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the new lenox patriot | July 18, 2019 | 3<br />
Stories, memories shared at<br />
Relay For Life in New Lenox<br />
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Mary Compton<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Mayor Tim Baldermann<br />
was encouraged by cancer<br />
survivors seated in front of<br />
him during a speech at Relay<br />
for Life in New Lenox.<br />
In one part of his speech,<br />
he mentioned Bryce Bartczak,<br />
an 8-year-old who<br />
survived cancer. As soon<br />
as Baldermann mentioned<br />
his name, Bryce ran up to<br />
give the mayor a hug.<br />
“My son was diagnosed<br />
when he was 3,” said Julia<br />
Bartczak, Bryce’s mother,<br />
of Manhattan.<br />
Bryce, who was diagnosed<br />
with leukemia, went<br />
through two-and-a-half<br />
years of treatment. Talking<br />
through tears, Julia is<br />
grateful to have her son<br />
with her today at the Relay<br />
For Life event held at Lincoln-Way<br />
West, July 12.<br />
“We just had his appointment<br />
two weeks ago,<br />
showing everything is now<br />
clear. We’re now part of<br />
the survivor program,” she<br />
said.<br />
The theme for the event<br />
was “A Million Dreams.”<br />
According to the Relay<br />
For Life: American Cancer<br />
society website, in 2019<br />
there will be over 68,000<br />
new cases for selected cancers<br />
in Illinois.<br />
The Relay For Life of<br />
New Lenox funds raised<br />
help services and research<br />
for cancer patients. Terrie<br />
Murphy, of New Lenox,<br />
was the top participant<br />
raising the most in her<br />
category. She is also with<br />
the Relay for Life of New<br />
Lenox co-chairs along<br />
with Maureen James.<br />
“My husband was diagnosed<br />
with cancer in<br />
2010,” Murphy said. “We<br />
had never been to a relay<br />
We thought it was a race<br />
you run. During the time<br />
when “Murph” was in the<br />
hospital we stopped by<br />
our first relay. On the way<br />
home we were already<br />
forming a team for the<br />
next year.”<br />
The Relay for Life is the<br />
American Cancer Society’s<br />
signature fundraiser.<br />
At this Relay for Life, 36<br />
teams raised funds for the<br />
event. The top team, Panduit<br />
raised over $16,000.<br />
Residents in the local communities<br />
that have been diagnosed<br />
with cancer can<br />
seek various free services<br />
through the American<br />
Cancer Society located at<br />
17060 Oak Park Ave. in<br />
Tinley Park.<br />
“My husband passed<br />
away in November of<br />
2017,” Murphy said. “He<br />
was diagnosed with stage<br />
4 colon cancer. He beat it<br />
four times. To look at him<br />
you would never know he<br />
was sick. He never complained,<br />
never even talked<br />
about it.”<br />
His name was John Mur-<br />
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Delaney Depolo (7) from New Lenox waves to her “Nana” during the Relay For Life<br />
survivors walk at Lincoln-Way West. Next to her is her aunt Julie Depolo, also from<br />
New Lenox. The Relay For Life New Lenox took place on July 12. Mary Compton/22nd<br />
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