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These are Our Stories, What's Yours? 1,000 Stories Campaign Continues!
Part 2 of our 1,000 Cancer Stories Campaign has been launched! We're excited for the impact it's going to make!
We have begun phase 2 of our 1,000 Stories Campaign!
This part of the campaign is going to be really special.
I have volunteers from our community who have joined together to share some of their personal stories of cancer. Last night, a small group of us met to start filming these stories. We talked a lot about what kinds of messages we wanted to send and which pieces of our stories we wanted to share. This is a group I've worked with for years planning our Relay for Life event, so cancer is a topic that comes up often; yet I learned so many new stories from my Relay family.
And for me, hearing so many of these new stories really struck me. We say a lot how so many people have experienced cancer in some way- but to the extent of which it effects us is astonishing. I didn't even realize how many people in my life had battled cancer until I sat to write down my list for this campaign. I was so surprised with how quickly my list went right into the double digits.
I think this campaign is going to be so successful in so many different ways. It's going to really make people sit & absorb how cancer has been in their lives. It's going to bring each person back to their roots & feel like they want to fight back against this disease. For people who participate in Relay- this campaign might re-inspire Relayers, it might reignite their fire the way writing my stories did for me.
Sharing my story will be difficult, but knowing that it could make somebody feel that they aren't alone or connected to their own stories, will be important. To watch a sneak peak on who will be starting to share their stories, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPs5GxXDzKo
To submit your story, please mail it to us by September 25, 2017 to:
1,000 Stories
PO Box 598
Yorktown Hts, NY 10598
I have volunteers from our community who have joined together to share some of their personal stories of cancer. Last night, a small group of us met to start filming these stories. We talked a lot about what kinds of messages we wanted to send and which pieces of our stories we wanted to share. This is a group I've worked with for years planning our Relay for Life event, so cancer is a topic that comes up often; yet I learned so many new stories from my Relay family.
And for me, hearing so many of these new stories really struck me. We say a lot how so many people have experienced cancer in some way- but to the extent of which it effects us is astonishing. I didn't even realize how many people in my life had battled cancer until I sat to write down my list for this campaign. I was so surprised with how quickly my list went right into the double digits.
I think this campaign is going to be so successful in so many different ways. It's going to really make people sit & absorb how cancer has been in their lives. It's going to bring each person back to their roots & feel like they want to fight back against this disease. For people who participate in Relay- this campaign might re-inspire Relayers, it might reignite their fire the way writing my stories did for me.
Sharing my story will be difficult, but knowing that it could make somebody feel that they aren't alone or connected to their own stories, will be important. To watch a sneak peak on who will be starting to share their stories, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPs5GxXDzKo
To submit your story, please mail it to us by September 25, 2017 to:
1,000 Stories
PO Box 598
Yorktown Hts, NY 10598
To learn more about the campaign, please visit:http://rockforrelay.weebly.com/1000stories.html
If you have any questions, please email us at RFLofYorktownEvents@gmail.com
If you have any questions, please email us at RFLofYorktownEvents@gmail.com
