2019 May Colony Magazine
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North County Relay for Life Fundraiser set for June 15<br />
12-hour American<br />
Cancer Society will take<br />
place in Sunken Gardens<br />
By Heather Young<br />
For the second year in a row, a<br />
joint North County Relay For Life<br />
event will take place in Sunken<br />
Gardens in downtown Atascadero.<br />
The Paso Robles and Atascadero<br />
events merged last year in an effort<br />
to save resources from having two<br />
events, a trend that has been happening<br />
throughout the country.<br />
“We looked at some of our<br />
smaller communities that had<br />
smaller events [and combined<br />
events],” American Cancer Society<br />
Community Organizer Tony<br />
Gonzales said.<br />
The 2018 event, the first event<br />
for the North County together,<br />
had 15 teams with 70 participants.<br />
All-in-all, Gonzales said, the event<br />
raised $55,000 on and offline.<br />
“[The funds raised is] definitely<br />
up for each [event],” Gonzales<br />
said, adding that costs of having<br />
one combined event is half the<br />
cost of having two separate ones.<br />
He said that it is estimated that<br />
this year’s event will raise about<br />
$70,000. That amount is even<br />
with the event going from a 24-<br />
hour event to a 12-hour event.<br />
The 24-hour event, Gonzales<br />
said, takes up a whole weekend<br />
with setup Friday night and clean<br />
up on Sunday. This year’s event<br />
will take place from 10 a.m. to<br />
10 p.m. on June 15.<br />
“There are no overnights this<br />
year,” Gonzales said, “which is a<br />
change from last year.”<br />
Already the event has more teams<br />
and participants than it did in 2018.<br />
To get involved with the<br />
North County Relay for Life,<br />
go to RelayForLife.org<br />
and search by zip code.<br />
“The No. 1 way [to help] is to<br />
be a participant on a team or start<br />
[your] own team,” Gonzales said.<br />
Teams have one to 20 people<br />
and the goal is for each person to<br />
raise $100. Each person who raises<br />
$100 will get a T-shirt. Gonzales<br />
said there are many ways people<br />
can raise money. While some people<br />
and teams are raising money<br />
during the relay, most of the<br />
fundraising is done in advance of<br />
the event as the event is more of a<br />
celebration of all the fundraising<br />
that has been done.<br />
“[It’s] great to have North<br />
County communities reach for<br />
the stars as we work together to<br />
help raise awareness and necessary<br />
funds to help more people<br />
celebrate more birthdays,” North<br />
County Relay for Life organizer<br />
Dawn Daner said. “We are excited<br />
about the new 12-hour format<br />
and fun changes for this year. We<br />
will still have free Kid Zone with<br />
projects from Home Depot.”<br />
FREE LUNCH FOR NORTH<br />
COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS<br />
Cali Grill will host a free lunch for<br />
North County cancer survivors<br />
and one caregiver on Saturday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 25 from noon to 2 p.m. at<br />
the Paso Robles restaurant at 711<br />
6 th St. To RSVP for the lunch, contact<br />
David Farelas at 805-835-6021<br />
or dfarelas@gmail.com. The luncheon<br />
is to encourage local survivors<br />
to celebrate the strides made<br />
in fighting cancer and to raise<br />
awareness within the community.<br />
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