Relay For Life

One day. One night. One community: By participating in an American Cancer Society Relay For Life event, you honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives lost to the disease, and raise money to help fight it – all right in your community.
Much more than a walk around a track, Relay is a time to celebrate those who have battled cancer, remember those lost and get inspired to fight back. Those who have shared the same experience find common ground, hope and healing at Relay. By participating, you have the power to continue the American Cancer Society's progress toward a future where cancer doesn't take the lives of our friends and family.
Relay For Life opens as cancer survivors take the first lap. This emotional time sets the stage for the importance of each participant's contribution. Highlighting the evening is a luminaria Ceremony of Hope held after dark to honor cancer survivors and to remember loved ones lost to cancer. The luminaria candles line the track and are left burning throughout the night to remind participants of the incredible importance of their contributions. There were so many bags around the track, it was beautiful and sad because you realized how many people were effected by this awful disease.
On Friday we joined a Relay for Life team with some friends of ours. It was a great experience for our family. Kevin walked between 11 and midnight and I being the late night girl I am, walked at 12:30-3:45 a.m. We rotated all night long between teammates. The kids had fun at the beginning of the night decorating bags for the Luminaria ceremony. It really was special to see them care so much for the people we knew who died of cancer. I am glad I was able to participate in this and I highly recommend getting involved with your community to do an event like this. It was a great experience. http://www.relayforlife.org/relay/

Our Luminaria Ceremony bags