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,” …
Susan Highsmith Graveline
8:39 pm on Tuesday, May 10, 2011
All of the MADAC girls of every age contribute to MADAC's continued success living our mission of mothers and daughters making a difference in the fight against cancer! more ›