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Arlington Relay because it
has a special community
feel.”
Kahuski supports the
American Cancer Society
because it is the single largest
funder of cancer research.
“Since 1995,” she adds, “the
ACS has raised 5 billion—
that’s with a ‘b’—dollars to
fight cancer.”
Krista Pearce agreed to
captain
Lakeland
Elementary’s Team Spain —
the “Lakeland Leónes for
Jaxon Hindman,” (“leónes”
is Spanish for “lions”) — in
honor of her mother. Pearce
explains that when she was
approached by Lakeland
PTA president Cat Wright to
head the team, it was easy for
her to accept, although she
had never been to a Relay for
Life event.
“My mom’s birthday is
May 3—the date of this
year’s Relay—and it is also
the one year anniversary of
her being diagnosed for the
second time with breast
cancer,” Pearce states.
“My mom is a huge fan of
the American Cancer Society
because they give so much
more support to cancer
research than other
organizations,” she
continues. Pearce’s mother
plans to attend the Survivors
Dinner.
The Lakeland Elementary
School team was named in
honor of 12-year old Jaxon
Hindman, a former LES
student and Lakeland
resident who was recently
diagnosed with brain cancer.
“Cancer has touched us
all,” Pearce adds. “I’ve had
friends lose mothers; there’s
just got to be a better way” to
fight cancer.
At eleven years old, Haley
Pardue of Team France is
hands-down the youngest
team captain for Relay38002.
A three-year veteran of Relay
for Life, Pardue couldn’t find
a team to join when her
former team captain, mom
Cheryl Pardue, took a
position on the Relay 38002
organizing committee.
Pardue admits that there
have been “a lot” of
responsibilities with being a
team captain, including
monthly captains’ meetings,
recruiting volunteers and (her
favorite part) fundraising.
Since September, Pardue
has organized her 14
teammates—eight kids, six
adults—and raised almost
$3,900 through yard sales, a
“Cheesecakes for Cancer”
event, and a Valentine’s
Dinner at the United
Methodist Church of
Macedonia.
For Pardue, it’s been
worth the work: “Being
involved with Relay for Like
makes you realize how many
people have cancer and what
they’re going through by
seeing everyone at the event
and how emotional they are,”
Pardue explains. “It makes
me feel good because the
survivors, family members,
and caregivers feel loved and
supported by Relay.”
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Lakeland Holds Meet & Greet
for Development Community
Special to THE VIEW 38002
On April 22, the City of
Lakeland held a meet & greet
reception at Stonebridge Golf
Club. The purpose was to let
the local-area business community know that Lakeland is
open for business with a
renewed focus on developing
Lakeland into a premier area
for businesses and families.
A crowd of approximately
80 people, ranging from
developers to architects,
engineers, banks and homebuilders, were on hand to
listen to Mayor Wyatt Bunker, the Board of Commissioners, and City Planning
staff describe how Lakeland
is changing the way it does
business.
Lakeland School Board
Chairm