Star of the Sea Regional Catholic School

Attn: Wheaton Walkers

309 15th Street

Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451

Just about everyone has been touched by cancer in some way. Relay for Life®, the signature activity of the American Cancer Society, is an opportunity for the community to get together to help in the fight to find a cure for cancer.

The Star of the Sea School team was formed in October 2000. Since then, the team has volunteered or participated in hair cut-a-thons, dinner-out-nights, raffles, candy grams, crafting jewelry and hand painted mailboxes, and selling Relay for Life luminaries. We’ve even had Community Ambassadors attend the annual Celebration on the Hill in Washington, D.C.

The team has always been a ‘family team’ made of faculty and staff, students, parents and friends. It is in fond memory of a generous supporter, Mrs. Margaret “Peggy” Wheaton, our former school nurse, that the team is now proudly known as the “Wheaton Walkers.”

in June, along with hundreds of other participants, the SOS Wheaton Walkers Relay for Life team walked relay-style around the track at Redwing Recreation Park. The first lap around the track, the "Survivor's Lap," is a moving and humbling experience to watch from the sidelines. We cheer our loudest when survivors from the Wheaton Walkers walk past! As darkness falls, hundreds of candles (each in memory or in honor of a person who has battled cancer) are lit. Entertainment rings out through the night. There is never a dull moment. Thank you to all who came out to this free event to help cheer the team on.