Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006
This year the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity urges participants to sign up online at or for the "Relay for Life" scheduled Saturday, April 8, from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. at the Harold Burry Track.
"Once you reach the relay site, you go to 'start a team' of your own or 'join a team,'" said William Rosengarth, a junior public relations major from New Wilmington. "Last year we raised just under $21,000, and this year our goal is $24,000."
Alpha Sigma Phi started this event to honor the memory of Dr. Peter Macky, a professor who died of cancer nine years ago and was close to many of the students and staff at ¾¨Ó㴫ý. The fraternity has raised nearly $170,000 over the past eight years.
The concept behind Relay for Life involves teams of 8-15 people taking turns walking or running around the track, relay-style, for 12 straight hours. Each team member is asked to raise donations to support the American Cancer Society's services, programs, and research.
The event features a cancer survivor walk, a luminary ceremony at night where the track is outlined with light to honor cancer survivors or memorialize loved ones lost to cancer.
Contact Rosengarth at (724) 699-1104 or e-mail rosengwq@westminster.edu to sign up a team the old-fashion way or become a sponsor.
