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Tales of survival inspire Relay for Life participantsVolunteer co-ordinator KrystynaContinued from page 1Chiaravalle, who was in charge of the eventsrare form of cancer, and his words evokedapproximate 200 volunteers, signed up fourtelltale signs of sorrow, which often broke theyears ago and has been hooked ever since.audiences sombre silence.She said the energy in the event has beenHe recalled his final memory of the laugh-growing over the past four years. ter the family shared in the simple joy of It's becoming a younger crowd. We havesharing a Popsicle and the uncertainty theya lot of teams who come back year after year,felt about how much longer his father had towhich is great to see, and there seems to be alive. As Wilson spoke, many cradled theirlot of energy in the past few years. People getloved ones in their arms with tears streamingreally excited about it, said Chiaravalle.down their faces, relating to his story.She said people have been more likely toWhen I said goodnight to him each night,dress up in costumes and decorate their tentit was really like the last time.sites over the past few years.There are some challenges you can't takeI think the fact that it's overnight makeson by yourself, but there is power and strengthit more exciting for people who are younger.in the ability of a community to make a dif-It's just so full of life, said activity co-ordina-ference and that as a community reaches outtor Sarah MacIsaac, 19, when asked whyand grows, so grows a hope that we may someyoung people are involved.DAN HO / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER day find a cure, said Wilson.I've never seen any sense of communityLaura Indovina led the Survivors VictoryTOUCHING MOMENT:Cancer survivor Laura Indovina receives a hug from her uncle Bruno Ierullo on this scale anywhere else so many peoplelap that opened the event. She described herafter delivering her keynote speech during the 10th annual Oakville Relay for Life at Appleby College.working together for the same thing. It'sthoughts and ordeal, from frequent hospitalreally amazing, added Sienna DiGiuseppe,back. You celebrate life and you remember allgreat cause.trips to wondering what she would look likealso an activity co-ordinator.those who are smiling down on us, saidThree years into it, I got cancer, revealedwithout hair, when she discovered she hadDiGiuseppe and MacIssac became involvedIndovina, fighting back tears and to thunder-Hoole. I did it to help others and yet it cameHodgkins Lymphoma at 11 years old.five years ago when a mutual friend putous applause from the crowd.full circle for me.Now 23, a registered nurse and a 10-yeartogether a team for her eight-year-old brotherThere were 120 survivors, dressed in yel-She was motivated to have a strongercancer survivor, Indovina said she always hadwho had cancer.low T-shirts, who brought hope to their com-team, raise more money and find a cure.hope.Chloe Nicholls, 12, was participating inmunity as they marched around the track inHoole cited the atmosphere of the relayHope that I would never stop planning.her first Relay for Life. Her grandmotherthe Survivors Lap.event as the reason she keeps coming back.Hope that I would never stop smiling andrecently died of cancer and Nicholls was rais-Survivor Joanne Hoole has been involvedWe are all brothers and sisters fighting can-hope that I would never stop dreaming. Hopeing money in her memory.in the Relay for Life for six years. She firstcer together, she said, clearly enjoying her-is always there, said Indovina.It's a good chance to try to save people'sparticipated in the event to support her fam-self as she danced the night away in theIt is the sea of yellow T-shirts standing inSee Emotional page 4ily members, who had cancer and felt it was aSurvivor tent while playing music trivia.front of me. You are hope. Tonight you fight! 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