Joining hands to fight cancer

Coleman and Sarah are close to the end of school. They get out June 5th. Today the had their Relay For Life day. Their school spend about two months raising money for the Relay For Life Foundation. They have fundraisers and bring in your loose change. The balloons in the picture above can be bought in memory of or honor of someone the kids new who had cancer. They released the balloons at the end of the day. The school makes a track to walk on and from the start of the day to the end of the day a least one of the classes where walking the field all day. They also make t-shirts in the past they have been tie died. This year they did hand prints around the saying joining hands to fight cancer.


The rest of the day is spent playing games and having fun. I volunteered in the morning with Sarah's class and in the afternoon with Coleman's class. In Sarah's class there is a girl named Brittney who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of two. She had to go through chemotherapy at two. Because she was so young most of her hair will never grow in. Brittney also lives in our park. It was a hot day to be outside all day. I did get a bit sun burnt. They started raising money for Relay For Life at the beginning of May. The school set goals for the children. I believe that the kids really wanted to see their principal kiss a pig. The students met every goal. The principal Mr. Roth and a teacher Mr. Toll had to kiss a pig. Mr. Roth also had to shave his head. Another teacher Mrs. Duncan had 8 pies to the face.

Sarah's school program was last Tuesday. I love going to those kind of things. See the picture of the week. The quoted a poem "My Elephant Thinks I'm Wonderful". I think that was my favorite part.