Relay for Life to honor MBHS’s Polly Shoulders

Patricia “Polly” Shoulders, who served as the registrar Mountain Brook High School for 37 years, battled and defeated breast cancer twice but unfortunately lost her third battle with cancer earlier this year. The Relay For Life of Mountain Brook will be held her memory on April 19 starting at 4 p.m. at Mountain Brook High School Spartan Stadium.

The Relay For Life of Mountain Brook is planned and executed by Mountain Brook High School students, but everyone in the community is invited to come out and participate in this fun-filled, family-friendly event.

Survivors are invited to attend and be recognized at the Annual Survivor’s Dinner and Reception at 5 p.m. The survivors will also lead the opening lap of the Relay. This year’s Luminaria Ceremony will feature the first ever Lantern Lift and is sure to be an inspiring and special moment for all who attend. Anyone can purchase a Sky Lantern in memory or honor of a loved one who has faced cancer for $50.

Students on the Relay For Life committee have named 2013 “The Year of the Quarter-Million Dollar Relay!” The event goal this year is to raise $250,000 to support the American Cancer Society’s fight to eliminate cancer. The youth-led event was awarded two nataional awards last year: The Gordy Klatt Number One Youth Per Capita Event and the Nationwide Top 5 Youth Income event.

For information about the event, contact Mary Frances Colley at 930-8893 or mary.frances.colley@cancer.org or visit relayforlife.org/mountainbrook.