Relay For Life Steps Off

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Dana LaRose
Dana LaRose

Local Tad Heitmann invites support for his friend Dana LaRose, a 22-year cancer survivor who is participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The race steps off at El Morro Elementary in Laguna Beach on Saturday, Oct. 10.

“When I first met Dana, I had no idea she’d been fighting a battle with cancer for more than a decade,” Heitmann said. “In fact, I didn’t learn this until several years after we began collaborating to promote and publicize the performing arts in Laguna Beach schools.  All I knew was that she was energetic, passionate, creative and committed.  Our friendship and mutual admiration grew with her cancer in the background.  Now that I know about her long and courageous journey, I respect that she never used it as an excuse and even now is uncomfortable about wearing it as a badge or making it a cause.

He invites any and all to help make the team – Dana’s Fine Men and La Roses – one of the top fund raisers and most fun teams at El Morro.

There are many ways you can join the fight against cancer:

Make a donation to Dana or our team online: www.relayforlife.org/lagunabeachca

(You can donate to Dana by clicking on her name in the list on the lower left of the page.

Join the team and then start raising funds yourself or start your own. And come walk the track with us, Heitmann says.

Laguna Beach favorites The Salty Suites and Rocky’s Revival are performing.

 

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