Bill Harrison, Executive Director of Diversity Richmond dropped in to chat with Robyn Bentley about the fun Drag Bingo fundraiser this Thursday, March 28 in the event hall, plus what’s new at the Diversity Thrift and how folks can use the event hall and classrooms at Diversity Richmond.

WBTL Diversity Richmond Drag Bingo Segment

For more details, visit online at www.RelayForLife.org/PowhatanVA

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a community celebration where individuals and teams camp out, picnic, dance, play games and take turns circling around a track “relay” style to raise funds and fight cancer. The event opens as cancer survivors lead the way around the track and are honored with the Survivor Lap. As the sun begins to set, the warm glow of hundreds of luminaria light the field in an emotional silent ceremony. Each bag lit is in honor of a loved one who won the fight against cancer or in remembrance of a special someone who lost their battle. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life represents hope in that those lost to cancer will not be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day, cancer will be eliminated.

FOCUS RICHMOND - Relay For Life of Powhatan, Va. on June 1, 2019

Country music recording artist Mark Wills will be the headline performer at the Relay for Life of the Middle Peninsula’s Fight Cancer Fest 2019, with proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society.
The show will be held on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Abingdon Ruritan Club festival grounds in Bena.

“This will be the first time Gloucester has seen a country star of this caliber,” said event organizer Melissa Edwards, who said she expects the show to sell out. Opening for Wills will be the locally-based musical trio The Mullins Sisters, performing harmonies of old and new country, bluegrass and Americana folk.

Wills, winner of the Academy of Country Music Awards’ Top New Male Vocalist for 1998, has recorded seven albums, including the platinum-selling “Wish You Were Here.” In 2018, he was invited by Vince Gill to become the 193rd member of the Grand Ole Opry; his induction ceremony was held earlier this year.

General admission tickets are $25; $12.50 for children. VIP tickets can be purchased for $85. Cancer survivors are admitted free of charge; no ticket required.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit https://middlepeninsulacancerfest.ticketleap.com.

Domenick Casuccio

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