LEBANON, Mo. (KY3) - Bells will ring around Lebanon at noon Friday in honor of a group of people who fought a battle no one wants to fight.

Mercy Health Foundation Lebanon’s Women with a Mission is inviting cancer survivors and anyone who the disease has touched to a get-together to build community and share stories of survival. It’s the hospital’s first-ever event for cancer survivors.

At the end of their treatment, cancer survivors can ring the bell to signify their victory over the disease. This is why, at noon, the bell outside the cancer center and the bells at churches and schools around the city will ring twelve times for everyone affected by cancer.

One of the event’s organizers, Karen Neasby, is a cancer survivor herself. She said her bell-ringing moment was so meaningful that

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