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Marilyn Hess, center, stands beside her niece Angel Blain, left, and her daughter Mckenzie Lambright, right at The Pointe Arts Academy studio in Highland. The family trio started Dancers Against Cancer, an organization to help raise money for cancer patients and their families. ANDREW VAN WAGENEN/Daily Herald

Nearly every single one of us will be touched by cancer at some point in our lives. Whether it be through a loved one’s diagnosis or our own, cancer is a growing epidemic in this country and around the world.

In an effort to fight cancer head-on, Marilyn Hess, her daughter McKenzie Lambright, and her niece, Angel Blain founded Dancers Against Cancer (DAC). The family-based charity sells T-shirts and organizes a variety of fundraisers to help raise money in support of local cancer patients and their families. “Hess said DAC all began when a niece had a childhood cancer that became active again when she was 20 years old. As an aunt and mother herself, Hess said she felt helpless. Hess, Lambright and Blain designed a logo for Dancers Against Cancer and printed it onto shirts and hoodies. In a matter of weeks they were able to sell 700 shirts.” ~ Quote: Kirstin McQuivey, The Daily Herald.

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