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According to the American Cancer Society, more than 1.6 million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year. For Don of Norwalk, the statistics became personal when he learned he was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2004.
He has been cancer free for the past ten and a half years now and continues to fight with the help of his family and ACS. Don also volunteers at the American Cancer Society office in Norwalk, four days a week and has been doing so for about a year now.
Thousands of cancer survivors participate in American Cancer Society Relay For Life events each year around the country and around the world. Survivors and their caregivers take the first lap of every event as community members cheer them on and celebrate the progress that has been made against cancer.
Relay For Life is a community event where teams and individuals camp out at a school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path from six to up to 24 hours. Each team has at least one participant on the track at all times and participates in fundraising in the months leading up to the event. Four million people participated in more than 6,000 events in 20 countries worldwide last year.
This year’s Relay For Life of Fairfield will be held on Saturday, June 6, beginning at 6 p.m. at Fairfield Ludlowe High School. Registration is free and is open to survivors, participants and teams. For more information about the Relay For Life program, visit www.relayforlife.org/fairfieldct, email FaifieldRelayOnline@gmail.com, or call Grace D’Amico at (203)-563-1520.
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