Friday, February 1, 2013
The first ever Relay for Life in the Smyrna-Vinings area is kicking off this weekend. Find out how you can participate and help fight cancer.
This week's Cobb, Douglas and Paulding Weekend & Community Spotlight features the Relay for Life Vinings-Smyrna Kickoff Party. The kickoff event will be held this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Hyatt Place Atlanta/Cobb Galleria. The actual Relay for Life event will be held in May at The Lovett School. To sign up, start a team, or donate, visit http://RelayForLife.org/ViningsSmyrnaGA. For more information, check out this Facebook page, send a tweet to @ForBirthdays, or contact Amy Haygood at Amy.Haygood@cancer.org.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Enjoy fun festivities with family and friends while supporting a good cause and people who are fighting cancer.
This week's Cobb, Douglas and Paulding Weekend & Community Spotlight features the Paulding County Relay for Life Kickoff. The festivities will start 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Paulding County Senior Center, 54 Industrial Way North, Dallas. Groups of eight or more are asked to RSVP to Debbie Freeman at debbie.freeman@cancer.org or 770-429-1624. Got a great event coming up in your community? Upload it onto your Patch, then email Editor Angela Chao at angela.chao@patch.com, and your event could be featured in the next Weekend & Community Spotlight on Patch sites across Cobb, Douglas and Paulding counties.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Students, teachers, staff and parents at the East Cobb elementary school actively participated in the cancer fundraiser.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Relay for Life is an annual fund-raiser from the American Cancer Society. Each year teams are formed and challenged to raise as much money as they can before the actual event (which is always held the Friday before Mother's Day at Jim Miller Park). Teams spend an evening together to celebrate cancer survivors and to remember those that have passed from this tragic disease. Members from each team walk the track as part of the event. Special activities, music and food are also a part of the evening's festivities. The Tritt Elementary School team worked to collect donations throughout the school year, first reaching out to the faculty and staff. The United For A Cure t-shirt sale became the school's Thursday uniform and was a huge success…
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Will Mathison of Hightower Trail Middle School has been honored for his work assisting the Relay for Life team at Shallowford Falls Elementary.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Hightower Trail Middle School student Will Mathison has been included in the 21st Century Leaders Class of 2011 student leaders. Mathison, a sixth-grader at the East Cobb School and the son of Brett and Liz Mathison, was honored for his community service in donating more than $3,000 to Shallowford Falls Elementary School’s Relay for Life team, which benefits the American Cancer Society. The 20 students selected from the state of Georgia by the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 Under 40 alumni are outstanding youth committed to making an impact in their communities and serve as a positive example to others. Will, who is a self-published author, has just finished his second book in the five-book series, The Battles of Liolia: The Inferno of …
