As the owner and a physician at Advanced Women’s Health Center (AWHC) in Bakersfield, California, Jason Helliwell, MD, is responsible for treating patients and managing the day-to-day operations of the practice. Dr. Jason Helliwell provides gynecological and obstetric services as well as cosmetic and alternative medicine procedures to his patients. An engaged member of the community, Dr. Helliwell has sponsored an AWHC team for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event for the past four years.

1. About the American Cancer
Society’s Relay for Life
BY JASON HELLIWELL

2. About the American Cancer Society’s Relay for
Life
As the owner and a physician at Advanced Women’s
Health Center (AWHC) in Bakersfield, California,
Jason Helliwell, MD, is responsible for treating
patients and managing the day-to-day operations of
the practice. Dr. Jason Helliwell provides
gynecological and obstetric services as well as
cosmetic and alternative medicine procedures to his
patients. An engaged member of the community, Dr.
Helliwell has sponsored an AWHC team for the
American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event for
the past four years.

3. About the American Cancer Society’s Relay for
Life
As one of the premier fundraising events of the
American Cancer Society, Relay for Life is a series of
fundraising walks where teams of runners spend the
night at the track and take turns walking laps. What
began in 1985 with one individual, Dr. Gordy Klatt,
walking in Tacoma, Washington, to raise money in the
fight against cancer, has turned into a worldwide
movement that has raised more than $5 billion to date
for the American Cancer Society. Aside from walking laps
around the track, many Relay for Life events include a
Survivors Lap, a Luminaria Ceremony, and a Fight Back
Ceremony.

4. About the American Cancer Society’s Relay for
Life
For the past century, the American Cancer Society
has been saving lives and helping others live in a
world with less cancer. With the help of millions of
supporters and volunteers in more than 900 offices
nationwide, the American Cancer Society is
dedicated to raising funds that support research for
cancer prevention, management, and treatment.