T-Birds Relay For Life Team Ready For Challenge
Seattle Thunderbirds players Shea Theodore, Justin Hickman, Jerret Smith and Taylor Green, assistant coach Tyler Alos and team mascot Cool Bird have teamed up with the Thunderbirds Community Sports Foundation in support of the Kent Relay for Life on May 31 and June 1.
Alos has challenged the four T-Birds players and Cool Bird to raise more money than he did last year at Relay For Life. Alos raised $1350 last year.
The T-Birds and the T-Birds Foundation are raising money for cancer research in two ways. Fans can support the team member of their choice by making a donation on the website of each participant taking part in the challenge. Or fans can come to the Kent Relay For Life and make a monetary donation to the T-Birds team to support the Relay For Life.
Tyler Alos Justin Hickman
Shea Theodore Jerret Smith
Taylor Green Cool Bird
The Kent Relay for Life will start at 6pm on Friday, May 31, at French Field in Kent. The T-Birds contingent and Cool Bird will be running the track at the start of the Relay For Life.
If you are interested in being an active member of the Seattle Thunderbirds Relay for Life team and would like to join us in walking the track at French Field fans should register on the Relay For Life website.
T-Birds are encouraging fans to come out to the field and help support the T-Birds team with their cheers and enthusiasm. Come have your picture taken with the Thunderbird team and make a donation to support cancer research.
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay, teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path.
Relay began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Washington, ran and walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Since then, Relay has grown from a single man's passion to fight cancer into the world's largest movement to end the disease. Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the United States, along with additional communities in 20 other countries, gather to take part in this global phenomenon and raise much-needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer. Thanks to Relay participants, the American Cancer Society continues to save lives.
