Two events kick off the 2016 Relay for Life

Apr 14, 2016

Two back-to-back events on April 9 helped to make local residents aware that the 2016 North and Central Frontenac Relay for Life is moving into high gear. The first was the Relay's official kick-off pancake breakfast fundraiser at Oso hall in Sharbot Lake. The Relay's newly appointed chair, Vicki Babcock, was on hand manning the merchandise table and selling sweat shirts, sweat pants, socks, head bands, coffee mugs and more.

Registration chair, Christine Teal, was also on hand to register new teams which that day included Scott Reid's “Team Steam”. To date seven teams have registered and Babcock said she hopes to have at least 10 teams registered by May 1. Over 50 diners came up out for the event.

Retro-Relay is the name of this year's community team, which is open for anyone who doesn't have a team but wants to participate. Teams who missed the event but still want to sigh up can contact Christine Teal at 613-375-6525 or email her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The second event was the first fundraiser this year for June's Angels, a long-time Relay team made up of relatives of the late June Fox, who passed away four years ago from cancer. The Angels, who number over 20, held a spring luncheon/bake sale at the Parham IOOF hall and not surprisingly, organizers perfectly timed it so that Relay chair Vicki could be there to show her support.