The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is an overnight team event that raises awareness of cancer in the community and raises funds to fight cancer.   Throughout Relay For Life, teams of friends, families, businesses, and co-workers commit to keeping at least one member walking the track…. because cancer never sleeps.

To participate, recruit friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors to join you in a relay team.  Each team member raises money in the weeks leading up to the event.  Then on RELAY DAY, MAY 1 and 2, 2010, members of the team take turns walking around the track over a 24-hour period.  The goal is to have someone on the track at all times.  Relay For Life day is full of fun, fellowship, and festivities.  People camp out and create a community party atmosphere together.  It’s a great team builder for businesses, religious congregations, and other organizations.  Please consider participating and support your local American Cancer Society and those that they serve!

RELAY FOR LIFE, MADERA CA WEBSITE

Event Date and Time
Sat 9am - Sun 8:30am, May 1-2, 2010

Event Location
Lions Town & Country Park, Madera

Team List

Three Ways to Sign Up - Start a Team, Join a Team, Register as a Survivor

Team Captain Toolkit

Three Ways to Donate - Donate to a Participant, Donate to a Team, Donate to the General Event

• Sponsor the Event - CORPORATE SPONSOR INFORMATION and CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT
• In Honor / In Memory Luminaria Ceremony - LUMINARIA FORM
• 2010 Madera Relay For Life Event Program -BUSINESS CARD SUPPORTERS FOR PROGRAM

For more information:

• 2010 Madera Relay for Life Event Chair - Kathy Row (559) 673-2052
  
• Online Chair - Linda Lewis Wright, maderarelay2010@yahoo.com
• Survivor Information - Linda, Great Beginnings Learning Center (559) 675-3930
• Team Information - Vicki Nino (559) 970-8304 or (559) 645-4835
  
• Sponsorship, Program, and General Information - American Cancer Society office, 2222 West Shaw #201, Fresno CA  or phone (559) 451-0163

Relay for Life Madera
May 1-2, 2010
Lions Town and Country Park

What is Relay? It’s 24 hours you’ll never forget…

Relay for Life is a 24-hour team event to fight cancer.  It raises awareness of cancer in the community and raises money to support the programs and services of the American Cancer Society.

Here’s how it works: A team captain gets together some of his or her closest friends, family and coworkers and forms a team.  The team members go out and collect contributions prior to the event.  Relay for Life is a celebration at the end of the fundraising.

Come Relay Day: Participants grab their tents and chairs and head to the Relay for Life.  It’s like a community camp-out.  People pitch their tents on the field, and take turns walking around the track.  One person is always on the track representing the team for the 24 hours.

Relay for Life is not just about honoring Survivors; it’s about empowering them to fight back against cancer.  The first lap at the Relay is special…it’s the Survivor’s Lap.  Cancer survivors are invited to walk the first lap.  It’s very emotional and hopeful to see how many people DO survive cancer.

In the evening: there is a Luminaria Ceremony.  White bags with sand and a candle line the track.  Each one is dedicated IN HONOR OR a cancer survivor, or IN MEMORY OF those who have lost their battle.  Luminarias encircle the track and light the way as Relay participants walk through the night.

It’s special: Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature event.  It allows us to honor cancer survivors, remember those we’ve lost, educate the community on early detection and prevention of cancer, and raise much-needed funds for our community programs and services.

Why 24 hours? We are asking you to give one day out of your life for those who may not have another.  There are similarities between the Relay for Life and what a cancer patient goes through: It may get hot during the day and you may feel like quitting.  But you keep walking.  It may get windy and cold at night and it may rain.  But you press on…knowing that the sun will come up and it will be a new day.

WE ASK YOU TO JOIN US IN THE FIGHT.

Why Relay?  One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer within their lifetime.  The money raised at Relay saves lives by funding cutting-edge cancer research, early detection and prevention education, advocacy efforts, and life-affirming patient services.  Your involvement makes this all possible.

For more information, please contact Kathy Row at 559-673-2052 or check out our website RELAY FOR LIFE, MADERA CA WEBSITE