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The Seattle Pride Parade is THIS weekend in downtown Seattle. Almost 200 people are already confirmed to walk/jump-rope/roller skate/skateboard with the Group Health crew along the parade route!
There’s still time to get involved – contact Josh or Beth before Wednesday to get signed up!
Check out this photo from last year – come on…you know it looks like fun…
On Thursday, July 1st at the Longhorn BBQ in Auburn, please come support “Dueling Out Hunger” for TAFB. Entrance is $25 (all proceeds to TAFB). The event begins at 7 p.m.; Dueling Pianos starts at 8:30 p.m. It’s a fun way to support a great cause. The Longhorn serves great food and drinks! Join us!!! For more information contact: Laura Higdon
Longhorn BBQ; http://www.longhornbarbecue.com/west-intro.html
635 C Street Southwest
Auburn, WA 98001
(253) 833-4676
The “Factoria for a Cure” team braved the stormy weather this past Sunday as they walked in the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure event at the Seattle Center. The chill in the air certainly didn’t weaken their spirits or festive outfits!
Photo is compliments of Christina Delagdo, team captain and survivor.
From left: Glenn Martin,Sue Lasicka, Janet Martin,Sabrina Eaton,Christina, Stephanie Dunbar,Tanya Kuzmenko,Katya Kanevski, and Jane Bowman and Leah Boman.
An intrepid team of Group Health staff, family, and friends spent 20+ hours at Skyline High School at the Issaquah Relay for Life event June 5-6. Relay for Life is an international event that raises funds for the American Cancer Society. Teams must have a member walking laps throughout the 20-hour event. We learn about each other’s lives outside of work. We watch our kids race around the track. We share how cancer has touched our lives. We commiserate over sore feet. This is why I Relay.
Those of you in the Seattle area know the weather Saturday was spectacular. Sunny skies and a light breeze were a welcome change from the 2009 Relay, which was held on an extraordinarily hot weekend in Western Washington. My team included several first- time Relay participants and their families, and I was pleased Group Health offered to sponsor the Issaquah event. A Group Health staff member on another team is now considering having her own team next year, after seeing the support mine received from Group Health. Most of my team has already agreed to participate again next year. This is why I Relay.
The Relay begins with the survivor lap: cancer survivors and their caregivers walk a lap cheered on by the 800+ Relay participants. My grandmother attended the Issaquah event this year and walked her lap with the other survivors, 6 years after being diagnosed with a stage IV glioblastoma. This is why I Relay.
At 10 PM is the other Relay highlight: the luminaria ceremony. The track is lined with white luminaria in support, honor, or memory of those diagnosed with cancer. Friends, family, and strangers. Relay participants walk a silent lap while viewing the luminaria. We remember those we’ve lost. We think about those who are still with us. We cry. We laugh. This is why I Relay.
Things quiet down a bit at night; participants try to get a few hours of sleep between walking shifts. When my alarm went off at 4:50 a.m., I realized the soothing noise I’d been napping to was rain on the roof of my tent. Light rain, but rain nonetheless. During the 5-6 am shift, it increased to a downpour. (This is about when team members sleeping in the open air moved their soggy sleeping bags under our shelter.) Still, the Group Health team bravely continued to walk laps until event organizers decided to take pity on us and end early.
The Group Health Research Institute team won 2 awards over the weekend: bronze award (for raising at least $1500) and the Top Sponsor Fundraising Team Award (we’ll get a spiffy plaque for that). All in all, the Issaquah event raised over $235,000 for the American Cancer Society. We’re already planning to top it next year.
