Valley Catholic School is sending two teams to the Relay for Life, July 24-25. The high school will be sponsoring a student team, “Footloose at VC,” in honor and in memory of those who have survived and are fighting cancer. The elementary school has two teams, “Valley Catholic Elementary” and “Valley Catholic Too.”

The elementary school team has raised approximately $1,000 each year for the past three years. According to one of the team captains, Valley Catholic Elementary Teacher Janet Rabe, their goal this year is to exceed previous years.

She continues, “Our personal goals include to increase awareness of the need to continue to fund cancer research, to honor our family members and friends who have had cancer and to build community in our school by participating in a bigger community event that is held on our campus. We have teachers, administrators, parents, students and community members on our team. This is the fourth year for some of our team members. It is an opportunity to get to know each other better as well as to make new friends.”

The event chair has already stated that compared to last year’s event, the Beaverton Relay for Life has doubled money and donations and also doubled the number of participating teams!

The event runs for 24 hours and will take place on the Valley Catholic track, with camping on the football field.

Everyone interested is encouraged to come out and support this wonderful event.

Posted by Thomas Kohler in Home Page Features, VCES Features, VCHS Features