Relay for Life

Last night I was fortunate enough to be a part of the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. What is that you might ask. A Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature activity. It offers everyone in a community an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Relays are an overnight event, up to 24 hours in length.
Teams of people from all walks of life have fun while raising much-needed funds to fight cancer and raise awareness of cancer prevention and treatment.

We walked all night around a high school football track and our tent and canopy was on the infield along with many others. It was packed from the visitor's one yard line to the home field goal post. I snapped a few pictures an awesome sunset and a tremendous dawn. That's how fortunate I was to take part in this relay.

It started out quite emotional and went uphill after that, well, except for the lighting of Luminaria bags with those who we remember.

The dancing at 2 & 3am in the morning is something else to behold. And I'm not even going into the frozen t-shirt contest!

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