Relay for Life 

Relay for Life website

Register here to form a team, join an existing team, or go as an individual.

Relay For Life® is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money to help the American Cancer Society save lives, help those who have been touched by cancer, and empower individuals to fight back against this disease. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team keeps at least one team member on the track at all times.

CANCER SUCKS TM:

What is Cancer Sucks™?

The aim of Cancer Sucks ™ is to make cancer “suck less” for everyone. The organization was started in 2005 by Carleton Alums Katie Magoon and Ted Mullin 06 in an effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for life. Since then the organization has grown by leaps and bounds to a dedicated full time non-profit organization, with presence in over 11 states and two countries. In 2006 the organization raised more than $3,500 dollars for cancer research.

How much do they cost?

Each shirt is $12 dollars

Where does the money go?

All the proceeds from the shirts go to directly benefit The Ted Mullin Cancer Research Fund located at the University of Chicago. The fund is dedicated to the treatment and prevention of pediatric forms of cancer.

What else do you do besides sell t-shirts?
Cancer Sucks is only one of the many ways Carls Against Cancer, an Act sponsored group, raises money for the fight against cancer. Carls Against Cancer is involved in working in the community with those who have cancer, those who have had, and those whose loved ones have it.

Cuts for Cancer?

~ another Carls Against Cancer event

Shakespeare once wrote, “There’s many a man has more hair than wit”(The Comedy of Errors). Here at Carleton, we are proud to say that we have quite a bit of wit, and a significant amount of hair, too. However, last Friday, much of this hair was cut or shaved in the Great Hall at Cuts for Cancer, thus further increasing the wit to hair ratio. During this ACT-sponsored event, seven local professional stylists volunteered their time giving haircuts for donations to the Ted Mullins Cancer Fund. On the part of the students, there was much volunteerism, creation of cards and buttons, sale of t-shirts and hats, donation of money and hair, and overall reflection and good cheer for a good cause. Resulting were 17 heads shaved, 130 new haircuts, 18 donations to Locks of Love, and $2,840 raised. But as “An honest tale speeds best being plainly told” by those whose tale it is to tell, let us hear what they had to say about it (Shakespeare, Richard III).

What say the students?
“My roommate did it last year and we both decided to do it this year.”

“I’m just selling my [Cancer Sucks] wares. Todd who’s a custodial guy gave the whole swim team our haircuts. Major props to Todd.”
~ from one who was bald-headed in advance

“Our whole floor is volunteering because our RA said that if we all did, he would shave his head.”
~ from 4^th Burton

“It’s so much colder this way.”

What says a volunteer buzzer?
“He had a lot of [motions to a pile of a guy’s buzzed hair on the floor] … it’s like a rug!”

“It makes me a little nervous, actually. It makes me nervous for them. I don’t feel nervous doing it. I feel like I’m this GI Jane.”

What say the stylists?
“I think this is an awesome event. I feel very fortunate that I can be part of something like this, and that so many people are lining up to do it is great.”

“I love doing college students because they are just so interesting.”

What personal stories do they share?
“I want to shave my hair for graduation after I walk the stage because everyone dresses up for graduation and does their hair and I just want to be … Once I graduate and I’m going off to the world, I want to take off everything and just start clean … My grandmother had breast cancer twice, and she’s just amazing, but it really hit me when my aunt was diagnosed with it when she was thirty, and she kept trying to hide it. I want to show that you can be bald and beautiful.”
~ Kat Zerebiec, ’09, Buzzing volunteer

“I did it the first year kind of on a lark and also because my dad was ill with cancer, and also because I was tired of having long hair. This year I kind of did it in honor of my dad. I think it helps to keep it fresh in my mind, and to think about it. Having short hair is very different from having long hair, so it’s a constant reminder. Like when someone has cancer – it’s always there.”
~ Zachary Hyman, ’08, 2^nd time buzz for Cuts for Cancer

“My sister did it actually, and her hair was really long and mine got long. And I knew I was going to cut it eventually, so I’ve just been waiting, and this came up, so it’s perfect timing. My great aunt had breast cancer and my grandfather got lung cancer, and yeah … it’s just a good thing to do.”
~ Arpita Bhattacharyya, ’10, 1^st time donation to Locks of Love

“My dad was diagnosed with breast cancer last fall and it really kind of hit me. I saw this advertised in Sayles last year, and I was like ‘Definitely doing it,’ just because it was something I felt that I needed to do. And then I did it and I just felt fantastic afterwards. When the position for PD came up, I was really excited, I thought, that’s definitely something I want to do.”
~ Lily Sasse, ’08, Cancer Connection PD, 2^nd time donation to Locks of Love

What facetious hair tales do they tell?
“I used to have long hair and then … I kind of blasted the angry chick music and cut off about 10 inches by myself.”

“I always have these traumatic reactions to haircuts. My aunt was cutting it once, and she kept saying ‘You look really good!’ and I that made me just so paranoid!”

“Well, there was definitely the time in hair school when …”

“I had one client that came in, her two-year-old was on the bathroom counter and she was reaching down to get something, and her daughter cut a huge chunk out of the front of her hair … so then I cut it all off.”

“I had a friend who tried to shave his sideburns off, so on one side he accidentally got really high up and ... for a while he didn’t really have hair on one side.”

“I had dreads for four years. [Cutting them off] was weird … I would find myself … my hands would naturally go up to my head and I’d find out there was nothing up there. Sleeping was weird for about two weeks because I guess I was used to having a lot of material.”