Eating lots of food is probably not a good idea all the time, but, in terms of fighting cancer, it can be an excellent idea if it is done at Chili\u2019s Restaurant, 1150 Branson Hills Parkway on Tuesday May 5th between 4:00 p.m. and closing. Chili\u2019s is teaming up with the Branson Tourism Center Relay for Life Teams to help raise money for the American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n
Ten percent (10%) of the Relay For Life \u201cdining checks\u201d will be donated to the \u201cRelay for Life of Taney and Stone Counties.\u201d To be eligible for the donation the dining check must be accompanied by a copy of the \u201cLet\u2019s Get Together\u201d flyer that is available in the Branson Tourism Center lobby at 220 Branson Hills Parkway, the checkout lanes of Branson 1st Stop convenience store and gas station at that same address or on line at\u00a0 https:\/\/www.bransontourismcenter.com\/Chilis_relay_for_life.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the American Cancer Society, one out of every three Americans will be diagnosed with Cancer during their lifetimes. \u201cRelay For Life\u201d is an American Cancer Society, grassroots program designed to empower groups and individuals to participate in the fight against this formidable foe. The program \u201crepresents the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day cancer will be eliminated.\u201d<\/p>\n To do that each \u201cRelay For Life\u201d teams raises money that will be used for cancer research, patient services and early detection and prevention education. Branson Tourism Center has three Relay For Life teams that have been involved with various fund raising efforts throughout the year such as the Chili\u2019s event, an Ester egg hunt, and various in-house fund raising efforts.<\/p>\n The signature activity of Relay For Life is an annual overnight event celebrating \u201cthe lives of those who have battled cancer, remembering loved ones lost, and fighting back against a disease that takes too much.\u201d It involves more than 3.5 million people from 4,900 communities across the country who camp out over night at local school tracks or other areas as team members take turns walking or running around the track with at least one member of the team on the track at all times during the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eating lots of food is probably not a good idea all the time, but, in terms of fighting cancer, it can be an excellent idea if it is done at Chili\u2019s Restaurant, 1150 Branson Hills Parkway on Tuesday May 5th between 4:00 p.m. and closing. Chili\u2019s is teaming up with the Branson Tourism Center Relay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}