We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Betty Lou Stender poses beside a cake specially made for the 2016 Relay for Life survivors' dinner that preceded the annual walk at Hoon Field in Chinook. Stender is a 'triple survivor' having successfully come through three bouts with three different types of cancer.
About 70 volunteers and celebrants gathered at Hoon Field on Friday night for the 2016 cancer walk. The walk, and related activities, is the culmination of a year of fundraising by local teams to support cancer research and provide services to cancer victims. Local organizers believe 2011 was when the Blaine County walk began. Prior to that volunteers joined Havre's annual walk.
Before the walk began at Hoon Field on Friday night, a group of cancer survivors gathered for a dinner hosted by the Chinook Alliance Church. The dinner honors cancer survivors, and their families, with a time to fello...
