{"id":25821,"date":"2015-06-09T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=25821"},"modified":"2015-06-09T06:00:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T10:00:06","slug":"relay-for-life-almost-doubles-fundraising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=25821","title":{"rendered":"Relay for Life almost doubles fundraising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_112105\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RelayForLife-300x168.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112105\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1121052\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"RelayForLife\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RelayForLife-300x168.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-112105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Relay for Life participants on track at Unionville High School, during the event this past weekend.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 The Kennett \u2013 Unionville Relay for Life concluded Saturday morning, June 6, with more 400 people having participated and raising over $60,000.\u00a0\u00a0 This was an increase of over 60% in participants and over 70% in funds raised from last year.\u00a0 All the funds raised support the American Cancer Society\u2019s research and patient support programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe spread of ages among the top three fund-raising teams demonstrates this was a total community event.\u201d said Jen Dresser, one of the event organizers.\u00a0 \u201cThe first two teams in fund raising, Team Hope and Team Life, were organized by students and the third team was Kendal-Crosslands Communities.\u00a0 Clearly that covers a wide age range and mix of our local community residents.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The fourteen hour Relay event included support from local organizations such as the Kennett Area Y, which provided instructors to lead Zumba, Hula Hoop and other classes on the infield of the Unionville High School track.\u00a0 The Kennett and Unionville School District administrators closed out the Relay with a free community breakfast for everyone, whether they walked the track or not.<\/p>\n<p>Other activities included the Survivor\u2019s lap which recognizes those in the community who are in treatment or have beaten cancer, and the luminaria lap, which recognizes those who have lost their fight with cancer.\u00a0 Thanks to the good weather, hundreds stayed to camp overnight when they took a break from walking the track.<\/p>\n<p>One unique addition this year was a father and daughter team who ran 50 miles each within the 14 hours of the event.\u00a0 They are preparing for an upcoming marathon and used the Relay to test their preparedness while raising funds for the American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n<p>Donations can still be made to the Kennett \u2013 Unionville Relay for Life through August by going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relayforlife.org\/PAkennettunionville\">www.relayforlife.org\/PAkennettunionville<\/a>.\u00a0 One participating organization, the Longwood Rotary Club, has not closed out its fundraising efforts yet.\u00a0 They still have several weeks of \u201cflocking\u201d households with their flocks of pink flamingos.\u00a0 \u201cEvery \u201cflocking\u201d has been paid for by a friend of that family, so we can\u2019t stop until we have finished all those ordered\u201d said Dawn Talley.\u00a0 \u201cThis was a far more successful and fun way to raise funds than we imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 The Kennett \u2013 Unionville Relay for Life concluded Saturday morning, June 6, with more 400 people having participated and raising over $60,000.\u00a0\u00a0 This was an increase of over 60% in participants and over 70% in funds raised from last year.\u00a0 All the funds raised support the American Cancer Society\u2019s research and patient 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