Relay for Life is Saturday

By Chris Lundstrom
Publisher/Editor
    The annual Relay for Life will be held this Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Main Event Center at Brackenridge Park.
    The Relay is an overnight event that raises awareness of cancer in the community and raises funds to fight cancer. Teams of friends, neighbors, families and co-workers commit to keeping at least one member walking on the track throughout the night because “cancer never sleeps.”
    Sign in begins at 4 p.m. in the lobby at the Main Event Center. The Survivor Dinner is a 5 p.m. and Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for 7 p.m. with the arrival of this year’s honorees. 
    Survivors will take to the track for their victory lap at 7:45 p.m. and be joined by their caregivers at 7:55 p.m.
    The luminary ceremony begins at 8:30 p.m.
    There will be different activities during the event including a pumpkin carving contest, costume contest, musical chairs scavenger hunt, ribbon contest, and lip sync contest. 
    Closing ceremonies will be at 2:55 a.m.
    See the special Relay for Life section in this week’s paper for information on this year’s survivors and honorees.