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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2009-06-17, Page 18Page 18 The Huron Expositor • June 17, 2009 News S-eaforthDisneyor Life ' � Teammates participate to remember Hill's grandmother and Simsonsen's mother p p Laura Pethick, a Canadian Can- cer Society fundraising co-ordinator, says the motto for the event is "Cel- ebrate, remember and fight back." "It's hard to hold back the tears," Pethick says. "There are some people there who have been fighting cancer for 15 years and others who are at the beginning of their fight." Pethick says all the money raised by participants will go toward the Canadian Cancer Society's mission statement of eradicating cancer and improving the quality of life among those who are living with the disease through research and promoting ser- vices. Along with Goderich, Listowel, Stratford and Wingham are also hosting Relay for Life events this year. Across Ontario, 700,000 people are expected to participate in 106 communities. Pethick says it is esti- mated that $19 million will be raised - through the events. Dan Schwab Fighting cancer is one of the scri- est things a person can go through and the Relay for Life event is one way friends and family can help sup- port their struggle, a member of the Seaforth team the Disney Mates said last week. Brenda Hill first participated in the Canadian Cancer Society event two years ago, when her grandmoth- er Jean Hill was still alive and bat- tling the disease. She lost her fight with cancer in March 2008, but Brenda says she plans to keep her grandmother's • memory alive by taking part in the Relay for Life_ for many years to come. "Nothing will stop - me," she says. "I'm going to do it for as long as I can." Last year, Hill raised $225 in pledges and just recently held a Tup- perware fundraiser at her house that raised $160 for this year's relay team. Her teammate, Tabitha Simonsen, who started the Disney Mates two years ago after losing her mother Ruth Maier to lung cancer in 2006, is hoping the team can raise about $7,000 before the Relay for Life event in Goderich begins on June 19-20. Simonsen and some of , her co- workers at E.D. Smith in Seaforth, who are also members of the Disney Mates, have held a chili sale and barbecues in recent weeks for em- ployees at the Main Street factory. So far, the 10 -member team has raised a little more than $3,000. They're also hoping to receive a $2,500 donation from E.D. Smith. The company has contributed that - amount to the team for the past two years. Last year, the team raised approxi- mately $6,200 for the event, which challenges participants to take turns with their teammates walking around the running track at Goder- ich District Collegiate Institute for 12 straight hours. 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