life Participant
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