A Walk for a Cure

Photo: Survivors taking the first lap of the night. By Shelby Stiner

On April 21, the University of Oklahoma hosted a walk for cancer around the South Oval

Relay for Life is an overnight event raising money for the American Cancer Society. The opening ceremony for this event began with a survivor telling her story of her fight with cancer and her road to recovery. Then all the survivors attending the event start out the event by taking the first lap around the track with the Relay for Life banner. People standing around the track cheered for the survivors, handing them gifts and giving them hugs as they went by. 

Sarah Wible, a sophomore pre-nursing major, said that Relay for Life to her means awareness.

“ Relay for Life reminds me of the struggle I’ve been through and allows me to see others that have been through my struggle,” Wible said. “ it also gives a face to those who are still struggling with this and makes people want to donate money.” 

Wible ended her last round of chemo treatment two days before Panhellenic Recruitment and said that although she was tired, she was excited for what was to come. 

“I was just excited to start a new chapter in my life,” Wible said. “Like I closed one chapter and immediately started a new one, one where no one knew me as the girl who had cancer.” 

Throughout the night there were activities such as flag football, Zumba, and a Ms. Relay pageant where men dressed up as women and walked around the South Oval asking for donations and the man with the most money raised won the pageant. 

There were also musical acts who came and sang for the participants camping out. 

“We raised over $100,000,” Audrey Leeder a Relay for Life committee member said, “ that’s $10,000 more than we raised last year.” 

To find out how to get involved with Relay for Life next year visit http://www.relayforlife.org/