{"id":24091,"date":"2012-05-07T06:25:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T11:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=24091"},"modified":"2012-05-08T05:35:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T10:35:12","slug":"relay-for-life-2012-raises-50000-for-cancer-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/05\/07\/relay-for-life-2012-raises-50000-for-cancer-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Relay for Life 2012 raises $50,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n

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Members of the Dick Dunlap family hold candles lighted in his honor during the luminary ceremony for the 2012 Relay for Life. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was another good year for the American Cancer Society\u2019s Relay for Life in Van Wert, as organizers and participants celebrated that success during the closing ceremony on Saturday at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Relay for Life event raised $51,000, well on the way to the 2012 goal of $72,000. Fundraising will continue until August.<\/p>\n

The top fundraising teams for 2012 included the following:<\/p>\n

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  • Bronze ($2,500-$3,499) — Dr. Carl Jeffery-Dr. Jessica Jeffery-Mohr (Jeffery-Mohr Familiy Dentists), Team Fit Bodi.<\/li>\n
  • Silver ($3,500-$4,999) — Black Attack, First Federal Savings and Loan, Stahl-Stoller-Meyer Insurance;<\/li>\n
  • Gold ($5,000-$7,499) — Jim\u2019s Indians, Leland Smith Insurance and Pink Angels.<\/li>\n
  • Platinum ($7,500 plus) — St. Mark\u2019s Lutheran Church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The annual fundraising event for the American Cancer Society began Friday evening with the Relay for Life Torch Walk, which traveled from the YWCA of Van Wert County to the fairgrounds. That was followed by the Survivors\u2019 Walk, which officially kicks off the annual fundraiser.<\/p>\n

    This year\u2019s Relay for Life, which ran for 18 hours, included the luminary ceremony, during which the names of those who lost their battle to cancer were read and luminaries lighted in their memory. This year\u2019s luminary ceremony featured a special tribute to the late Dick Dunlap, who had been a dedicated part of the Relay for Life event for many years.<\/p>\n

    Dunlap\u2019s family was presented with a plaque recognizing his efforts on behalf of Relay for Life, while candles were lighted in his memory.<\/p>\n

    This year for a change, the Relay for Life event saw mostly pleasant weather, unlike many years when rain, storms and cold weather were more the norm.<\/p>\n

    As usual, there was plenty of free entertainment, while food was also available for the Relay for Life walkers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor It was another good year for the American Cancer Society\u2019s Relay for Life in Van Wert, as organizers and participants celebrated that success during the closing ceremony on Saturday at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. This year\u2019s Relay for Life event raised $51,000, well on the way to the 2012 goal of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 03:08:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}