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Comment: Relay for Life is "Great Community Event"
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Earlier this month, longtime Albany resident (and current school board member) Allan Maris shared these thoughts about the upcoming , to fight cancer, which will be held in Albany from Aug. 27-28:
As a former Relay for Life team captain for several years in the past, I best enjoyed meeting and talking with other team volunteers, youth, parents, seniors, teachers, school administrators, city leaders, etc.
This is a great community event with music, food, conversation, exercise as well as an opportunity to raise funds to cure cancer and provide services to those who are suffering from cancer.
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The City of Albany will have a team, the Albany Unified School District will have a team.
Please join one of these teams or one of the other teams. Form your own team with friends or colleagues.
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Visit the Relay for Life website to learn more.
[Editor's Note: According to the Relay for Life website, there are 15 teams so far in Albany, with one to 13 members. The largest teams are the City of Albany (13), the California Cancer Fighters (12) and Team Kira (12). As of Sunday, Team Kira had raised the most money ($8,110), followed by the California Cancer Fighters ($4,420) and City of Albany Employees ($3,925). The "top participant," according to the website, was Lt. John Geissberger of the Albany Police Department, who had raised $2,525 as of Sunday. Learn more on the website.]
