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Relay raises $91,699 in fight against cancer ‘Amazing volunteers’ walk track despite harsh winds by Larry Austin
Despite the brisk cold overnight, hundreds of walkers and runners circled the Lewiston-Porter High School track raising money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. “I like to walk the track at about 4 in the morning,” Relay co-chair Ona Sherman said Saturday morning with a raspy voice. “But the wind was a killer. The wind was unbelievable.” The weather, an estimated 53 degrees and windy, was a sharp contrast to last year’s event, which took place in much warmer weather. Sherman and hundreds of others spent June 9 and 10 on the Lewiston-Porter High School track raising money for the ACS’s fight against cancer. The event began with a Survivors Lap on Friday evening and included a Luminaria ceremony honoring those who suffered with the disease. Sherman said Saturday the Lewiston-Niagara Relay has raised approximately $91,699 so far this year. “On behalf of the American Cancer Society, I really want to say that this Lewiston-Niagara Relay is one of the most amazing and rewarding experiences that I’ve been able to have,” said Jennifer Rzepecki, director of special events for the ACS at the Relay’s closing ceremony. “You guys do everything right. You have amazing volunteers and amazing leadership.” The next event on the schedule is Independence Day weekend, when JJ’s Cabin will host a “Battle of the Bands” to support the Relay For Life. L-P principals get buzz cut to boost Relay funds
In the old days, a shave and a haircut cost two bits. For Paul Casseri and John Diodate, a buzz cut cost over two large. Students at Lewiston-Porter raised approximately $2,531 to watch their building principals lose their hair Tuesday in a benefit for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. According to the deal, if the students raised over $2,500, the administrators in the high school would get their hair cut tight. Principal Casseri called the bet a great way to end the school year. “Outstanding work from the high school and across Lewiston-Porter,” he said. “The beauty of it is that it’s one more thing that brought us all together.” Ona Sherman, co-chairman for the Relay For Life, was on hand during a Class Day assembly Tuesday morning to watch barber Terry Collesano of the Old Time Barber Shop on Center Street in Lewiston do the honors. Sherman also thanked the students for their fund-raising efforts. “We really believe that the future of Relay is right here in this room, in this school,” Sherman told the assembly. “I think they’ll do something like this every year,” Diodate said, even though the senior class booed him after Cori Raybon, one of a group of girls who organized the event, said she was leaving a little on top. “Next year, we may try to get some teachers involved. But I think the girls have started a nice annual event.” Casseri said he hadn’t had his hair so short since he was young. “It’s a complete commitment on the part of the district to the American Cancer Society,” Casseri said. “For me, it’s a little bit of hair. All of our lives have been touched by cancer one way or another. It’s the least I could do for a little school spirit.”
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