The royal purple commode, a fixture of the Flushing Out Cancer fundraiser for the Relay for Life of Northern Dallas County, continues making surprise appearances in the Perry area in advance of Saturday’s Relay for Life event set to start at 10 a.m. at the Jim Kaufman Track at Perry High School.
The purple porcelain lent a pleasant accent Tuesday morning to the yard at 16th and Iowa streets, the home of Mark and Karen Einck of Perry, who will now donate $10 to have the ornament removed.
For an additional $10 donation, the Eincks can have the porcelain pulchritude removed form their yard and placed in the yard of someone near and dear. A $30 donation buys insurance against the purple present.
All proceeds from the Flushing Out Cancer prank support the Relay for Life of Northern Dallas County, which celebrates the lives of cancer victims and survivors and funds cancer research.
Saturday’s Relay for Life features the Kick Cancer Collection Connection. Participants are invited to collect their loose change and bring it to Relay where they will then start at one end of the track and lay out the change. The goal is to make a complete circuit of the track and close the circle of change, which will all be donated at the end of the night.
The full schedule for the Relay for Life of Northern Dallas County follows:
10 a.m. to noon:
Registration
11 a.m. to noon:
Survivor Lunch
12:15 p.m.
- Opening Ceremony
- Welcome
- National Anthem performed by the Hill Family
- Invocation by Pastor Jeremy Winter, Mount Olivet Lutheran Chuirch
- Remarks by Dr. Richard Deming,
- Survivor Lap/Caregiver Lap/Team Lap
12:45 p.m.:
Perry Pulse Dance Team
1-2 p.m.:
- Oven Mitt Game and Cheetos Toss
- Purple Power Lap: Support our survivors by displaying your purple
- Bead Lap: Collect as many beads as you can
2-3 p.m.:
- Bingo- three cards for $1
- Under Cover Lap: Wear your craziest hats
- Sock It to Cancer Lap: Wear your craziest socks
3-4 p.m.:
- Football Tailgate Yard Games
- Flag Football Game
- Fight as a Team Lap: Wear your favorite team apparel
4-5 p.m.:
- Frozen T-shirt Contest
- Slip, Slop, Slap and Wrap Contest
- Hula Hoop Contest
- Beach Party Lap: Wear your favorite beach attire
5-6 p.m.:
- Maurice Jules Experience: Enjoy Doo-Wop, R&B, Pop and Ballads. Jules has performed with Sonia Da Da, Harold Melvin’s Bluenotes and the Gospel group New Beginning, which received a Gold Album
- Give Cancer the Boot Lap: Wear your favorite Western wear
- Vintage Relay for Life Lap: Wear your favorite vintage Relay for Life t-shirt
7-8 p.m.:
- Musical Chairs/Scavenger Hunt
- Bras for a Cause Lap: Wear your craziest bras over your shirts
- Tutus for Tatas Lap: Wear your favorite tutus
8 p.m.:
- Silent Auction closes
- Luminary Bag sales close
8-8:30 p.m.:
- Zumba with Lupita and Tonia
- Light Up My Life Glow Lap
9 p.m.:
Luminaria
9:30 p.m.:
Fight Back
10 p.m.:
Closing Ceremonies
The American Cancer Society, which sponsors the Relay for Life, estimates there will be about 1.7 million new cancer cases diagnosed in 2016 and about 600,000 cancer deaths in the U.S.
