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Relay for Life a success
13 October 2009
By Jasmine Wardjourno3@jimboombatimes.com.au HOPE is such a small word, but it has such great meaning in the context of the Jimboomba Cancer Council Relay for Life. It is the hope for a cancer-free world that attracts hundreds of people to the Hills College sports grounds each year to ‘Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back’. However it is the funds raised from such an event that allow cancer patients, their family members and friends to have hope for a future. This year, Jimboomba Relay for Life raised more than $40,000 for Cancer Council Queensland, each dollar going towards vital medical research and support services for the one in two men and one in three women in Queensland diagnosed each year with cancer. Jimboomba Relay for Life chairwoman Di Dixon said this year’s event was the best yet. “The 2009 Relay for Life has been the best and most successful relay since we started five years ago,” she said. “With 32 teams and with funds still being banked by teams, we will have raised over $40,000 from our community and that is amazing especially in tough times. “The funds raised will go to the Cancer Council to help in the fight to beat cancer and to investigate new ways to prevent and detect and treat cancer.” Ms Dixon said once again the spirit of the Jimboomba community shone bright at relay. “The atmosphere was brilliant, the true feeling of all being together for the same cause was amazing, what a great community we have,” she said. Jimboomba Cancer Council chairwoman Ada Banks said the fifth annual Jimboomba fundraising event kept true to the three key elements of Relay for Life. The Shay’s Pharmacy team (highest fundraiser), Jimboomba Pharmacy ‘Drug Runners’ (best team theme), Team Fight Back (best themed campsite) and Kamazaee Karers (kookiest letterbox) were also recognised. This year’s relay closed with a colourful display of hope when more than 400 balloons were released to the heavens, symbolic of the spirits of those lost to cancer |
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