Relay for Life

For Immediate Release
Joan Orozco, (909) 509-0157
Families and Friends of Pomona
Use Hearts and Feet to Fight Cancer
Pomona, Feburary,20th 2009 —In its first year, participants will walk for 24hrs to fight against cancer during the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Pomona. Residents of Pomona and the surrounding communities will gather at Pomona City Hall on April 18, 2009 to fight cancer. Relay For Life is a family friendly team event where participants walk relay-style around a quad while participating other in fun activities surrounding the quad. Teams include, but are not limited, to coworkers, club members, family and friends who gather donations prior to the event. “Relay For Life is a unique opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate those affected by cancer. As well as, those we’ve lost, and fight back against the disease,” said Ismael Arias . “This is our way of giving back to the cause of finding a cure for cancer as well as lends a show of support for our friends, families and neighbors that have been touched by this disease ,” Katherine Culliver added.
Funds raised at Relay For Life will enable the American Cancer Society to support local services and resources for cancer patients and their families. Funds also support critical cancer research and community education programs designed to teach
people how to reduce their risk of developing cancer.

Relay For Life events will be held in more than 300 communities throughout California, raising $36 million for the fight against cancer. For more information about, this event please visit: www.relayforlife.org/pomonaca . The American Cancer Society is m dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by saving lives, diminishing suffering and preventing cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. Founded in 1913 and with national headquarters in Atlanta, the Society has 13 regional Divisions and local offices in 3,400 communities, involving millions of volunteers across the United States.

For more
information, call 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org

A Message From Ink'd Chronicles

We would like to invite you to join us for the first anniversary of Ink'd Chronicles on Saturday, November 8th from noon until midnight. We have organized Tattoos for the Cure – a day (and night) of music, art and charity.
There is no charge to attend however donations will gladly be accepted.

Our artists will be tattooing pink breast cancer awareness ribbons and other designs as requested. There is an $80 minimum and all of the proceeds going to the Breast Health Program at the Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center . There will also be a tattoo-inspired art show with proceeds going to the cancer center.

In addition, there will be live musical performances beginning at 7:00 PM on the street stage in front of Ink'd Chronicles.

If you would like to find out more about this event,
please visit: www.inkdchronicles.com/tattoosforthecure

Ink'd Chronicles is located in the Pomona Arts Colony
264 W. Second Street
Pomona, CA 91766

Come Read with Us!

Pomona Reads! Come Read with Us! Program and Reception celebrating this year’s Big Read selection, “To Kill a Mockingbird” Friday, October 3rd, 6:00 p.m. Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center. 300 W. 2nd Street

Featured speakers to include:
Dr. Marten L. denBoer, Provost, Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Philip Pumerantz, Founding President, Western University of Health Sciences, Mr. Jim Henwood, President and CEO of the LA County Fair Association, Dr. Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, Superintendent, Pomona Unified School District, Ms. Gwen Robinson, President, Friends of the Pomona Library

The Pomona Big Read is led by the Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center, in c ollaboration and partnership with the Pomona Publ ic Library, City of Pomona Community Services, Pomona Unified School District, City of Pomona Cultural Arts Commission, Historical So ciety of the Pomona Valley, Fairplex, Fr iends of the Pomona Library as well as other c ommunity partners.
For information call Jonnie Owens at 909.869.4689 

or e-mail jjowens@csupomona.edu
www.class.csupomona.edu/downtowncenter/bigread/events.htmll
This event is part of The Big Re ad, an ini tiative of the Nati onal En dowment for the Arts in partnership wi th the Insti tute of Museum an d Library Se rvices an d Arts Midwest.