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BY JEFF HORVATH<\/strong>
\n Times-Shamrock Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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At the recent Mini-Relay for Life at Elk Lake Elementary School, organizer Lou Hicks and Captain Brooke Arnold get in the spirit of a chicken dance to help raise funds to fight cancer.<\/p><\/div>\n

Just about everyone has been affected by the disease of cancer, either as one who has personally battled the disease, or who have witnessed friends, family members, and co-workers struggle to overcome it.<\/p>\n

Perhaps this is why, time and again, when given the opportunity to fight cancer, so many rise to the occasion.<\/p>\n

When the Elk Lake Elementary School held its eleventh annual mini-Relay for Life on Saturday, Nov. 14, school organizers expected their fifth and sixth graders to do just that, but they never expected just how successful this year\u2019s event would be when it came to raising money.<\/p>\n

In only about one month 47 different Elk Lake fifth and sixth graders asked friends, family, and local businesses to donate to the cause of stomping out cancer, and, along with revenue collected from the sale<\/p>\n

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Principal Mark Weisgold takes a pie in the face.<\/p><\/div>\n

of remembrance cards, they were able to raise over $20,000 for the American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a very generous staff, a great community, and students who are go-getters,\u201d said kindergarten teacher Lou Hicks, one of the relay\u2019s organizers. \u201cEveryone understands how important it is to fight this disease, and the students know that they can make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

And make a difference they have, and not only this year.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s mini-relay at Elk Lake brought in $14,000, and Hicks said that they\u2019ve increased every year since the annual event started more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t know we were going to reach that $20,000 goal,\u201d Hicks added, \u201cand when we did there were tears of joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the event, which took place in the elementary gym, attendees participated in a luminaria ceremony, a staple of Relay for Life, with glow sticks. It was a sign of solidarity in support of those who are still fighting, and a way to honor those who those who have lost their lives to cancer.<\/p>\n

Many fun activities took place throughout the morning, such as a competitive game of musical carpet squares, a communal chicken dance, and various faculty members, including Principal Marc Weisgold, getting hit in the face with whipped-cream pies.<\/p>\n

The pies were an added incentive for the students to raise money, as the opportunity to pie-your-Principal doesn\u2019t come around too often.<\/p>\n

According to Weisgold, the lessons learned through participating in an event like the mini-Relay for Life are the kinds you can\u2019t teach.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur kids are constantly being assessed in math, science, and reading, which are very important, but the kind of thing we did on Saturday will take them far in life, and it can\u2019t be measured by a test,\u201d Weisgold said. \u201cThese are the kinds of things that assess the heart, and our students are advanced in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n

What was by all accounts the most moving part of the relay, the survivors\u2019 walk, in which both cancer survivors and attendees did laps around the gym, embodied the theme of Relay for Life: that we will all keep fighting together until cancer is cured.<\/p>\n

More than 20 cancer survivors were on hand at the relay, and those who fought the disease valiantly yet still passed away as a result of cancer were in everyone\u2019s thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe survivors\u2019 walk is really something,\u201d said Hicks. \u201cYou have friends who have been coming every year since the beginning, and you can really feel the loss when someone hasn\u2019t made it thought the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we keep fighting,\u201d she added. \u201cIf we stop fighting then cancer wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elk Lake holds its annual mini-relay on the second Saturday of November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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