Cancer Survivors To Get White Glove Service at Relay For Life of Marlboro Hudson

This Friday night's Relay For Life of Marlboro Hudson will include a re-vamped Survivor and Caregiver Reception with a bevy of ways to make guests feel special.

Fabric table cloths, wait-staff-style servers and chair massages will pamper guests.

Raffles and playful centerpieces will add to the festivity. Bagpipers and a Hope Garden will honor those who have struggled with the disease.

Food will be provided by Olive Garden.

Nearly 100 cancer survivors (anyone who has heard the words, “You have cancer.”) and their caregivers (anyone who has provided care) are invited.

Relay For Life of Marlboro Hudson is set for:

• Friday, May 20 – Saturday, May 21
• 5 - 6 p.m. Survivor and Caregiver Reception
• 6 p.m. – 6 a.m. event
• Ghiloni Park, 239 Concord Road, Marlboro

Marcia Place, an Event Leadership Team volunteer, cancer survivor, Pauline Smith, an Event Leadership Team volunteer and co-lead for Survivor Reception and Vikki Crowley, Event Leadership Team volunteer, Survivor Lead and a four-time cancer survivor, were instrumental in the dinner's updates.

“I’ve felt the survivor area needed to be brought up to another level, and with the help of the committee this year’s will be breathtaking," said Crowley. "We fight one hell of a battle and I think we all deserve to be recognized and celebrated.”

Volunteers on the Event Leadership Team say they decided to freshen up the annual because all cancer survivors and caregivers need kindness for all they've gone through.

"This disease doesn’t discriminate – it goes after young and old, male or female – race doesn’t matter – neither does religion. Rich or Poor it just doesn’t care," said Crowley. "You fight to stay alive – to live with the pain – to pray someday it will be gone forever. You say over and over – I AM STRONG – I CAN DO THIS."

Full event details are available online at www.relayforlife.org/marlborohudsonma.