Colleges Against Cancer is an organization comprised of students who want to spread awareness on campus and make a change when it comes to cancer. From raising money for the American Cancer Society to organizing Relay for Life, Amanda Sorrell and Anita Seeholzer, co-presidents of the organization, bring this passion to Capital’s campus.
The organization is already working on Relay for Life, which will take place in April 2018.
“We provide an opportunity for most of campus to come out, interact, have fun and most importantly, give back to a great cause that touches a lot of our students and staff in some way,” Sorrell said.
Their goal is to have 25 teams with a minimum of 450 total participants.
“We want to expand the Relay For Life event as much as possible, both in participation of the campus and community and in the creativity of the experience,” Seeholzer said.
Fundraising for the event has already begun, and the journey to what will hopefully become $20,000 is already underway.
“A big thing that we want to push this year is that you don’t even have to be in an organization to participate; get a couple friends together, get your [residence] hall, or even sign up as an individual,” Sorrell said. “It is going to be a great time regardless of how you sign up.”
According to Seeholzer, the organization is also planning to increase their social media presence.
“Relay For Life is also open to the community, and we have a goal to increase the awareness of our event in the community to hopefully increase their participation,” Seeholzer said. “We have teams walk and have fundraisers at their tables for a 12-18 hour event with a continuous DJ, Supergames inflatables, and entertainment as scheduled.”
Interested students can find links to sign up for Relay for Life by searching @CapitalCAC on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Colleges Against Cancer puts on other events such as Pink Week, a breast cancer awareness event at the end of October. They will also be doing a giveaway for those who wish to participate in No Shave November.
“The idea behind that is that people can give up shaving for the month and donate the money they would’ve spent on grooming/shaving to cancer research,” Sorrell said.
At 1:00 p.m. on Nov. 18, the organization will be hosting a corn hole tournament and cookout for the Great American Smoke Out, an initiative by the American Cancer Society to decrease tobacco use.
