relayforlife

Friday's Relay for Life in Shaunavon features a very special guest speaker as Kyla McMullin will tell her survivor story.

"Kyla has been part of our family her entire life and spent many summers in the Shaunavon area with her cousins here," said Patty Wright from the Relay's Sponsorship committee. "She's a cancer survivor, whose story began on February 21st, 2011 when she gave birth to her first child. Three days after that birth, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma."

She will speak about her experience, and how she dealt with the diagnosis and treatment at the Opening Ceremonies of the relay.

Meanwhile, Wright says they had a lot of sponsorships come in for this year's relay.

"Many in gifts in kind and many in cash donations," she added. "We've raised $5550 in cash donations, and in gifts in kind, we have $13,984 raised."

The Relay for Life begins Friday night at 7:00pm from Shaunavon's Crescent Point Wickenheiser Centre.