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CUP’s Relay for Life effort raises $47,000

Clarion University volleyball players (from left) senior Lauryn Driscoll of Pittsburgh, junior Julia Holden of Cleveland, junior Chrissy Cotton of Cleveland and sophomore Aubry Ohlson of Cleveland represented their team at the annual campus Relay for Life event March 29. The women were selling 25-cent dog kisses from Buddy (center), Holden's 12-year-old black lab, to raise money for the American Cancer Society. (Submitted photo)

Posted By: ClarionExtra.com April 4, 2019

From staff reports

In the quest to obliterate cancer, Clarion University obliterated its fundraising record at last weekend’s Relay for Life.

The event, in its 18th year, raised $47,743, which is $5,000 more than the previous record, set last year.

“I think the overwhelming success of this event speaks to the fact that Clarion University students can and do make a difference, both locally and regionally,” said Kenneth Staub, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders and faculty advisor for Relay for Life/Colleges Against Cancer.

“The committee, comprised of a diverse group of students, staged an 18-hour event that far exceeded all financial goals,” continued Staub. “That speaks to their commitment to bringing awareness to a health concern that affects everybody and to raising funds which, in the short and long term, can help improve quality of life.”

The Relay, held in the Student Recreation Center, involved a cross-section of the university community: athletic teams, fraternities, sororities, service clubs, professional organizations and individuals.

The 18-hour walk was filled with music, contests and games to involve participants.

Survivorship and Luminaria ceremonies honored those who have survived the disease and memorialized those who have been lost.

Relay for Life is the main volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society.

Originating in the United States, Relay for Life has spread to 21 countries.

Although the main objective is to raise money for cancer research and cancer patients, the event is held to spread cancer awareness, celebrate the lives of survivors, remember those who lost their lives to cancer, and unite a community in the fight against cancer.

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