Monday, April 14, 2014

Service: Relay for Life

Members of TEAM walked/ran on the Field House track at Utah State University from 7 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday to show support for cancer research and prevention.

TEAM members playing cards
while others are on the track
During the event, known as Relay for Life (a national program), at least one TEAM member had to be on the track at all times. While some paired up to walk around the track, others chose to run it alone. During breaks, they would socialize and play games. There were also various stands set up where they could buy food, drinks and photo opportunities. Money from those purchases — as well as to enter the event — went to the American Cancer Society.

Morgan Butler running the track.
By 10:30 p.m., he had run 5 miles.
Morgan Butler, a Logan High School senior, said he decided to attend the event because it is an important cause. 

"It helps them," Butler said. "It's not for you. It's for someone else, someone that needs help. 

Liberty Lucas, the Wilson Elementary School site coordinator, said it was the high school students in TEAM who decided that the event would be worth doing. 

Liberty Lucas and her husband passing
time on their electronic devices.
"We brought it up to the kids, and they said that they would love to be in this fundraising opportunity for cancer," Lucas said. "We're always looking for service projects and this is just one of them that we took a special interest in."

By the end of the event TEAM had ran/walk 99.5 miles for cancer.

Cancer doesn't sleep and neither did we! 

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