'Rock the Runway' for cancer victims slated Jan. 26

“Rock the Runway Fashion and Talent Show” is set for Jan. 26 at the Franklin Recreation Center at 6 p.m.
Theresa Boykin, volunteer and member of the Lydia Cancer Association, filled in the St. Mary Parish Council on the event and its significance to cancer patients.
The tenth event benefits the association. Tables are sold on, but single seats are still available, Boykin said.
The association has been in existence for 14 years and serves Iberia, St. Mary, St. Martin and Vermillion parishes.
It has provided more than $700,000 to cancer patients over its tenure.
“I’m asking each of you to help me support this organization,” Boykin said. “To help people in this community that are battling cancer. It’s financial assistant to these folks.”
Boykin, a cancer survivor, was an early recipient of the organization. “It will help them with the utility bills, the grocery bills, a medical expense,” she said. “That is a relief off your mind that you can put gas in your car to go to a chemo treatment or enough to pay a doctor bill.”
She said anyone wishing to purchase tickets at $10 can call 337-578-1618, or to make a donation, as well as seek assistance. The website is lydiacancerassociation.org.
“We’re a homegrown association,” Boykin said. “Nobody on the board gets paid, no members get paid, no volunteers get paid. A hundred percent of what is brought in is given to cancer patients.”