Fundraiser Relay For Life team raises $3,000 at fundraiser
Posted 11/7/19
The “Put the SSHH on Cancer” Relay For Life team hosted its third annual “Hope on the Prairie” Walk/Run Against Cancer fundraiser on Aug. 1 at Hawk Point Community Park, and raised nearly …
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Fundraiser Relay For Life team raises $3,000 at fundraiser
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The “Put the SSHH on Cancer” Relay For Life team hosted its third annual “Hope on the Prairie” Walk/Run Against Cancer fundraiser on Aug. 1 at Hawk Point Community Park, and raised nearly $3,000.The proceeds were split evenly between the Relay For Life of Warren County and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.The event is put on by Kim Hasekamp and Jennifer Schneider, both members of the “Put the SSHH on Cancer” Relay For Life team and they are both runners.“We felt that since our community is smaller, it doesn’t often get the benefits of having 5Ks and other races available,” Hasekamp said. “So we decided to start ‘Hope on the Prairie’ three years ago.”Around 300 or so people attended the event, with somewhere between 180-200 actually participating in the run/walk, which is a four-mile course.“The first two miles were on paved roads through the community of Hawk Point, with the local police department and fire department on hand,” said Carie Biggs, a participant and a volunteer for the Relay For Life of Warren County. “And the last two miles were on a gravel road that lead you through rural farmland and a wide open prairie.”The “Put the SSHH on Cancer” team has been around since the Relay For Life of Warren County began, around 18 years ago, and has raised well over $100,000 for the American Cancer Society.“We started out small and then grew to about $10,000 a year once our trivia night got going,” said Sara Creech, one of the founding members of the team. “We were not able to host the trivia night this year, so our total will be smaller but we are so glad we still get to participate.”The team’s name isn’t just about shutting up cancer, the “SSHH” is also an acronym for the last names of the team’s families and friends who have been affected by cancer.The first “S” is for the Shaw family, represented by Lowell Shaw, who lost his battle to cancer, and his granddaughter Lisa who is a brain cancer survivor. The second “S” is in honor of the Stanek family. Karen Stanek is currently the team captain of “Put the SSHH on Cancer,” and she started relaying because her son Aaron was diagnosed with leukemia at a very young age. He is now a survivor. The first “H” is in honor of Lena Hasekamp, and she is the reason the team got started in the first place. The final “H” is for the Hase family, who lost two family members to cancer, Victor and Audrey.“Our team grows larger each year as our families multiply and more friends join us,” Creech said. The “Put the SSH on Cancer” team’s next fundraiser will be at Backroads Pizza and Grill from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16. A portion of the proceeds, whether dining in or carrying out, will go back to the Relay For Life of Warren County.The 19th annual Relay For Life of Warren County will take place from 1 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Black Hawk Middle School in Warrenton.For more information, visit relayforlife.org/warrencomo or contact Kanna Rook, American Cancer Society staff partner, at 636-866-4884 or kanna.rook@cancer.org.
These children participated in the third annual “Hope on the Prairie” Walk/Run Against Cancer held Aug. 1 in Hawk Point. The Relay For Life team, “SSHH On Cancer,” raised nearly $3,000. Submitted photo.
