Relay for Life
(click the image to see a three-part slide show)
Alameda hosted its 14th Relay for Life on Saturday and Sunday, with 400 people on 26 teams walking the track at Encinal High School for 24 hours.
The Alameda Relay’s goal was to raise $130,000 in the event to go toward research, education and support of local services, such as driving cancer patients to therapy.
The relay included the first lap dedicated to survivors, and a luminaria ceremony, with candles in sand lining the track to light the way for walkers through the night to dedicated to loved ones who have had cancer.
This year’s theme was “Celebrate, Remember, Fight back.”
“Survivors celebrate that they made it through the treatment. And of course they remember the friends they’ve lost. And we encourage everyone to fight back,” said Emilia Stephens, the Relay’s team captain coordinator.
Production notes: I used the pre-built Soundslides stage for the first time on this project. In the past, I’ve coded a simple HTML page linking to multiple slide shows. This tool made connecting threads of a non-linear story simpler.
Most of the photos are mine, except in the last slide show, Requiem. For that one, I used photos gathered in a Flickr Group I set up for this event. Approval came at the last minute, so participation was low, but I think it’s an effective way to bring people into the story. Reactions to the idea were universally positive.