{"71148":{"#nid":"71148","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Relay For Life Invites Campus to Join in Kickoff","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents will kick off their yearlong efforts for Relay For\nLife this week with three events that encourage people to start a team, join a\nteam and start planning for the culminating Relay on campus in the spring.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=70953\u0022\u003EWednesday\u003C\/a\u003E, Relay invites students, faculty and staff to\nlight candles in honor of loved ones who have lost battles with cancer, are\ncurrently fighting them or celebrating them being in the past. The ceremony\nwill take place at the Campanile at 8:30 p.m. There will also be a free concert at 7 p.m. at Under the Couch featuring the band Courtesy of Frank.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=70954\u0022\u003EThursday\u003C\/a\u003E, volunteers will be on Tech Walk from 11 a.m. to 1\np.m. for people to stop by and write for whom they will \u201crelay\u201d on a purple\nPost-it. The Post-its will be afixed to a banner to be displayed on campus throughout the year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=70958\u0022\u003EFriday\u003C\/a\u003E is the official kick-off, with music, games and free\npizza for the first 100 guests to stop by at the Campanile. Relay For Life\nexecutive members organizing the initial events are also encouraging members of\nthe campus community to wear purple for the day on campus.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERelay For Life is the American Cancer Society\u2019s premier\nevent that focuses on celebrating the lives of those who have battled cancer,\nremembering loved ones lost and fighting back against the disease. Teams are\nformed in advance of the event and camp out overnight (usually on the campus\nathletic fields), taking turns walking or running around a track or path. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo\nlearn more about Relay at Tech, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.relayforlife.org\/gatech\u0022\u003Erelayforlife.org\/gatech\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents will kick off their yearlong efforts for Relay For Life this week with three events that encourage people to start a team, join a team and start planning for the culminating Relay on campus in the spring.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Start a team, join a team and begin fundraising for the main Spring event."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-10-12 10:16:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:26","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.relayforlife.org\/gatech","title":"Georgia Tech Relay For Life"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11619","name":"relay for life"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:iastanehasl3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EIda Astaneh\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EGT Relay For Life\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}