It’s time to fight back against cancer. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Kent has set the 2010 event date for June 4-5 from 6 p.m. to noon at Kent-Meridian High School’s French Field.
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 not only raise dollars and camp out overnight, but also participate in activities and ceremonies.
“Relay For Life provides a venue where everyone can celebrate, remember, and fight back,” said Event Chair Lance Goodwin “It is truly inspiring to witness the cancer survivors in our community Celebrate their victory over the disease. The luminaria ceremony gives us a time to remember those we’ve lost. And this year we’re including a ‘Fight Back’ ceremony where participants and community members will be able to make a personal commitment to Fight Back by saving one life from cancer this year.”
Participants at this year’s Relay For Life will have the opportunity to fight back by enrolling in the American Cancer Society’s third Cancer Prevention Study. Individuals between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer and who are willing to make a long-term commitment to the study are invited to enroll in the hope that research being done today will lead to a cancer-free tomorrow.
For more information about Relay For Life, including when enrollment will be taking place for Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3), contact Becky Walter at cps3@rflkent.org. To learn more about CPS-3, visit www.cancer.org/cps3 or call toll-free 1-888-604-5888.
Donations can be made The Relay For Life of Kent event, and participants can start a team, by visiting www.rflkent.org .
More than 5,000 communities throughout the U.S. now host an American Cancer Society Relay For Life event and have raised more than $3 billion for the fight against cancer.
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