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Back to HomeFeature Article - March 8, 2012 Flinton relay taking a year off by Jeff Green

Parham and Napanee left to carry the torch

When people in small communities work together they can do remarkable things, but they do need a rest now and then.

Organizers of the Relay for Life in Flinton, which raised over $80,000 for the Cancer Society in 2010 and over $130,000 in 2011, have decided to sit 2012 out, and will likely bring the event back in 2013.

“When our committee met back in September to talk about running it for a third straight year, nobody wanted to leave their positions so it was not a matter of looking for new committee members, but there was feeling that the community and the committee as a whole needed a break. So the idea of 2013 came up and everybody seemed to like that,” said Carolyn Hasler, the Flinton Relay for Life Committee Chair.

There are about a half dozen teams from last year's event that are looking at re-forming this year and participating in the Napanee Relay, and Carolyn Hasler is busy organizing Daffodil sales for Addington Highlands for the Canadian Cancer Society.

As well, the Pine Meadow Nursing Home Relay for Life, which has been an affiliate of the Flinton Relay for the last two years, may be going ahead again, this year as a satellite of the Napanee event.

Just as the Flinton Relay is taking a break, the Central Frontenac Relay is gearing for a larger turnout. It is scheduled for June 15 at the Parham Fairgrounds.