weina's Blog

I had the pleasure of attending a portion of the Relay for Life 08 Raytown Youth last night.  They moved the event indoors to the Gym due to the soggy football field, but that didnt dampen spirits for this group of great teens.

The candle light vigil wasnt lost due to the move inside, the group leaders moved quickly and got glow sticks and necklaces to light up the students and the luminaries. It was a beautiful thing to see the gym lite up during the vigil with only glow sticks.

It was a very emotional night to say the least. To see so many students participating in such a worth while cause. One student lost a loved one just yesterday, another lost her father in March and one that was walking/running in honor of his mother that is fighting the battle today. While my son has never experinced a loss of a close loved one. So many young lives touched by the effects of cancer.

I am very proud of this group of students that went to school on friday and then attended the Relay for Life at 7pm to 7am saturday. Most students had been up since 6 am on friday and vowed to stay awake for over 24 hours.

It is a very proud moment for this mother to witness my son participating is such a wonderful event.

When todays youth often gets a bad wrap, last night proved to me that we do have youth that have huge hearts.