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If you've ever asked yourself what the significance of the American Cancer Society's annual fundraising event, Relay for Life, means to your community, after reading this article, you'll know just why and how your local community's banners on Relay For Life made their way to Capitol Hill in 2006 and were linked together to build The Wall of Hope monument September 19th and 20th of 2006 in Washington D.C.
First, banners on Relay for Life attracted attention, not only to ACS's need for continued funds in the battle for a cure for cancer, but they brought the community together in a common cause by uniting corporations, schools, children, medical personnel, and families of those lost to cancer, as well as survivors of the disease themselves, to make their way all the way to Congress, and, with one voice, ask Congress to stand by its commitments to fund cancer research. Here's how:
- For cancer research funding, corporations and companies sponsor ACS Relay for Life events to raise funds and participate in a cause instrumental to the reputation of ACS in the battle for prevention, awareness, and cures for cancer, which then gives corporations and companies public recognition and exposure to the local community. Some fundraisers for the event go all the way with touting the event to corporations and businesses, because their sponsorships are critical to fundraising. Here's some really good tips on the benefits and organizational aspects of the event locally, which stresses the importance of banners on Relay For Life: http://www.milfordrelay.org/corp_sponsorship.php.
- Nobody's left out, when it comes to the impact of cancer on people's lives. You can see how one community banded together, with all elements of their population communicating on the importance of the event. Here, the children made their own banners on Relay for Life. We must not forget that cancer affects kids, too, whether it's a family member of theirs that has the disease or they have the disease themselves: http://www.windhamrelayforlife.org/relay_what_2.html.
- At this site, we learn the significance of the signatures upon the banners on Relay for Life, where a medical school bands together to gain as many signatures as possible to send their banner to Washington D.C. : https://www.nahealth.com/pa_data/vvmc/pressrelease.aspx?ID=714. Too, we learn just how important it is for us to keep in mind how many American families are impacted by cancer.
- Finally, the significance of the Wall of Hope monument in Washington D.C. details the importance of banners on Relay for Life for 2006. This is where the efforts of many people across the country comes together in one place and their voices are heard with one voice in Washington, those lost to cancer are honored and those who have survived it place their hopes.
If you think that the importance of banners on Relay for Life influenced the nation in 2006, you're right, and their importance will be carried on into the Relay for Life events planned for 2007.
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