2018 Relay for life

Page 6 2018 RELAY FOR LIFE MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JUNE 27, 2018 On Saturday, June 16, the Annual Relay for Life was held in the Jack Nutt Arena at Lincoln College. Since 1998, the Relay for Life has been held in Lincoln, with local teams raising thousands of dollars each year. This year, the Master of Ceremonies was Cameron Kurtz, who said the Relay for Life sheds some light on cancer and helps to make a difference in the fight against cancer. Kurtz said the money raised continues to help people save lives through research to find cancer’s causes and cures, access to screening, early detection, and treatment for everyone. Some services provided to the community are the Road to Recovery Rides, which helps cancer patients get rides to and from medical appointments and the Look Good/ Feel Good Wig Program, which helps with the appearance related effects of cancer treatments. In addition, Hope Lodge provides lodging during treatments, and Breast Cancer Support and online communities provide support and education. This year’s event began with a ribbon cutting ceremony as Nila Smith, who represented the LDN ribbon cut crew, welcomed everyone. Smith asked everyone to picture cancer as a game of Blackjack and the Blackjack dealer is playing with a stacked deck. Smith said thanks to the hard work of the Logan County Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society, we are learning how to count cards, and the day is going to come when the conversation changes from that Blackjack dealer saying, “I can’t lose” to us saying to cancer, “you can’t win.” Helping with the ribbon cutting were Lincoln Mayor Seth Goodman, Lincoln Alderman Rick Hoefle, Lincoln Daily News’s Ribbon Cut Team’s Karen Hargis and Roy Logan; Event Lead Cyra Buttell; and Honorary Co-Chairs Jolene Fellers and Amy Weidhuner. 2018 Relay for Life aims to ‘Kick Cancer Out of the Game’ Continued u By Angela Reiners