Add your voice to this 'Slam Cancer' event
There's an ongoing effort in the greater Attleboro area that I'd like to share with my readers: The Attleboro Public Library and the 23rd annual Relay
For Life of Greater Attleboro, which raises money for the American Cancer
Society, are holding a poetry-essay event to raise community awareness about
cancer. Organizers urge people to share their poems or essays of up to 500
words on the topic of “Slam Cancer: How I’ve been touched by the disease” by
emailing entries to slamcancer21@gmail.com now through Monday, May 3.
It’s hoped that the subject will inspire people to open up about how cancer has touched them and demonstrate that every cancer diagnosis affects many people, from patients and survivors to caregivers and family members.
The poem or essay could be a personal story of surviving cancer, it could relate the experience of helping to care for a loved one battling cancer or it might be a story about a friend, spouse or relative with the disease. Your submission also could be a tribute to someone you miss who succumbed to cancer --- or anything else that describes how the disease has affected your life.
The writing initiative is open to people of all ages; more details can be found on these websites and social media accounts: Relay For Life of Greater Attleboro (www.relayforlife.org/greaterattleboroma); the Attleboro Public Library (attleborolibrary.org); SAILS, the regional network of libraries (sailsinc.org) and the Attleboro Arts Museum (attleboroartsmuseum.org).
The authors will have the option of reading what they wrote during a celebration being planned for late June at Balfour Riverwalk Park, which is located in downtown Attleboro, MA, adjacent to the library. People of all ages are encouraged to participate.
It’s hoped that the subject will inspire people to open up about how cancer has touched them and demonstrate that every cancer diagnosis affects many people, from patients and survivors to caregivers and family members.
The poem or essay could be a personal story of surviving cancer, it could relate the experience of helping to care for a loved one battling cancer or it might be a story about a friend, spouse or relative with the disease. Your submission also could be a tribute to someone you miss who succumbed to cancer --- or anything else that describes how the disease has affected your life.
The writing initiative is open to people of all ages; more details can be found on these websites and social media accounts: Relay For Life of Greater Attleboro (www.relayforlife.org/greaterattleboroma); the Attleboro Public Library (attleborolibrary.org); SAILS, the regional network of libraries (sailsinc.org) and the Attleboro Arts Museum (attleboroartsmuseum.org).
The authors will have the option of reading what they wrote during a celebration being planned for late June at Balfour Riverwalk Park, which is located in downtown Attleboro, MA, adjacent to the library. People of all ages are encouraged to participate.
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