06
AUGUST 2012
service
Jenny Cheung
Pierce College
Relay For Life, an event sponsored by American Cancer Society,
is dedicated to help raise funds towards cancer research as well as
commemorating those who have
lost a loved one to cancer, survived
cancer, has cancer, or knows someone in that situation. It was truly an
amazing event for our members and
our board. We had all levels of our
local K-Fam participate in the event
and really helped us learn and grow.
For the majority of the event,
our club held a bake sale and participated in a lot of club bonding
activities with El Camino Real High
School Key Club, our Kiwanis, and
Relay for Life
CSUN Circle K members. We played
lots of games, did icebreakers, even
had an epic water balloon fight pitting one team against the other to
much of our amusement. It was fun
getting to know everyone not just as
members, but as just as people on a
deeper level.
During the luminary ceremony, a
slideshow was shown, and people
gave stories and shared their experiences on how cancer had affected
their lives. We were then asked to
walk a lap around the track in silence
and look at the names represented
on the side of the track. The lap was
very emotional as it hit a lot of our
members very hard. After the lap,
we all huddled together and talked
about our experiences and gave
each other a shoulder to cry on. After all of this we knew we were all
family and knew we were all here for
one another. Through all the tears
and hugs, we broke into a large
game of capture and flag and ended
the night talking and sharing stories.
The event was a huge success as
it was a club changing event. This
event brought us closer than ever
and will continue to strive through
the coming months not as a club,
but as a family.