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Have you got your team in?

Apr 18, 2012 | 10:02 AM

June 1 is the annual Cancer Relay for Life event and there is still plenty of time to get your team registered.

Maybe you’re wondering what Relay is? Relay is a 12 hour team walk that draws you and your friends together for a common goal, the fight against Cancer! Cancer never sleeps and nor will the hundreds of Relay participants in Prince Albert June 1 at Prime Ministers Park. Together we will Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back against cancer. Watch some video and see some of last year’s photos on our Face Book page.

Relay for Life is the single biggest fundraiser for Cancer. Together, we raised over $3 million at 26 Relay for Life events in Saskatchewan in 2011 – that's $3-million towards funding important life-saving research and providing information and support services for people living with cancer right here in Saskatchewan! Everyone knows someone who’s had cancer. Maybe it’s a co-worker, neighbor, friend or family member. The fight that those with cancer fight is a proud battle against a terrible disease but we are winning that fight thanks to people like you who relay for life.

You and your friends can become involved taking 12 hours away from your active lifestyle to join other likeminded friends in the best 12 hours of your life. Sure your feet might become sore walking laps; you’ll be tired from the lack of rest, not to mention all that coffee one might consume to stay awake. However the support we can lend, the friendships will fortify and memories we can make will last a life time. Cancer never sleeps so for 12 hours let us remember some who’s fighting the battle or remember someone who lost the battle in the name of winning the war, the war against cancer.

So you want get a team together? You want to volunteer a few hours or more to help in some way? You want to offer some support to the event? It is as easy as calling Charlene at 306-764-4808. Don’t delay register today! Charlene will guide through the easy registration process.

Once you register now the fun begins. With a little effort you and your team can achieve your fund raising goals. Every dollar helps! In unique ways like bake sale, barbeques, garage sales, auctions, jelly bean counts, raffles and the list goes on. Maybe you can encourage your employer to match the dollars you raise. That’s double the money and double the fun!

The relay event is one big outdoor fun evening. Music, food, dance, activities, costumes, live entertainment, head shaves, auctions and in Prince Albert we cannot forget the Pink Princesses. Not sure who the Pink Princesses are, join Prince Albert Relay for Life and find out.

Relay for Life – June 1 in Prince Albert to register a team or for more information contact Charlene at 764-4808 or cbernard@sk.cancer.ca see you at Relay!