'Surviving the Race' Theme of Cancer Survivors' Day Celebration
About 250 people including 134 cancer survivors attended the area's recent Cancer Survivors' Day. With a NASCAR theme of "Surviving the Race," at least one cancer survivor, Marcella Buchanan of Hickory, was in the spirit of the day wearing a Jeff Gordon racing suit. Newton resident and cancer
survivor Joyce Jarrett is shown with Scarlett Good, Miss Hickory. The annual event is sponsored by the Catawba Valley Cancer Control Network with funding by Catawba Valley Medical Center, Catawba Medical Foundation and Frye Regional Medical Center.
About 250 people including 134 cancer survivors attended the area's recent Cancer Survivors' Day. With a NASCAR theme of "Surviving the Race," at least one cancer survivor, Marcella Buchanan of Hickory, was in the spirit of the day wearing a Jeff Gordon racing suit. Newton resident and cancer
survivor Joyce Jarrett is shown with Scarlett Good, Miss Hickory. The annual event is sponsored by the Catawba Valley Cancer Control Network with funding by Catawba Valley Medical Center, Catawba Medical Foundation and Frye Regional Medical Center.