American Cancer Society Relay For Life Event
Date/Time
4/6/2024
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM MST
Event Type(s)
Community Event
Event Description
Local Teams are Seeking Cancer Survivors to be Honored at Relay For Life Event
April 6, from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm local Relay For Life teams meet at Rancho Resort park, 15900 S Rancho Resort blvd. (across I-19 from Fry's) to honor and memorialize those who have been touched by cancer.  Starting at 11:00 am with the survivor lap and sociial, teams walk or sit near the track In Honor of Cancer Survivors and in Memory of those who lost their cancer battle.  Teams walk the breast cancer lap and other specialty laps throughout the day and at 7:00 pm past the lighted luminaria bags while names on the bags are read out loud.  They celebrate with decorated tents, sell food and raffle off items to help raise dollars to fund cancer research for the American Cancer Society.  The University of Arizona is often a recipient of funds raised for cancer research grants.  To join the event, register as a survivor, join a team, donate or purchase a luminaria bag, go to www.relayforlife.org/gvsahuaritaaz.  For more information contact Ginny at rflginny@gmail.com.
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Location
Rancho Resort park
15900 S Rancho Resort Blvd
Green Valley, AZ 85614-5567

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Contact Person
Ginny (Virginia) Hutcheson
(phone: 15209060930)
Details
THIS EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
Food available for purchase from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm  Raffle prizes and items for sale offered to raise dollars for cancer research.
11:00 am Opening Ceremonies
11:30 am Survivor/Caregiver Walk and Ceremonies
12:00 pm Survivor/Caregiver Social
11:30 am Teams walk until 8:00 pm
7:00 pm  Luminaria Lap.  Walking along a path of lighted luminaria bags with names on them.  Names on bags read out loud.
8:00 pm Closing Ceremonies.  Food Bank comes to pick up canned goods that were holding down the luminaria bags.
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