I have been involved with Relay for Life for about 6 years. I feel that the American Cancer society does a good job finding new treatments and new cures for cancer. I participate in the Amite area relay for several reasons. I lost my father, my sister-in-law, my mother-in-law, a very dear friend, and several co-workers to cancer. I have three first cousins who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I have a brother, a sister, and a brother-in-law who are survivors.

As a twenty -eight year educator in the public school system, I encourage my co-workers and students to support our team's efforts to raise money. This year I am happy to say that we will have an active team rather than a silent team. The past few years, I have not had enough volunteers to support a team. Although, we managed to raise almost five thousand dollars. We have a 13 member team that consists of energetic teachers who want to be "Warriors for a Cure". We hope to bring a lot of excitement as well as donations to the event on April 4 at the Florida Parishes Arena. We hope to see you there.