This year’s Relay for Life of Kent, WA fundraiser will be held from 3 pm, June 3 through noon, June 4 at Kent-Meridian High School’s French Field. Volunteers are needed for the event including:  set-up, clean-up, registration, luminaria, survivor pins, food service and miscellaneous. If you’re able to help 3-4 hours during this important event, please contact Mark Taylor at 206-713-5993.

Visit Relay for Life of Kent, WA online to learn more about the event or to make an online donation.

For more specific information about volunteer opportunities, click here —-> Relay_For_Life_Volunteer_Opportunities

Congratulations to all of Kent’s graduating seniors! Here are a few of the local ceremonies planned.

June 10:

Kent Phoenix Academy (7 pm)
11000 SE 264th St., Kent

June 11:

Kent Mountain View Academy (6 pm)
Kent-Meridian HS East Wing Auditorium

June 12:

ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St.

Kentlake High School (9:30 am)
Kentridge High School (12:30 pm)
Kent Meridian High School (4 pm)
Kentwood High School (7:30 pm)

Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.

Kent teams are gearing up for the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life fundraiser. This year’s event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 4 and will continue until noon on Saturday, June 5 at Kent-Meridian High School’s French Field.

The purpose of the event is to raise awareness and funds to fight cancer. Teams of families, friends and co-workers walk in teams around the Field throughout the night. In addition, activities and ceremonies will be held during the 18-hour event. An opening ceremony will be hosted to Seattle DJ “Bender”  followed by the Survivor Lap. The luminara ceremony will take place at dusk where luminara bags will be lit for survivors and loved ones lost to cancer.

Ninety-six local Kent teams – including 815 participants – have been formed to walk during the race, including Hanis, Irvine & Prothero and the Curran Law Firm. To date, more than $70,000 has been raised. Nationwide, 5,000 communities are expected to participate and hope to raise more than $3 billion in the fight against cancer.

For more information, contact Becky Walter of Hanis, Irvine & Prothero via email or visit Relay for Life online.

The clinic is available for students from preschool through grade 12. Students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to receive immunizations. The students must also bring their immunization records.
Available immunizations include:

• MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
• IPV (polio)
• DtaP (diphtheria, tetanus)
• Td(tetanus, diphtheria)
• Varicella (chicken vaccine)
• Hepatitis B
• Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria)

Kent School District has teamed with Public Health – Seattle and King County to provide the free clinic. A portion of the funding for the clinic is from a Group Health Foundation grant.

Now in its 25th year, more than 3.5 million people in the United States participate in the Relay for Life each year. Hosted by the American Cancer Society, this annual event raises funds for those fighting cancer in addition to celebrating those who have fought and won and remembering loved ones who lost  their lives to this terrible disease.

This year’s Relay for Life event is scheduled for May 29 – 30 at Kent’s French Field at Kent-Meridian High School.

For more details, to donate or to sign up for the event, visit the event’s website here.