Jumbled thoughts. Needs revising. Only 3 people besides me can read this. It's horrible. I'm dying. It NEEDS to get done.
"Relay! We love it! All 18 hours of it!" Truer words have never been chanted. On March 13th, as of 4pm, Relay for Life 2009 had begun - Trojan NHSers, Sorrota girls, and some other stragglers arrived at the campsite read to pitch tent after tent, to set up the elaborate pillars and curtains all for HML's "Greece" theme, as this years event was called " Around the world in 18 hours" [NEED TO ACTUALLY CHECK], making sure that the food was on scene, making sure everyone was checked in, ready for the next 18 hours of nonstop activity. At 7pm, the opening ceremony dedicated to survivors of the disease{CHECK} was the opener for the night, and everyone gathered to look up at these brave women and men, all survivors, all strong. "My eyes watered, my throat locked, as i watched survivor after survivor walk up to the stage, they had won the battle and were lucky to be there with us," says Santiago Sanchez, sophomore and first timer at Relay for Life.
Relay for Life is a charity event that raises funds for the American Cancer Society, specifically though for the treatment and research of breast cancer. This event is hosted every year in various different cities and locations, the site of ours being at Walter C. Young recreational center, Pembroke Pines. In 2007, Joshua Lee, a junior here at H-ML, introduced the fundraiser as a form of mass community service for the NHS nerds, and as a way to help out even more. On March 13ths,
"Relay! We love it! All 18 hours of it!" Truer words have never been chanted. On March 13th, as of 4pm, Relay for Life 2009 had begun - Trojan NHSers, Sorrota girls, and some other stragglers arrived at the campsite read to pitch tent after tent, to set up the elaborate pillars and curtains all for HML's "Greece" theme, as this years event was called " Around the world in 18 hours" [NEED TO ACTUALLY CHECK], making sure that the food was on scene, making sure everyone was checked in, ready for the next 18 hours of nonstop activity. At 7pm, the opening ceremony dedicated to survivors of the disease{CHECK} was the opener for the night, and everyone gathered to look up at these brave women and men, all survivors, all strong.
"My eyes watered, my throat locked, as i watched survivor after survivor walk up to the stage, they had won the battle and were lucky to be there with us," says Santiago Sanchez, sophomore and first timer at Relay for Life.
Relay for Life is a charity event that raises funds for the American Cancer Society, specifically though for the treatment and research of breast cancer. This event is hosted every year in various different cities and locations, the site of ours being at Walter C. Young recreational center, Pembroke Pines. In 2007, Joshua Lee, a junior here at H-ML, introduced the fundraiser as a form of mass community service for the NHS nerds, and as a way to help out even more. On March 13ths,
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