Get Your 'PURPLE' On!

Springville Orioles will host a Coaches vs. Cancer event to "Purple Out Cancer"

tonight, (1/15/2010) in partnership with Edgewood Colesburg. 

Boys/Girls Basketball Double Header

6:15 PM - January 15, 2009 at Springville High School

Purple Coaches vs Cancer t-shirts will be on sale for only $8.00. 

Contact Joe Martin for orders: jmartin@springville.k12.ia.us.

Purple HOPE wristbands will be on sale for $1.00 each

EVERYONE WEAR PURPLE!!

All proceeds from this night will go to the school's Relay for Life totals for their respective Linn County and Delaware County events held in June.  These funds go to the American Cancer Society to help in the fight against cancer.

Below is an overview of Relay for Life -

Back in 1985 a man in Tacoma, Washington who had seen too much suffering and too many loved ones lose their fights to cancer decided he was going to fight back. Dr. Gordy Klatt decided to walk/jog laps around a track. Friends would donate $25 to join him for 30 minutes. After 24 hours, after 83 miles, he raised $27,000. What he could not have known is that he was starting a worldwide movement that would grow to involve 3.5million people in 20 countries around the globe, who believe the same thing that he does-that hope in action can save lives.

HELP US MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

EVERY ONE OF US HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GET CANCER…AND THE POTENTIAL TO CURE IT!

The Coaches vs. Cancer program for high schools is designed to encourage school districts to become involved in the fight against cancer by recruiting student activity groups to help plan and execute school-related events that benefit Coaches vs. Cancer.

With students and faculty working together, even more can be accomplished.

Our January 15 event at Springville will be followed by a Mini-Relay for Life event to be held in April in the Springville High School gym. Funds from both events will go to Springville's totals for the Relay for Life of Linn County held June 4-5 at Kirkwood.

Because so may want to do their part to eliminate cancer we come together every year at Relay for Life. Together we continue to walk in the footsteps of one man, and every step brings us closer to the day when no one has to hear the words “you have cancer.”

On June 4-5 the American Cancer Society will be hosting the 21st Annual Relay for Life of Linn County. Over 150 teams from the Cedar Rapids community will come together at Kirkwood College's outdoor jogging track for 14 hours. Each team includes friends and co-workers who will walk or run (or just hang out)-- beginning at 7:00 p.m. Friday continuing through the night and finishing at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. These teams are from businesses, corporations, schools, churches, service organizations and neighborhood associations -all coming together with a common goal: to raise thousands of dollars in the fight against cancer. The Linn County Relay has been the #1 Relay in Iowa the past three years; raising a total of more than one million dollars in that time.

Why Relay? Why do people volunteer for the Relay committee? Why do we have so many teams? Why should YOU come out and experience Relay? Because cancer affects us all. (Do you know anyone who has not been hurt in some way by cancer?) Because I know I can make a difference.

Yes, I know the reality of this disease. It is a fact we must accept; with or without Relay, people will continue to get stricken with cancer. What we do not have to accept, what we must not accept is that we can do nothing about it. That's why Relay. Great strides have been made and the survival rate continues to climb. And there is every reason to believe that survivorship rates will continue to grow. We need to keep raising money for continued research, but Relay is much more than just raising money.

Why Relay? At Relay hundreds of people-old, young, cancer-free and cancer survivors- experience what Relay is all about: A community supporting people who have been afflicted with cancer. Survivors meting other survivors, the newly diagnosed meeting someone with the same form of cancer and comparing notes, finding someone to share with. Why Relay? Relay is the chance to celebrate with several hundred other participants and spectators. There will be excitement, fellowship, laughter, tears and celebration. Why Relay? Because of the sense of togetherness, that nothing is greater than family and friends, letting survivors knowing they are not alone. Why Relay? Relay is reassuring those who have lost loved ones to cancer that they have a support group and that those who lost their fight will never be forgotten.

Why Relay? Relay empowers everyone to fight back against cancer right in their own backyard. With each Relay I feel a new commitment to fight cancer.

Cancer affects everyone. That is why it is everyone's fight. Please join us January 15.

Sincerely,

Springville Basketball Coaches

Edgewood-Colesburg Basketball Coaches

American Cancer Society Staff & Volunteers