Four generations of one family have teamed up to take on the Race for Life Challenge. A school girl from Kidderminster has got her family together to run the race in memory of her grandmother, who survived cancer twice.
Schoolgirl Tiany Milnes, 10, wants girls of all ages to come together and light up the night by joining Race for Life Twilight at three venues across the West Midlands in October.
Tiany, who attends Holy Trinity International School, was inspired to take part in the event by her grandmother Sue Chance, who has survived both breast and cervical cancer in the last six years.
Joining forces with her mother Sarah Milnes, who works at Kidderminster Academy, Tiany was bitten by the fund-raising bug when they signed up for Race for Life in June and encouraged Ms Chance to join in with them.
They then signed up for Race for Life Twilight with Ms Chance’s great granddaughter Amber Pettifer, aged four.
Ms Chance was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 following a routine mammogram and underwent surgery to remove the lump followed by radiotherapy.
Then, in 2009, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and needed a hysterectomy. The retired textiles teacher from Worcester said:
“I just thought of it as a blip the first time and decided it wasn’t going to stop me galloping through life,” she said. “It never crossed my mind I could get cancer again but you just have to get on with it and I was lucky they caught it early both times.”
Now Tiany has had the words “beat it, cancer”,painted on her arms as part of a stunt to promote the new event and highlight the fighting spirit needed to beat cancer sooner.
“That’s why I want to invite girls of all ages to join us and sign up for Race for Life Twilight.”
They will be taking part in the event at Worcester Racecourse on October 18. Organisers of the new evening events want women to wear sparkling, glow in the dark, accessories and run, jog or walk the 5k course to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK.
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