Relay For Life of Logan Co. approaches $1M goal

[May 24, 2013]  This is the 16th year of Relay For Life in Logan County, and 2013 will be a million-dollar milestone for the county as well. This year's participants will honor heroes past, present and future while on the Lincoln College campus track from 6 p.m. June 14 until 6 a.m. June 15. Cancer has created many heroes that participants will be remembering -- past survivors, present survivors and, until we find that cure, future survivors. Caregivers and those who give funds are also heroes.

By supporting Relay For Life of Logan County, volunteers are helping to save more lives faster -- another group of heroes. All Logan County residents are invited to join this year's Relay For Life in fighting for every birthday threatened by cancer.

It is not too late to join a team or start your own team: call Carolyn Motley, 732-8032. Co-chairs Amy Weidhuner, Tabatha Weidhuner and Nicole Lee invite anyone to join one of the 28 teams and help bring a cure to reality.

Currently the teams are Faith, Hope & Love, Walking Wonders, Jigglers, Walking for Robin, Railers Fighting Back, Purpose Driven People, St. Peter Lutheran, Brooklyn's Big Top, Northwest Wildcat Walkers, Lincoln Jaycees, Dellow Sisters, Dana's Team, St. John UCC Remembers, Friends Walking for a Cure, Lose for Others, Team Baptist, Bosom Buddies, Love*Live*Give, Team Walgreen, Angels All Around, Cadences Cancer Fighters, CEFCU, Ethel's Angels, Family Medical Center of Lincoln, Northern Lites, The Boomerangs and The Purple Dynamites.

Luminaria will again line the track at Lincoln College in honor of or in memory of the heroes being remembered. Team members have luminaria order forms, and Bill Post, 732-7564, will have the forms available before and during the event.

Invitations to the Survivor Dinner and details of the Relay For Life will be mailed to all survivors in early June.

New survivors are encouraged to register with Tonita Reifsteck, 732-9796 or 217-855-1645, so a survivor shirt and pin can be secured for them. Any survivor whose information or address has changed in the past year should also contact her.