Relay For Life is a celebration of cancer survivorship and community spirit. Each year in 3,600 communities worldwide, more than 2.25 million people (including 460,000 cancer survivors) take part in this overnight event. In addition to honoring survivors, Relay For Life raises much-needed funds for American Cancer Society research, education, advocacy and patient services.

Join the Team

Get a group of friends together to form a Relay team and join us for overnight fun, excitement, and an all-around good time. Team members are encouraged to raise at least $100 each before the event. Those who do will receive a commemorative t-shirt. We'll have music, food, contests, awards, prizes, decorated campsites and on-site fund-raising activities.

Survivor Victory Lap

If you're a cancer survivor, you don't want to miss the Cancer Survivors' lap which opens every American Cancer Society Relay For Life! Cancer survivors walk the initial lap, symbolizing the courage that survivors and their families display and sustain in their lives.

Luminaria Ceremony

You'll have an opportunity to recognize your loved ones with the evening Luminaria Ceremony, lighting the night with hope. Lighted luminaria are decorated with the names of cancer survivors and those who lost the fight to cancer.

Why Relay?

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a great way to have fun, celebrate survivorship, and raise funds to support a cure for cancer by bringing together friends, family, businesses, hospitals, schools and churches. Help us continue the fight!

Your Support Helps in the Fight Against Cancer

Research

• As the nation's largest source of private, nonprofit research funds, the American Cancer Society has distributed more than $2.5 billion to scientists since 1946.
  
• The Society has funded 32 Nobel Prize winning cancer researchers.
  
• The American Cancer Society funded researchers have played a role in the following discoveries: taxmoxifen, bone marrow transplants, the PSA test for early detection of prostate cancer, and the Pap test.

Education

• The Society provides information and support to cancer patients, as well as early detection and prevention services. For more information, please call 1-800-ACS-2345.

Advocacy

• The American Cancer Society addresses cancer issues at the local, state and federal levels of government.

Service

• Reach to Recovery provides one-on-one support for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients through a network of survivors.
  
• Look Good...Feel Better teaches patients techniques to cope with cosmetic side effects of treatments through licensed cosmetologists.
  
• Tell a Friend is a program where friends encourage each other to get mammograms.
  
• College & Camp Scholarships provide tuition assistance to childhood cancer survivors.
  
• Community Development Grants help community partners further local prevention, early detection and quality of life efforts.
  
• Hope Lodge is a home-away-from-home for cancer patients undergoing outpatient treatment.

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