California Relay volunteer Maxine Bigler with Honduras Relayers
In March 2006, Honduras held its fourth annual Relay For Life® event, another enormously successful Relay for this country of seven million people. About 2,500 attendees participated in the event, which was held at Olympic Stadium in Tegucigalpa. In addition to the survivors, caregivers, and community supporters, top Honduran officials such as the vice president and his family, the president of Congress, the mayor of Tegucigalpa, and the main bishop and his delegation attended. The survivor tributes moved the crowd, and lively entertainment added a festive atmosphere for the dedicated families, youth, and more than 100 teams on the field. In this country with a per capita gross national product of $1,030, donations exceeded $400,000 . California Relay volunteer Maxine Bigler assisted in training the Honduras Cancer Association (Asociacion Hondurena de Lucha el Cancer) staff and volunteers and shared colon cancer prevention and screening information at the event.
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