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Wednesday, April 25, 2018
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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MEGHAN KIMBERLINGI DESIGN CHIEF
Relay for Life rings in $75K for cancer research
Elon’s fifth annual Relay for Life brings
students together and raises $75,000
for the American Cancer Society
Nina Fleck
Copy Chief I (5)eionnewsnetwork
Elon University’s fifth annual Relay for
Life fundraiser raised roughly $75,000 for
American Cancer Society (ACS), accord
ing to Marisa Palumbo, the ACS commu
nity development manager for the South
east region.
Survivors, fighters, caregivers and
those who have lost their lives to cancer
were honored for 12 hours straight on
Friday, April 20.
Cancer patients don’t stop because
they re tired, and for one night, neither do
Relay for Life’s website reads.
Forty teams of Elon rganizations, in
cluding Colleges Against Cancer (CAC),
sororities, fraternities, club sports, the ad
missions office, Inter-Residence Council,
Campus Recreation and other clubs par
ticipated in the event.
“My favorite thing was probably the
amount of support from other organiza
tions,” said freshman Johanna Giordano,
who lost her mother to ovarian cancer
seven years ago. “I love how involved they
were and I loved how each organization
had a table for fundraising.”
Aside from fundraising before and
during the event, the organizations partic
ipated by circling the Phoenix Activities
and Recreation Center’s (PARC) interior
hundreds of times, listening to attendees’
stories and cracking glow sticks in honor
of those affected by cancer.
Dr. Michele Parker, who specializes in
family medicine, is the mother of soph
omore Mikaela Mutchler and spoke to
the crowd about her experience fighting
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o nn AV I P attendants decorated lummeers with names of survivors, fighters, caregivers and those who have
oGG KtLAY I pg. b lost their lives to cancer, which lined the track during the event April 20.
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dean for first time
LIFESTYLE • PAGE 10
New trail to open lo
minutes from Eton’s
campus
SPORTS • PAGE 14
Jimmy Powell Tennis
Center hosts CAA
Championships