When the sun came up over Lake Atalanta Park on Saturday morning more than 100 tired Relay for Life team members packed up their campsites and headed home. The overnight event raised over $31,000 for the American Cancer Society, chair Kathy Iles said, although the total is not official. In fact, donations are still coming in and will continue until August 31. »
As Beauty Bar hairstylist Alisa Wallace worked her scissors through 9-year-old Erica Eyler’s ponytails, Erica squeezed her eyes shut anxiously. »
Approximately 90 or more inches of hair will be donated to Locks of Love, an organization that makes hairpieces for children who have lost their hair because of illness, in a hair-cutting event at this year’s Relay for Life, Aug. 12-13. »
The tents have been packed away and the walkers have gone home, but the 2005 American Cancer Society Relays for Life in Porter County aren’t quite over. »
Patrick Healy heard about the American Cancer Society’s annual fundraiser a few years ago, but he participated for the first time this year to celebrate a decade of surviving prostate cancer. »