Family team up for relay

• Published date: 18 April 2024
• Publication title: Star, The

Team leaders and cousins-in-law Trina and Angela Melrose, and their fellow Melrose Place team members, are among hundreds of locals who will come together for the giant community fundraising event, which aims to celebrate, remember and fight back against cancer

Safe from the weather under the stadium roof, the Dunedin Relay for Life will run from 10am to 10pm on Saturday, starting with an opening ceremony led by relay ambassador Dunedin policewoman Tamsyn Hayes and Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich, and a ‘‘celebration lap’’ for people affected by cancer and their carers.

Throughout the day, participants will enjoy live entertainment and food from local vendors, before the relay concludes with a moving candlelight ceremony at 9pm, and an energising closing ceremony.

There is an open invitation for cancer patients and families affected by cancer to attend the opening ceremony and the candlelight ceremony.

Trina and Angela are...