The UCA Care Bears Relay for Life team will be hosting a series of events to help raise funds for cancer research. The first event will take place at Pizza Inn on Hogan Lane March 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. Members of the group will act as wait staff for the restaurant. A percentage of sales of the night and all tips will be collected.
The second event, “Eat to Beat Cancer,” is April 6 in East McCastlain from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Soup, salad and homemade desserts will be served. Food will be donated by Aramark and UCA faculty and staff. The team will be accepting a $5 minimum donation.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will return this year during the “Eat to Beat Cancer” event to take voluntary swabs from participants in a Spit for the Cure study conducted by the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The study requires that participants be 18 years of age and be willing to provide a saliva sample for DNA extraction to be used to create a bank of information for future studies and cancer research.
For more information on fundraising events by the UCA Care Bear Relay for Life team or to donate, contact Donna Gladwin at donnag@uca.edu or 450-3126.
This year’s Faulkner County Relay for Life teams will take place at the Estes Stadium April 8 -9.