Elsie Lange
More than 170 participants made their way down to Lancefield Park to participate in the Lancefield Relay For Life on March 5, raising money and awareness for cancer.
Lancefield Relay For Life committee co-chair Ken Wiltshire said everyone who was there on the day lived in hope of a cancer-free future.
In his speech, he said the relay would help celebrate and pay respect to the lives of all people touched by cancer – in diagnosis, in death, in treatment or in care.
Despite a bit of spitting rain, Mr Wiltshire said the event was a success and he was happy to welcome everyone back after the pandemic had cancelled the relay in 2021.
“The opening ceremony was on Saturday and we went through until about 10pm that night,” Mr Wiltshire said.
“During the day we had a great number of entertainers, we had a candlelight ceremony at 8pm.”
He explained the tradition of the candlelight ceremony was to remember those lost to cancer in which three candles are lit: one for the past, one for the present, and one for the future.
The Lancefield Relay For Life has been going for 20 years and raised more than $1.5 million for the cause in that time.
“It’s not just a matter of raising money, it’s a matter of us showing our commitment to those who have cancer, and that they’re not alone, that they have support,” Mr Wiltshire said.
“We’re with them on that journey, however hard that journey is.”
