Each Moment We're Alive honors cancer survivors at Springfield gala

A gathering to honor those fighting against cancer in Springfield. 22 News reporter Lexi White joins us live in studio after attending the event at Marriott Springfield downtown. Lexi, tell us more about tonight's gathering. Well Kaylee, each moment we're alive is welcoming the community to join them in navigating life after cancer, opening up the floor to cancer survivors and giving them a chance to share their stories. What is it to live after cancer? a night of honoring the fight against cancer and bouncing back from the first-ever Rise Above Cancer Gala at the Marriott Springfield downtown is doing just that the local nonprofit organization Each Moment We're alive hosting the event and the founder being a cancer survivor herself we hear about sometimes always the bad things and now we want to hear about what it means to have cancer all that exciting things to give people incentive of there's life after cancer. 22 News anchor Ciara Speller emceeing the event and over 160 guests attending, having an opportunity to dress up, eat an elegant meal, and support the cause. Each moment we're alive helps people navigate life after cancer treatment. Tonight they're doing a silent auction, raising money for their services so that people will never have to pay to receive support from their organization. Eight honorees sharing their stories of life after cancer treatment talking about what it means to them to be here in this moment at the gala and to be a part of a community paving the way for its members so having people who truly understand like what it means to go through a diagnosis treatment um the really hard things they day-to-day bring it brings um it's just so important Each Moment We're alive focuses on survivorship helping to support those readjusting to life after battling cancer. They offer support groups and many other services free of charge to their members, some being cancer free for a few years, others for a year and some still working through it through the sense of community and with fellow pink sisters by our side. So we get through it. I'm just grateful to, um, to have managed to, uh, survive, one of the biggest hardships of my life. The Cancer Survivorship Network hopes to host more galas in the future and are eager to connect with others seeking their services to remind them they are not alone. Organizers from Each Moment We're Alive say their mission is to support cancer survivors and help to build a community, making sure no one is going through it by themselves. Working for you, Lexi White, 22 News.