ATTENTION BAYONNE RESIDENTS  – SURVIVORS – CAREGIVERS – FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS

PLEASE COME AND JOIN US FOR THE 13th ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE – HELP US ATTACK CANCER IN OUR COMMUNITY

BEATING OUR BIGGEST RIVAL TAKES MORE THAN BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH.  IT TAKES THINGS LIKE OUR 24/7 CANCER HELP LINE AND FREE RIDES TO CHEMO. 

MOST OF ALL…..IT TAKES YOU!!!!! PLEASE COME AND JOIN RELAY FOR LIFE IN BAYONNE

BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY VERSUS CANCER

16^TH STREET PARK – LOWER LEVEL

JUNE 1, 2019  –

12:00 P.M. TO 12:00 A.M.

BRING THE FAMILY AND TAKE A LAP TO HELP FIGHT FOR THE CURE, REMEMBER THOSE WE LOST AND CELEBRATE ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED THE TERRIBLE DISEASE CALLED – CANCER

VENDORS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT

FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

JOANNE BARAN

JMBARRAN@AOL.COM

201-858-2380

GGODESKY@MSN.COM

551-265-3357

LETâ€S MAKE BAYONNEâ€S RELAY FOR LIFE AN EVENT THAT ASSISTS IN FINDING THE CURE…

BSIGN UP A TEAM – GO TO…… www.relayforlife.org/bayonnenj

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Local Residents Raise Thousands of Dollars for the American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is a 24-hour event that gives people across the globe the chance to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the U.S., along with communities in 20 other countries, take part in Relay for Life to raise funds and awareness to save lives from cancer.

 

On Friday, June 17, beginning at 6 pm 84 Relay teams will gather at the Don Ahern Veterans Stadium on the Bayonne High School campus for the American Cancer Societyâ€s annual fundraising event that will continue overnight and into Saturday. Throughout the event, teams – which have raised more than $84,000 so far, will be walking and/or running the stadiumâ€s track in support of friends and loved ones affected by cancer.

 

Sponsors for the Bayonne Relay for Life are McCabe Ambulance Service, ShopRite of Bayonne, Provident Bank and the City of Bayonne.

 

Celebrate – The Survivors Lap
Relay for Life starts with a Survivors Lap – an inspirational time when survivors are invited to circle the track together and help everyone celebrate the victories achieved fighting cancer. The Survivors Lap is an emotional example of how Relay for Life participants are ensuring that more lives are saved each year – like those of each individual on the track. Relay for Life also recognizes and celebrates caregivers, individuals who give their time, love, and support to friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers affected by cancer.

 

Remember – The Luminaria Ceremony
After dark, Relay for Life will honor people who have been touched by cancer and remember loved ones lost to the disease during the Luminaria Ceremony. Candles are lit inside bags filled with sand, each one bearing the name of a person touched by cancer, and participants often walk a lap in silence.

 

Fight Back – The Fight Back Ceremony
For the finale, thereâ€s the Fight Back Ceremony, where Relayers make a personal commitment to save lives by taking up the fight against cancer. That personal commitment may be to do something as simple as getting a cancer screening, quitting smoking or talking to elected officials about cancer issues.

 

At Relay for Life, every step you take helps the American Cancer Society save lives.

 

American Cancer Societyâ€s Relay for Life

Fri, June 17, starting at 6 pm – Sat, June 18, ending at 7 pm

Don Ahern Veterans Stadium

On the Campus of Bayonne High School

667 Avenue “A”

Bayonne, NJ

 

For more info, go to www.relayforlife.org or www.acsevents.org.

For more information about the event and the work of the American Cancer Society, contact Christina Andrascik at (908) 354-7373 Ext. 212.

 

 

 

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At a recent Bayonne City Council meeting Gail Godesky Publicity Chairwoman & Sponsorship Chair for the American Cancer Society’s -Relay for Life addressed the Bayonne City Council in asking for the fee to be waived for the use of Ahern’s Veteran Stadium in Bayonne for the 201o Bayonne Relay For Life -which is tentatively scheduled for June 11- 12th, 2010

In her address to the Bayonne City Council, Ms. Godesky had this to say after addressing each of the council-members in attendance…

 “My name is Gail Godesky; I am born and raised in a great city-Bayonne. As some of you know my sister Lori Starke passed away at 49 years old on February 22nd, 2008 and my mom Lorraine Godesky at the age of  77 passed away February 17th, 2009 from the terrible disease we call cancer for lack of a better word and from a disease that kills and not quietly but rather angrily.

Cancer shows no preference-it has struck old, young, mothers, father’s, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives and dear friends.

Since the passing of my family members I have been very involved in the American Cancer Society and the Relay for Life. Our team is called the EVERYDAY ANGELS.

Ms. Godesky then asked the American Cancer Society members to stand who were in attendance of the meeting and then stated that she was there to ask for special consideration of the Bayonne City Council by saying…

 

“Now in 2010 we are asking for the fee to again be waived. $6800 could be what we pay to use Ahern’s Veteran Stadium…or it could be used to pay for expenses for 2 patients to stay at Hope Lodge for a day, and for 1 patients to participate in and American Cancer Society funded clinical trial, and reach to recovery visits for 5 women, and 8 round trips for 1 patient via the road to rec0very program. It could help fund the DNA research in the cancer prevention study, better determining the different causes of cancer. The money we raise at the Relay for Life of Bayonne is used to fund research, programs and services, advocacy and education. Imagine what the $100,000 we want to raise can do to help.

By waiving our fee, you are bringing us $6800 closer to that goal.  And more importantly, you are helping us create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.”

As of this post Ms. Godesky and the American Cancer Society -Bayonne’s Relay for Life is awaiting word on the Bayonne City Council’s decision to waive the fee for the use of Ahern Stadium for the 2010 Bayonne Relay for Life.

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