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Out For A Walk – “Walk With The Dogs” Held In Nashville Saturday
ABOVE, Walkers and their dogs cross IL-127 under the protection of the Nashville Police Department Saturday morning. By Alex Haglund Honoring those you love who have died is a way to keep their spirit alive, Christi Thompson Merritt, organizer of the “Walk With The Dogs”, told the crowd at this year’s event, held at…
Read More2017 Relay For Life: More People Living With It Than Dying From It
By Rebecca Ruehl I posted this question on Facebook a week or so ago. “Friends. I need your help. If you or a family member is a cancer survivor, would you type their names in the comments section. It’s for a Relay article. And yes, I can use “first name last initial” for anonymity.”…
Read More“Walk With the Dogs” For Pancreatic Cancer Coming Up June 3
On Saturday, June 3 Memorial Park and the streets of Nashville will become a path of Purple Walkers and their 4-legged companions to raise awareness and funding for Pancreatic Cancer. This will be the 12th Annual event and to date over a quarter million dollars has been raised for research. Pancreatic Cancer still has NO…
Read MoreLet’s Paint Washington County Purple
The Washington Co. Relay for Life will be promoting the “Paint the County Purple” Campaign with the selling of purple bows again this year. These purple bows will be displayed in the town you request in Washington County the week prior of the relay. For the event the bows will be moved to the Okawville…
Read More2017 Relay For Life: Drink The Lemonade
By Rebecca Ruehl I’ve been involved with Relay for Life since 1998, the year after our daughter was diagnosed with cancer. Through the years, I’ve seen lots of fundraisers. Raffles and bake sales and BBQ’s and silent auctions and shirts and flipflops and letter writing. Some have been successful. Others? Not so much. When…
Read MoreRelay For Life 2017: Keep The Money Local
By Rebecca Ruehl The Washington County Relay for Life is slated for Saturday, June 24 at the Okawville Community Center. Please visit www.relayforlife.org to register or to join a team. Our family has had a team since the first year of Relay (1998.) Our daughter was a new survivor and it was an easy…
Read MoreFriday Is Dress In Blue Day – March Is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
March 2017 has been designated as National Colorectal Cancer awareness month. Of cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States. Colorectal cancer affects all racial and ethnic groups and is most often found in people ages 50 and older. Join Washington County Hospital this…
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