Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Largest
Awareness Ribbon
- world record set by The Dykes
Family
MUSKEGON, MI, USA -- Amy Dykes and her two
daughters, Corinn and Reagan, remembered the 2nd anniversary
of husband and father, Bryan Dykes’ death from cancer by creating
a 219.5 foot purple ribbon
to
raise money and awareness for cancer research and prevention
- setting the new world record for the Largest
Awareness Ribbon
. 
Photo: Total length of the World's
Largest Awareness Ribbon
is 465.1 feet and
it creates a 219.5 foot purple ribbon.
( enlarge
photo
)
The previous Guinness World Record for the Largest
Awareness Ribbon
was a 49 m (160 ft 9 in) tall ribbon
set in the city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India.
“My daughter (Corinn) wanted to break
a world record, so we went through the book (Guinness Book
of World Records) and the longest
awareness ribbon record
really struck home,” explained
Amy Dykes, whose husband died of esophageal cancer two years
ago.
“To honor his memory, the girls
decided to break a Guinness record, raise money and awareness
for cancer research and prevention,” said Dykes in a statement.
Pictures were handled by Amy’s sister,
Candice Young, who is a local photographer. And, Muskegon
County Surveyor Stephen Vallier was on hand to provide the
official measurements.
The Muskegon Township fire department also
supported the cause by providing a ladder truck to help with
aerial photographs.
“We beat the old record by 100 feet,
and raised $1,000 for the ACS so far,” said Dykes.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
