Let Your Artist Out and Support Cancer Research

Help fight cancer and have fun painting pottery with a special Relay for Life fundraising event being put on by one of the relay's younger teams.

Campers Against Cancer would like to invite you to , 279 Cambridge Street, on April 22 from 12 to 3 p.m. for a Magic Brush Pottery event. Come down to paint, have fun, and support Campers Against Cancer Team. 20 percent of the proceeds will be donated to benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Burlington.

The cost of the event is the price of the pottery, which will range from $10 to $20 and a $3 firing fee to set your new piece of art.

So bring your friends, some snacks and your imagination and help support the fight against cancer.

The event is sponsored by Magic Brush Pottery in Tewksbury. For more information visit magicbrushpottery.com or call 978-446-0588.

The 2012 Burlington Relay for Life will begin on June 2 at 6 p.m. at the 's Varsity Field and will continue into the following day.

The American Cancer Societies Relay for Life is an overnight event to raise funds for cancer research and to support patients of cancer and their families. Along with funding research, money raised goes to a variety of services for those afflicted with this terrible disease, including providing patients transportation to treatment, the "Look Good, Feel Better" program that helps women cope with the appearance-related side effects of treatment, summer camps for children with cancer, providing patients with necessary information and providing free lodging for families traveling with patients for treatment.