What is Relay for Life?  
     
 

Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society's signature event -- a celebration of cancer survivorship and community spirit, and the largest fundraiser in the world.

 
     
 

Each year, more than 3 million volunteers in more than 4,200 communities around the world take part in this overnight walk-a-thon. In addition to honoring survivors, caregivers, and their loved ones, Relay For Life raises much-needed funds for American Cancer Society research, education, advocacy, and patient service programs.

Join the Team

Get a group of friends together to form a Relay team and join us for overnight fun, excitement, and an all-around good time. Team members are encouraged to raise at least $100 each before the event. Each team member will receive a commemorative t-shirt. We'll have music, food, contests, awards, prizes, decorated campsites and on-site fund-raising activities.

Survivor Victory Lap

If you're a cancer survivor, you don't want to miss the Cancer Survivors' lap which opens every American Cancer Society Relay For Life! Cancer survivors walk the initial lap, symbolizing the courage that survivors and their families display and sustain in their lives.

Luminaria Ceremony

You'll have an opportunity to recognize your loved ones with the evening Luminaria Ceremony, lighting the night with hope. Lighted luminaria are individually decorated to honor cancer survivors or and in memorial to those who lost the fight to cancer.

Why Relay?

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a great way to have fun, celebrate survivorship, and raise funds to support a cure for cancer by bringing together friends, family, businesses, hospitals, schools and churches. Help us continue the fight!
       

Your Support Helps in the Fight Against Cancer
 


Research
   
  As the nation's largest source of private, nonprofit research funds, the American Cancer Society has distributed more than $2.5 billion to scientists since 1946.
 

The Society has funded 38 Nobel Prize winning cancer researchers. See the following website for additional information: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/RES/content/RES_7_6_Nobel_Prize_Winners.asp
 

The American Cancer Society funded researchers have played a role in the following discoveries: taxmoxifen, bone marrow transplants, the PSA test for early detection of prostate cancer, and the Pap test. See the following website for major milestones since 2002:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/RES/content/RES_1_1x_Research_Milestones_From_2002-2004.asp?sitearea=RES
     
 

Education

  
       
  The Society provides information and support to cancer patients, as well as early detection and prevention services. This support is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
For more information, please call 1-800-ACS-2345 or access our website at http://www.cancer.org/docroot/HOME/skr/skr_0.asp?level=0.
       
 

Advocacy

  
       
 

The American Cancer Society addresses cancer issues at the local, state and federal levels of government.
       
 

Service

  
       
 

Cancer Survivors Network: Created by and for cancer survivors and their families, this "virtual" community is a welcoming, safe place for people to find hope and inspiration from others who have "been there." Available at www.cancer.org.
  I Can Cope: Adult cancer patients and their loved ones learn ways to navigate the cancer experience while building their knowledge and coping skills through educational classes.
  Hope Lodge: This home-like environment provides free, temporary sleeping accommodations for cancer patients undergoing treatment and their family members.
  Look Good...Feel Better: Through this service, women in active treatment learn techniques to restore their self-image and cope with appearance related side effects. This program is a partnership among the American Cancer Society, the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association Foundation, and the National Cosmetology Association.
  Road to Recovery: This service assists cancer patients and their families with transportation to and from treatment facilities. Volunteer drivers donate their time and resources to take patients to treatment appointments and return them to their homes.
  Reach to Recovery: Breast cancer survivors provide one-on-one support and information to help individuals cope with breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, recurrence, or recovery.
  Man to Man: This comfortable, community-based setting for discussion and education provides men facing prostate cancer with support individually or in groups -- and offers men the opportunity to educate their communities about prostate cancer and advocate with lawmakers for stronger research and
treatment policies.
  Camp Adventure: Camp Adventure is a fun-filled, week-long sleep away camp for children with cancer and their siblings, ages six to eighteen. Held each August on the beautiful shores of eastern Long Island, Camp Adventure provides an opportunity for kids to just be kids while receiving the medical attention they need from pediatric oncology professionals.
 
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