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Member of the Relay for Life team called Mooving for the Cure is once again planning to take part in the Harrison event, May 31- June 1, including team leader Karen Hatt (left), and Bev Sargent (second right), who will walk in the Survivor’s Lap.
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It's hard not to smile as the Mooving for a Cure team makes its way around the Harrison Lagoon each year, walking lap after lap in support of cancer research. Their black and white cow costumes, complete with tails and horns, offer a bit of humour during the Relay for Life, and their theme is a symbol of the farming community of Agassiz where most of the members live. But beyond the wonderful costumes, jokes and giggles, there are also tears of sadness. Most of
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the members of Mooving for a Cure have someone close to them who have been through cancer treatment, or lost their lives to it. The team was started by Karen Hatt, shortly after the Canadian Cancer Society announced that the Relay for Life would be starting a Harrison Hot Springs relay. It was just a year before that her father died from cancer. "When I saw it advertised, I put a message on my Facebook wall," Hatt said, "and wow, I had a team in no time." Three years later, the team is walking in the Relay for Life once again, and busy collecting pledges
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online prior to the May 31 relay. In the time that's passed, at least one member has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Bev Sergeant, from Agassiz, was diagnosed shortly after last year's relay. She'll be back this year, though, taking part in the always emotional Survivor's Lap that kicks off the event. And earlier this year many of the team members lost their close friend, Chris Brown. Brown spent much of his free time on Harrison Lake with his wife, Coleen, and through their time on the lake they've made many friends, including the Hatt family. "A lot of us (on the team) are
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