Pembroke
Day was a time for food, decorations and music for many. However, Lauren Grow,
chair of the Relay for Life Committee and others of the Relay for Life head
committee used the event to raise awareness and money for Relay for Life.
Relay
for Life is a 24 hour event that many students raise money for throughout the
year. According to Grow Relay for Life is an organization that helps raise
money and awareness for cancer.
The
group was located between the library and water feature. The booth was
decorated with a Relay for Life sign, purple pom-poms and balloons.
Participants
that came by the booth were offered advice on how to register for Relay for
Life and were given information about it. The dates for this year’s Relay for
Life will be April 13 and 14. The theme is going to be board games.
“We
decided to do board games this years because for the last two to three years
it’s been all about TV shows and movies. We wanted to shake it up a little bit and
board games was the theme that we could list the most things under,” Grow said.
The
participants were also given a chance to buy a raffle for $1. The raffle will
be what is known as a “fifty, fifty raffle” where the winner of the raffle gets
half the money raised from the ticket sales and the rest go to Relay for Life.
The drawing is set to be on Oct. 10 at the “Kicks for Cancer” soccer
game.
About
20 people bought raffle tickets during Pembroke day.
“I
wish we would have had a different table. Lots of people said that they didn’t
even see me sitting at the table. Overall though, it was a successful day. We
told a lot of people about Relay and hopefully it will raise our participants,”
Grow said.
Last
year UNCP’s Relay for Life had 30 teams and around 400 participants. Together
all the participants raised over %40,000.
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