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 H-ML's "Greece" theme, as this years event was called " Around the world in 18 hours," 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 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 linked to the American Cancer Society, as it's main event. Relay offers an opportunity to everyone to help in the fight against cancer. It's an overnight event, up to 18 hours in lengths, where at least 1 representative from each team is walking at ALL times, the purpose of that being that cancer doesn't sleep, and we won't either until it's been obliterated. Relay for Life is meant to have us celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost to the disease, and fight back against a disease that has already taken too many, a disease that we desperately need to put an end to. Relay was introduced to the masses at H-ML by Joshua Lee in 2007, a junior at H-ML, and committee member for the Pembroke Pines Relay for two years now. It went on to become the National Honor Societies' major community service project for the year, engrossing Ms. Murray's time her first year as sponsor for the nerds.
"While it was tiring and at certain points seemed completely not fun, it was completely worth it. Especially the Ms. Relay Pageant," said Laurie Phillips, sophomore and first timer at Relay for Life.
"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 H-ML's "Greece" theme, as this years event was called " Around the world in 18 hours," 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 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 linked to the American Cancer Society, as it's main event. Relay offers an opportunity to everyone to help in the fight against cancer. It's an overnight event, up to 18 hours in lengths, where at least 1 representative from each team is walking at ALL times, the purpose of that being that cancer doesn't sleep, and we won't either until it's been obliterated. Relay for Life is meant to have us celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost to the disease, and fight back against a disease that has already taken too many, a disease that we desperately need to put an end to.
Relay was introduced to the masses at H-ML by Joshua Lee in 2007, a junior at H-ML, and committee member for the Pembroke Pines Relay for two years now. It went on to become the National Honor Societies' major community service project for the year, engrossing Ms. Murray's time her first year as sponsor for the nerds.
"While it was tiring and at certain points seemed completely not fun, it was completely worth it. Especially the Ms. Relay Pageant," said Laurie Phillips, sophomore and first timer at Relay for Life.
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