Portage Relay for Life event will begin its relay this upcoming Friday June 17th. The theme this year is Relay At the Beach. The event will be held at Willowcreek Middle School, located at 5962 Central Ave in Portage.
Schedule (subject to change):
- Noon: Tent Setup, Teams can begin setting up their campsites
- 3:30pm: Registration Volunteer Training
- 4pm: Registration Opens
- 6pm: Opening Ceremony
- Color Guard presented by Portage High School ROTC
- Survivor Lap and Dinner follow
Relay for Life is the Society’s signature event, dedicated to increasing awareness and raising funds to fight cancer. Teams of family, friends and co-workers raise dollars and camp out for upwards of 24 hours, taking turns walking the track. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times, a reminder that cancer never sleeps.
The event includes entertainment and family activities, an inspiring Victory lap by survivors and a poignant Luminara Ceremony at dusk that remembers those who have faced cancer. Relay For Life brings together cancer survivors, caregivers, families and friends to celebrate life while honoring those who have lost their cancer battle director. The Portage Relay for Life hopes to raise $78,000.00 dollars this year.
As the Society’s signature event, Relay has been bringing cancer survivors and anyone touched by the disease together since 1985. The first Relay For Life was held in Tacoma, Washington, when its founder Dr. Gordy Klatt decided to run for 24 hours at his local high school’s track with the idea that cancer never sleeps. That year Dr. Klatt raised about $27,000 for the American Cancer Society and invited teams of friends and families to join him in the future. Today, more than 4,200 communities across America host their own Relay For Life, and the event has raised more than one billion dollars for the fight against cancer.
For more information or to make a donation visit the Portage relay site at http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=30219
You also can contact or email your Community Representative Bradley Stevenson at bradley.stevenson@cancer.org today