2008 Woodie Awards
Community Dedicates 24 Hours For Hope, Rememberance
Elizabeth Agobian
Issue date: 4/27/05 Section: Life
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The Glendora Community and beyond will celebrate life and create hope Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m to 9 a.m., at the Citrus College football stadium track in the Relay for Life.
Relay for Life is an overnight event created by the American Cancer Society that raises funds to aid cancer research in hopes of one day finding a cure. In 2002, California Relay for Life events raised more than $15.2 million for the fight against cancer, contributed from 141 communities throughout California.
Civic, organizations, school districts, friends, families and co-workers create teams who commit to keeping at least one member walking the track the entire 24 hours of the eve..
The Citrus College team captains include Dr. Michael Hurtado, dean of continuing education, Tom Gerfen, interim dean of business/CIS, Vicki Taylor, secretary of behavioral/social sciences, Terrence Damron, dean of science and engineering and Marilyn Collins, director of health occupations.
"The whole point of this event is to help aid cancer research to help those who suffer from the disease, but we still have a lot of fun with it," Hurtado said. "There are a lot of people here at Citrus who really care about others more than themselves, and their all here for the right reasons."
Citrus College has two teams that will be walking in the event, one from cosmetology and one composed of Citrus College staff, faculty and administration, named CSEA.
According to Damron, last year the Relay was held at Louie Pompei Memorial Park in the city of Glendora, but there were many concerns regarding safety and security for the participants.
Upon request from event coordinators, Dr. Michael J. Viera, superintendent/president of Citrus College, agreed to have Citrus College host the event.
"The American Cancer Society doubled its revenue in last years Relay for Life largely due to the more hospitable surroundings at Citrus College," Damron said.
The relay honors cancer survivors in the opening ceremonies by inviting them to take the first lap around the track, the Survivors Lap, a celebration of their victory over the disease. The survivors are also given t-shirts and medals to signify their courageous battle and victory.
Relay for Life is an overnight event created by the American Cancer Society that raises funds to aid cancer research in hopes of one day finding a cure. In 2002, California Relay for Life events raised more than $15.2 million for the fight against cancer, contributed from 141 communities throughout California.
Civic, organizations, school districts, friends, families and co-workers create teams who commit to keeping at least one member walking the track the entire 24 hours of the eve..
The Citrus College team captains include Dr. Michael Hurtado, dean of continuing education, Tom Gerfen, interim dean of business/CIS, Vicki Taylor, secretary of behavioral/social sciences, Terrence Damron, dean of science and engineering and Marilyn Collins, director of health occupations.
"The whole point of this event is to help aid cancer research to help those who suffer from the disease, but we still have a lot of fun with it," Hurtado said. "There are a lot of people here at Citrus who really care about others more than themselves, and their all here for the right reasons."
Citrus College has two teams that will be walking in the event, one from cosmetology and one composed of Citrus College staff, faculty and administration, named CSEA.
According to Damron, last year the Relay was held at Louie Pompei Memorial Park in the city of Glendora, but there were many concerns regarding safety and security for the participants.
Upon request from event coordinators, Dr. Michael J. Viera, superintendent/president of Citrus College, agreed to have Citrus College host the event.
"The American Cancer Society doubled its revenue in last years Relay for Life largely due to the more hospitable surroundings at Citrus College," Damron said.
The relay honors cancer survivors in the opening ceremonies by inviting them to take the first lap around the track, the Survivors Lap, a celebration of their victory over the disease. The survivors are also given t-shirts and medals to signify their courageous battle and victory.