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Relay For LIfe - Redditch 2007 Cancer Research UK Video On a very warm day in June we were asked to film the Relay For Life event in Redditch. It was a great day and alot of fun to be part of. There are two videos below - one intro movie that runs for a couple of minutes and then an 8 minute main feature (plus transcript below). Enjoy the videos. Intro Promo Movie Check out the 2 minute montage video of the day
Main Feature Watch the main 8 minute feature If you like the music used on the videos you can get it here Transcription of video Melissa Graham: Each year, 250,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in the U.K. Doctors estimate that one in three of us have it at some point in our lives. Today is all about people coming together, celebrating life and raising money to help find a cure, and help people survive. Lorraine O'Malley (From stage): We raised just over £60,000. We did this with 22 teams, and because of their efforts and support, Redditch was the second highest fund raiser in the country which is a tremendous effort from you all. Poem (From stage): I walk excitedly not demure, I walked to help find a cure. I walk for everyone to see, I walk for you, I walk for me. Melissa Graham: People you see behind me, these are the survivors. This is the survivors' lap of honor. These people have all faced the biggest challenge to date and have come through to tell the tale.
Melissa Graham: Now, Michelle, you are the team leader,
aren't you?
Lynne: Ozzie was my husband. It was diagnosed with terminal
cancer last April and he died in December. We did a very positive
thing last year by coming and joining in Relay For Life and we raised
£5,000 last year.
Melissa Graham: You having fun here?
Charlene: Our team is Scooby Doo Crew so we've created of
Scooby Doo, Daphne- all the crew. Also we've done the spooky island
tent, that's our theme today. My sister has done a lot of fundraising
at her work - she works at a big company. She's done Name the bear'
and raffles - lots of things behind the scenes to raise cash.
Sarah: It's to make a banner for outside and it's a banner
of hope to put around the track for support. You put the glove on
and put your handprint on it. Interview with 'Dr. Ashley Martin - Birmingham University" Dr. Ashley Martin: The work we actually performing in Birmingham is attempting to find biomarkers which are proteins in the blood that will tell us that the patient has cancer at a much earlier stage. We've been quite successfully in this with colon cancer, hepatic-cellular carcinoma and lung cancer and in the last year we have published several papers in good quality journals where we have identified markers that are better than those that are currently available and in clinical use. As everyone knows, clinical trials take a long time, so we are collecting samples we're performing the analysis and then we have to validate them and then we have to take them forward we then apply for more funds, which is for what this event is about today, to get money, to perform larger surveys, so we can validate with the sorts of numbers that you need to do these trials. We would be talking about thousands of samples, we are currently working on hundreds but we need to take it on and do larger surveys, and of course they're very expensive. You have to get patient cooperation, doctors' cooperation; you have to collect the samples and store them as well as perform the analysis. It takes a long time and a lot of money, which is why events like today's are so important. Interview with Lorraine O'Malley Lorraine O'Malley: It's tremendous - We got more people
this year, hopefully more money and more fun and laughter, so it
should be great! Melissa Graham: How long does this take to get involved,
to organize? There's a lot of organization. Interviews on the track Bacardi Breezers: Hopefully the whole team will raise £6,000.
Melissa Graham: So, how much money have you raised?
Melissa Graham: That's what I'm talking about. Everyone is here, the sun's shining, we've got ice cream in hand and we are raising a shed load of cash! END
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