Participants in the St. Patrick School Relay for Life event release balloons during the closing ceremonies. The relay was held at the school to kick off Catholic Schools Week last month. St. Pat’s in the only Catholic school in the Diocese that holds its own relay event.

Students at St. Patrick School in Hubbard kicked off their Catholic Schools week activities with their fourth annual Relay For Life event. The only school in the Youngstown Diocese that holds an official Relay for Life, students have helped raise more than $10,000 since they began walking for the American Cancer Society. Students acquire sponsors that donate according to the amount of walking they do. Other fundraisers include loose change collection buckets in each classroom, raffles and the sale of luminaries. This year the students were able to reach their goal of $2,000 collected for the American Cancer Society. Opening ceremonies began with speaker Tom Beasley who discussed the story of his family. The Beasley family has a long tradition with St. Patrick School over the past 30 years. Beasley’s granddaughter is a recent graduate of St. Patrick’s Schoo.