Learn about Relay, view art at kickoff event
This story on the Relay For Life kickoff was published in Monday’s (Feb. 19,
2024) edition of The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, MA. If you can make it, the kickoff
event to the June 8th relay will be held Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Attleboro
Arts Museum from 6 to 8 p.m.
The link to the story, as it appears on the newspaper’s website follows: https://www.thesunchronicle.
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ATTLEBORO --- The Relay For Life of Greater Attleboro to benefit
the American Cancer Society (ACS) will hold the kickoff for its reimagined 2024
event from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park
St., Attleboro, with a snow date of Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the same time.
During the kickoff, information will be shared about this year’s 26th annual event,
which is scheduled to be held 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 8 at Norton
High School.
Starting this year, the relay will be changing from an 18-hour overnight event
to a one-day one to attract more people and families after years of dwindling
participation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Megan Demoura, a longtime volunteer with the Taunton relay before joining the
Greater Attleboro relay’s Event Leadership Team in 2022, is the chair of this
year’s organizing committee. She said she’s excited about the new format, which
will include all of the traditional relay features as well as many new ones.
“For the last 11 years, Relay For Life has been a big part of
my life,” Demoura said. “This year is no different, except I’m honored to be
sitting on the committee as the lead chair. The committee is working hard to
put together a wonderful kickoff event and an even bigger day event” in June.
The staples of the relays over the last quarter-century will return. Those will
include an opening ceremony and lap, a survivors’ lap and dinner and a luminary
ceremony in the evening, which will again feature decorated paper bags lit in
memory of cancer victims and in honor of cancer survivors. And, as always, team
members, individuals and visitors will be invited to walk around the track
throughout the 12 hours.
Some of the potential new events that could be held June 8 include a craft
fair; activities for families, including a Touch-A-Truck; entertainment,
including from longtime Attleboro DJ Nate Adams, who again will donate his
services; food trucks; and team raffles, with all proceeds going to the cancer
society.
The kickoff, which is open to anyone interested in learning more about the
relay, will also give attendees the chance to check out two new museum
art exhibits.
Museum Executive Director and Chief Curator Mim Brooks Fawcett is delighted with
the fusing of the relay with the exhibits’ bold and groundbreaking art.
“The Attleboro Arts Museum is proud to continue partnering with the Relay For
Life of Greater Attleboro to help raise awareness for this important cause. Our
artists, members and patrons appreciate the vital work of the American Cancer
Society, and our hosting of the 2024 kickoff is a true honor,” Fawcett said.
The art exhibits to be featured during the kickoff will be:
* “A Contemporary Narrative,” which will run Feb. 15-29 and feature a
collection of pieces gifted to the museum by the family of Civil War Union
Major Everett Southworth Horton of Attleboro. The collection is the last
remaining component of the early days of the museum’s holdings when it included
items of historical interest along with works of art.
The exhibit will match selections from the collection with a contemporary work
created by a local Black visual artist. Each artwork will represent an
interpretation of the Civil War piece in the artist’s personal style. More
info: https://attleboroartsmuseum.org/a-contemporary-narrative/ in the
Ottmar Gallery
* In the Community Gallery, the Viktor Schreckengost Mangbetu Award Art Student
Group Exhibition will be on display through March 9.
It features 12 museum art students showcasing cityscape drawings. Students
range in age from 9 to 13 and the exhibit showcases art they created during the
museum’s fall 2023 session under the guidance of museum art educator Lisa
Granata. More info: https://attleboroartsmuseum.org/community-gallery-schedule/ in the
Community Gallery
The
Relay For Life of Greater Attleboro draws teams and participants from most
Attleboro area communities, including Attleboro, North Attleboro, Mansfield,
Norton, Plainville, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Wrentham, but interested people from
any community are encouraged to attend both the Feb. 22 kickoff and June’s
event.
Information: Contact Libbey Mitchell, a development manager for the
ACS, at libbey.mitchell@cancer.org or
Demoura at teamladybugs@yahoo.com.
If you’d like to form or join a team or volunteer for the relay, go to: www.relayforlife.org/greaterattleboroma
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