Several Mission Viejo schools on Friday will join in a celebration that includes painting the town purple and rallying at the library in an effort to raise awareness and funds for the June Relay for Life.
Bathgate, Cordillera, De Portola, Linda Vista, Montevideo, O’Neill, and Philip J. Reilly elementary schools along with Carden Academy and Mission Viejo Christian schools are expected to adorn their campuses in purple in honor of the American Cancer Society’s Paint Our Town Purple Day. The day, which encourages the public to decorate, dress and plant purple, is designed to inspire others to support Relay for Life events throughout the country.
Purple power will fill the air during the Relay Rally, which takes place from 3 to 5 p.m. in the community room at the Mission Viejo Library, 100 Civic Center. Purple smoothies will be available as a fundraiser for the Mission Viejo Relay for Life. The public is encouraged to come decked out in purple to support the cause.
The May 1 celebration comes as organizers gear up for the June 6-7 Relay for Life event at Saddleback College.
Relay for Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs. During the event, teams will take turns walking or running laps. At nightfall, hundreds of luminaries will be lit in a moving ceremony to honor cancer survivors and remember those who lost their battle to the disease.
For more information about Friday’s Relay Rally or the June Relay for Life, call 949-567-0625 or visit www.relayforlife.org/missionviejoca.
When students and kids interact with the crowd,it makes them aware of various facts of life .These facts are the basics which once understood makes life much much easier….
When students and kids interact with the crowd,it makes them aware of various facts of life .These facts are the basics which once understood makes life much much easier….