Strawberry-flavored cupcakes donning frosted pink breast cancer ribbons were all the craze as students lined up to buy goodies in support of raising cancer awareness.

Members of the Ventura College Sociology Club hosted a bake sale fundraiser in support of Relay for Life on Wednesday, April 28. The club was set up by the Learning Resource Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., bracing windy conditions to sell students a variety of homemade treats. According to club Vice President Kat Okada, 50, all proceeds of the fundraiser will be donated directly to the Relay for Life fund.

“The event itself is a great way to lift spirits and raise awareness of cancer,” said Okada, a sociology major.

The Relay for Life is organized by the American Cancer Society and will be hosted at the Buena High School stadium in Ventura from May 15-16. At the event, teams of people camp out and take turns walking around a particular path or track; each team must have a delegate walking at all times, which is a way of signifying how cancer never sleeps. Only a couple of students from the VC Sociology Club will be participating at the event, according to club President Kayla Ortiz.

“Unfortunately, we were unable to get a team in time for registration,” said Ortiz, a 19-year-old sociology major, “but that’s why we’re doing this bake sale, to help raise money for a good cause.”

Some members of the Sociology Club have personal connections to Relay for Life.

“I’m a breast cancer survivor,” said Okada, “I’ve been on remission for nine months, and I had stage three breast cancer.”

The money raised for and donated to Relay for Life is used to help current cancer patients, according to Okada.

“It helps buy wigs for those who lost or are losing their hair,” she said. “It can also help pay for home health nurses and medication costs. But most importantly, it can provide resources and give hope.”

For more information on Relay for Life and how to donate to the cause, visit http://www.relayforlife.org/.