Relay For Life

Event Schedule:
~Opening Ceremony: 10am Sat
~Survivors Lap: 10:20am Sat
~Luminaria Ceremony: 9pm Sat
~Fight Back/Closing Ceremony: 9am Sun

About Relay For Life:
Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Relays are 24 hours in length; representing the reality that cancer never sleeps. By participating, you honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives we've lost to the disease, and raise money to help fight cancer in your community.

Relay began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Washington, ran and walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Since then, Relay has grown from a single man’s passion to fight cancer into the world’s largest movement to end the disease. For more information, visit our


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An important part of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life is the celebration of nearly 11 million cancer survivors who are alive in the United States today. Whether you are currently fighting your battle, or have been cancer-free for many years, you are a survivor.

Survivors are the main reason we continue to Relay. You show we are making great strides in our fight against cancer, and give hope to so many others currently fighting cancer. We also celebrate the many Caregivers who have provided countless hours of care and support.

Being a part of the Survivors Lap allows survivors to celebrate what they’ve overcome, meet other survivors, and inspire and motivate their community to fight back.