Nearly 70 people showed up for the Southern Ocean American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life kickoff party on Wednesday, Feb. 13 – the perfect date for the group’s 13th annual theme: Lucky 13.
About 20 teams, consisting of both first-year and former participants, signed up that night to take part in the Relay for Life, which generally takes place every year overnight at the Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin. This year’s relay will take place on Friday, May 31, from 3 p.m. to midnight only.
Committee members, dressed in superstition-themed costumes, including a black cat, presented a light-hearted skit at the beginning of the event, which took place at the Holiday Inn, located on Route 72 in Manahawkin. Elisheva Chamblin, the group’s co-chairwoman and a 20-year breast cancer survivor, wore her pajamas inside-out while she read a poem she had written specifically for the performance.
“This year, because of budget problems, we’re not going to do it overnight. So we tried to accommodate things,” said Chamblin. “We’re not going to have tents. Instead of decorating them and getting spirit points, we’re going to ask every team to make a banner with their theme. All the survivors will judge the best banner,” she explained.
This year’s survivor dinner will take place at 5 p.m. The opening ceremony will begin at 7 p.m., and the luminaria observance will take place at 9 p.m. The closing “fight back” ceremony will commence at 11 p.m.
Participants are asked to RSVP for the affair with the American Cancer Society at http://www.relayforlife.org/index, where information also is available.
Team captain meetings will be held prior to the event in the library of SRHS at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, March 19, April 16 and May 14.
This article was published in The SandPaper.
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