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Fowler YMCA Joins The Fight Against Cancer

As part of a research study, the Peachtree Corners Y is teaming up with the American Cancer Society in recruiting men and women who have never been diagnosed with cancer for the study.

Cancer is a word heard too often today. That is why Fowler YMCA is fighting back against this disease with the American Cancer Society – by encouraging individuals between the ages of 30 and 65, who have never been diagnosed with cancer, to take part in the Cancer Prevention Study-3 ( CPS-3). To better understand ways to prevent cancer, the American Cancer Society is recruiting men and women across the US for this research study that will help researchers better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer and will save lives. As an enrollment location, the Peachtree Corners YMCA had over 100 staff, members and neighbors enroll in the study this week to help create a world with less cancer and …

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Buy a Tune, Support Blue Devils' Relay For Life

"How We Relay" is an original tribute to the fight against cancer that was composed and produced entirely by members of the Norcross High student body and Relay for Life team.

Norcross Relay for Life announced this week that they have released a song on iTunes to help raise funds. "How We Relay" is an original tribute to the fight against cancer that was composed and produced entirely by members of the Norcross High student body and Relay for Life team. Released on iTunes last weekend, the song is available for download, with all proceeds to be donated back to Relay for Life. The song can be found here. "These students did a fantastic job and would love to have your support in their fight against cancer!" said Norcross Relay for Life Chairman Doug Maloney in an email. For more ways to donate to Norcross High's Relay For Life, click here. See also: Keep up with Peachtree Corners news - click here to sign up for …

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Norcross HS Students Kick Off Relay For Life Fundraiser

The club started the fund-raising season to benefit the American Cancer Society with a fun day of after-school events on Friday.

Norcross High's Relay For Life club has officially kicked off the year with a Relay Fun Day. At Norcross, Relay For Life is comprised of a team of students who work to raise money for the American Cancer Society through school events, the Internet and word of mouth. This year, the club's goal is to raise $80,000. After an icebreaker that involved swapping seats and sitting on top of others' laps last Friday, the club and its members, led by teachers Doug Maloney and Amy Gallois, broke off into four groups to start the Relay season. For four hours, the students brainstormed ideas on how to use publicity, marketing, the Internet and their personal strengths to help reach the team's goal before the end of the school year. Patch was at the …

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NHS Relay for Life Rummage Sale Adds to Team Goal

Saturday's American Cancer Foundation fund-raiser was just one of the many ways the Blue Devils Relay for Life team is working to reach its goal.

  The Blue Devils Relay for Life team has a lofty goal this year - to raise $80,000 for the American Cancer Society. But it's a target the school's young team members take on with gusto. Through a number of fund-raising activities and events the Norcross High School team is chipping away at its ambitious goal. Kendall Jennings, the student chair for the Relay for Life, said the team is already on its way to meeting its target. "Our team is made up of 200 team members," explained Jennings, "and each member is committed to raising $200.00." The team has found some unique ways to raise funds and awareness for their cause. "We've held 'pink-outs' (Relay for Life team members dress in pink and pass collection buckets to the crowd) at basketball…

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The Heart of a Hero

Gwinnett County Police Department support one of their own in her participation in the the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life as a cancer survivor herself.

The following information from a flyer by the American Cancer Society was shared by Gwinnett County Police Department in support of one of their own. Gwinnett County Police Department's Sandra Pryor is a 22-Year law enforcement officer, SWAT officer, athlete, sprinter, biker, competitive body builder - and a cancer survivor. At the young age of 17, Sandra Pryor discovered a lump in her breast, was told it was just a cyst, and not to worry. Sandra made self-breast exams a monthly routine. As a gifted athlete, Sandra was a picture of health and physical fitness, following all of the American Cancer Society’s guidelines for reducing cancer risks. Years later, in 2001, a lump was found during a self-exam. The next step was an ultrasound, …

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MADAC Raises $16,000 for the American Cancer Society

Peachtree Corners residents were among the 15,000 supporters who made a big contribution to the fight against cancer through MADAC at the world's largest Relay For Life event.

The largest Relay For Life event in the world - the Gwinnett Relay For Life – raised over $1.5-million, with a lot of help from a lot of people all over the area…not the least of which were the members of Mothers And Daughters Against Cancer (MADAC) and the people of Peachtree Corners.  It all officially began Friday evening, at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, with the annual “The Purple Glove Dance”; the brain child of MADAC co-founder and Peachtree Corners resident Susan Graveline. An estimated 12,000 of the 15,000 Gwinnett Relay For Life participants gathered, dawned purple gloves provided by Kimberly-Clark to showed their support in the fight against cancer as they danced en masse - led by Graveline.  “It gets, bigger every year,” …

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Point-n-Click, Peachtree Corners-Berkeley Lake, and Vote!

Peachtree Corners-Berkeley Lake Patch readers could help make a $5,000 difference for the American Cancer Society with a simple point and click.

It's almost May, which means the annual Gwinnett Relay for Life will, once again, take over the Gwinnett fairgrounds to benefit the American Cancer Society. It’s the world’s largest "Relay for Life" event and just like last year, Peachtree Corners and Berkeley Lake residents can be among the thousands who will help raise money to fight cancer and even take part in one of the largest group dances in the world – the annual MADAC Purple Glove Dance. “The significance of the purple glove is that the Relay for Life’s signature color is purple,” says Mothers And Daughter Against Cancer (MADAC) co-founder Susan Hightower-Graveline of Peachtree Corners – herself a two-time cancer survivor. MADAC has been playing a significant role in the annual …

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