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Why we Relay. When you join Relay, you're helping us improve survival rates and the quality of life of people with cancer across the country. Thanks to you, we can: Fund groundbreaking cancer research that will help more people live with and beyond cancer.

Relay For Life® For over 35 years, communities across the world have come together to honor and remember loved ones and take action for lifesaving change. Relay For Life is a movement, a community of like-minded survivors, caregivers, volunteers, and participants who believe that the future can be free from cancer.

It is the responsibility of all committee members to recruit new committee members, new teams, provide a brainstorm list of potential businesses/individuals for sponsorship/donations, attend trainings when available, serve as American Cancer Society ambassadors; actively assist in spreading the ACS message of curing ...

ing to our most recent financial data, 73 cents of every dollar goes directly to research, prevention, detection, education, and patient support. The rest – about 27 cents – fuels supporting services for our lifesaving work to manage and fund those programs.

At Relay, we walk so those living with cancer and those remembering the ones they've lost never have to walk alone. We fundraise so those working tirelessly to improve cancer outcomes can continue to make the future bright.

This volunteer-led experience unites communities to celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and raise funds to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive ...

ing to our most recent financial data, 73 cents of every dollar goes directly to research, prevention, detection, education, and patient support. The rest – about 27 cents – fuels supporting services for our lifesaving work to manage and fund those programs.

It was started by Dr. In 1985, Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon, wanted to find a way to raise money for his local American Cancer Society office. He spent 24 hours walking and running around a track, raising $27,This laid the foundation for the first Relay for Life event.

At Relay For Life events, teams camp out at a local school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. All team members are asked to raise a minimum of $100 each, and, because cancer never sleeps, each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event.