by Carl BR Johnson
June 10, 2013
Photo by Carl BR Johnson — Supporters were surrounded by rain, and hope, at Relay for Life.
Not even rain or the threat of thunderstorms could keep supporters away from the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay For Life on Saturday. The event that took place on a drenched Walter Wright Pioneer Village had a high attendance for the rainy day.
“Today, we relay as one,” Katie Stewart-Mooy told the gathered crowd.
“The word ‘cancer’ for me lights a fire inside,” she said. “A fire to stand up, a fire to be here, and a fire to make a difference. I believe that each of you has the same fire or you wouldn’t be here today.”
Her message of hope and inspiration was greeted by widespread applause.
She wore a yellow T-shirt, along with many others, to signify that she is a cancer survivor herself. She has been in remission for several years.
Her disease was not the only instance that cancer affected her family, it also lead to the death of her grandfather.
“My grandpa is absolutely my hero,” said a tearful Katie Stewart-Mooy on the stage in the village.
“Prostate cancer took him from me, he fought so hard to stay with us.”
Many of the people involved in the event had their own stories to tell about how cancer has touched their lives.
Tanya Purnell, event development co-chair of the relay, said that she had been personally affected by cancer.
“My grandmother passed away due to breast cancer and my auntie passed away from colon cancer,” said Purnell.
“This disease affects everybody, if you look around, there’s a friend or a family member who has been affected by cancer.
Her goal for this event was to see that Dawson Creek stays aware that The Relay For Life takes place every year and she hopes that everyone will come out again next year.
“I’d like to see this event grow in this community,” she said.
Attendees were challenged to walk or run the village’s pathway from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. as a show of endurance in spite of cancer’s deadly touch.
A total of 21 teams had come out to support the event that included local businesses and private citizens.
Several entertainment acts were assembled, including the Dawson Creek Kiwanis Community Band, who played throughout the rain on the stage in the village.
Other activities included head shaving, face painting, chair massage, and a dunk tank.
To the surprise of many there, a flash mob appeared out of nowhere to entertain the guests, dancing to “The Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats.
Patricia Turner, another cancer survivor who attended the event, has been anaplastic thyroid cancer-free for almost a year.
She was aggressively treated for her rare type of cancer and wanted to come out that day to show her support for the Canadian Cancer Society in spite of her ordeal.
“I received 30 doses of radiation,” she said.
“That radioactive iodine, when you drink that stuff, you’re put in isolation and you can’t be near anyone you love,” she said.
Her message of hope to others who may get cancer in the future was impenetrable.
“Stay positive and tell yourself that it’s not going to get me,” she said.
“I am going to live.”
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