Huron Expositor, 2007-06-20, Page 7News
Seaforth teams raise thousands for Relay for Life
Friends, loved ones remembered during Huron -Perth Cancer Society fundraiser
The Huron Expositor • June 20, 2007 Page 7
Susan H u n d e r t m a r
Two Seaforth-area teams and a
Vanastra-area team raised thou-
sands of dollars for cancer research
at the fifth annual Relay for Life in
Goderich over the weekend.
Diane Ryan, of Vanastra, and her
11 -member team Selsa Supports
raised .$13,029 in memory of the
late Sandra McLachlan, of Seaforth
and the late Elsie Farrell, of
Goderich.
Selsa stands for "Sandra, Elsie,
Lives with us, Support shows
strength, Among Us," a slogan
which was displayed on the team t -
shirts.
Ryan organized a team to partici-
pate in Relay for Life three years
ago, the year after McLachlan died
of skin cancer.
"I met Sam (Sandra) in 1974 after
moving here from Nova Scotia and
we were best friends ever since,"
says Ryan, adding the two worked
at CAP Products in Vanastra
together.
"I had no family here other than
my husband and kids and Sam's
family became my family," she says.
The team raised $150 in the sale
of luminary candles and Ryan says
lighting the candles at 10 p.m. in
front of the team's tent was "very
emotional."
"It made me think of the closeness
and friendship we had for so long. It
really hit home that she's not here
and how much I wish she still was,"
says Ryan, adding she also lost her
mom and dad to cancer recently.
Ryan says the team also partici-
pated in Farrell's honour since her
daughter and Farrell's daughter
were best friends.
Tabatha Simonsen, of Seaforth,
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The Disney Mates, winners of the rookie team of the year at
Relay for Life in Goderich includes from left in the front, Dana
Smith, Tabatha Simonsen, Leigha Corbett and Tracy Bailey
and in the back, Dawn Hall, Brenda Hill, Sarah Vaessen,
Tanya Costello and Jacqueline Gelinas. Absent is Melissa
Brautigan.
put together a team of 10 members
this year called the Disney Mates,
after she lost her mom Ruth Maier,
of Seaforth to lung cancer last year.
Seven of the team members work
at E.D. Smith in Seaforth, which
was expected to match the $2,762
raised by the team.
"I was originally going to enter a
team last year but she (her mom)
got so sick around that time that I
didn't. She would have thought it
was a good idea (to participate in
Relay for Life)," says Simonsen.
The Disney Mates team dressed
as Disney characters, particularly
wasn't as large as usual but that
she managed to find some new
recruits after losing a few who
moved away.
"This is a cause that will always
be important to me," says Lee, a
cancer survivor.
She says she enjoyed the wonder-
ful weather, the survivor's lap and
viewing all the luminary candles in
the dark.
"It was all good, every bit of it. It
makes me really appreciate that I'm
still here with my little boy and the
rest of my family," she says.
The Huron County Relay for Life
had raised more than $84,500 this
year. In five years, the Huron
County event has raised $530,000.
"It's a huge accomplishment. I
think everyone should be proud of
that," says Delia Huitema, fundrais-
ing coordinator with the Huron -
Perth Unit of the,. Canadian Cancer
Society.
those from the
Peter Pan movie.
Tracy Lee, of
Egmondville,
whose team
Tracy's Go-get-
ters were the top
fundraisers for
the past several
years, says she
didn't have as
organized a year
as usual this
year.
She says her
11 -member team
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