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Relay for Life looking
for teams to take part
The 2012 Kershaw County Relay
for Life of the American Cancer Society takes place
in May at the Lugoff-Elgin High School stadium and
with the relay only about thirteen weeks away there
is still a need for teams to participate in the
signature fund raiser of the Kershaw County branch
of the cancer society. The goal is to have at
least fifty teams taking part in this year's relay.
The goal for this year's Relay for Life is $150,000.
Teams should be between eight and fifteen people and
the cost per team member is $10 although there is no
cost for cancer survivors. Folks interested in
forming a team should call 438-3483.
ATEC open house this
week
Later this week ATEC, the
Applied Technology Education Campus in Camden will
celebrate National Career and Technical Education
Month with its spring semester open house. The
ATEC open house takes place Thursday, February 9th
from 5pm to 7pm. ATEC instructors, staff and
student members of the National Technical Honor
Society will be on hand to assist visitors and
demonstrate the technology in use in various
programs.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
grant to help fight obesity in school kids in
Kershaw County
A new program in the Kershaw
County School District called the Organ Wise Guys
aims to address the problem of childhood obesity.
The program is being funded by a grant from the Blue
Cross/Blue Shield Foundation of South Carolina.
Dr. Frank Morgan, school superintendent says the
goal is to help improve the health and academic
achievement of children through obesity prevention
programs. The program will be implemented at
Doby's Mill Elementary School and Jackson School.
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