Stand Up Against Cancer April 15, 2011
Posted by Marina in : Fun Events, Informational Events, Spring 2011 , trackback
For the first time, the Stevenson University community is hosting Relay For Life to benefit the American Cancer Society. The overnight event will take place Friday, April 15 and run through Saturday, April 16, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Festivities will be held in Stevenson’s Owings Mills campus gymnasium, located on 10945 Boulevard Circle in Owings Mills, Maryland.
Students, staff and faculty members will sacrifice a night of sleep to participate in teams where they will walk the gym in support of Relay for Life. Additionally, there will be free food and a myriad of entertainment and fundraising activities in which off duty team members can participate. Each team, representing a different club, organization, or department at Stevenson, will be walking to raise money for cancer research and Relay for Life.
Registration for these teams will remain open until the start of Relay For Life, and is open to the entire Baltimore community. The participants need only pay a minimum donation of $10, which serves as a registration fee, and can join an existing team, create a new team, or participate individually. Registration can be completed at http://www.relayforlife.org/StevensonUniversity.
Once participants enter the gym, they can leave and re-enter at their leisure until midnight, when re-admission will be closed.
Prior to the event, Stevenson is hosting a free reception for cancer survivors and their caregivers, from 5-6 p.m. in the Brown School of Business. Those interested in attending must pre-register by calling or emailing Nick Farano at 516-710-5842 or by e-mail: nfarano@stevenson.edu.
Relay For Life is an American Cancer Society-sponsored event that brings communities together around the globe to create awareness and raise funds for cancer research. “Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events up to 24 hours in length,” according to the organization’s website.
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