The Peter Blum YMCA, 6631 Palmetto Circle South, is hosting the inaugural Relay For Life for the Boca Del Mar area May 30 to 31, and the goal is raise $35,000 to fund further cancer research. J
essica Moreno is the American Cancer Society’s community representative for the South Palm Beach Unit and said it was time to bring the event to central Boca.
“We have established relays that have been going on for five years or more in East and West Boca. The American Cancer Society looks at all the data, and it made tremendous sense to have an event in the area,” she said.
Moreno said that administration and teachers from Del Prado Elementary School have been instrumental in getting the event together.
“They have done such an amazing job and put in a lot of work. Now it is just a matter of getting the word out to the community to let them know about the event,” she said. Lenae Herman has been at Del Prado for 20 years and said the disease spares nobody. “We’ve had so many parents and staff through the years afflicted with cancer, and some have been fortunate while others have not. The children have parents, grandparents and relatives who have battled the disease, and they are very sensitive to the issue even at such a young age,” she said.
For more information, call Jessica Moreno at 561-394-7751 ext. 5309 or visit www.relayforlife.org/bocadelmarfl