Relay For Life, a part of the American Cancer Society, is a multitude of grass-root events that, when combined together, make up the largest charity event in the nation. There are 15 Relay For Life events within a 40-mile radius of Portland in July and August.
The Relay, as it is routinely called, offers everyone in the community an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground, taking 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, which runs overnight, usually lasting 24 hours.
Lisa Armstrong is one team captain that is helping to organize a Relay For Life at the Wilson High School track July 18, starting at Noon. Lisa has gotten Sumner College involved, which will be their first annual event with the Relay. Like most Relay For Life events, this calls for just a $10 donation, and there will be entertainment and a festive atmosphere. There is an ‘80’s theme, complete with a DJ, a flea market, and a silent auction. Salvador Molly’s will be catering the event, and bottles of MonaVie, the natural fruit-juice-based energy drink, will be sold at $4 each, with the profits going to the Relay. The Luminaria ceremony will be at dusk.
Go to relayforlife.org to find a relay near you, or simply show up at Wilson High School on Saturday – 80’s attire is optional.
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The Relay For Life of Portland is this weekend also. We'll be down at Willamette Park celebrating, remembering and fighting back from 4pm July 18 to 10am July 19. DJ Pony will spin the hits from the 80s and Shelly Rudolph will perform from 8:15 to 10pm. Lots and lots of other games, activities and entertainment planned too - kids crafts/games, massages, drawings, a silent auction, midnight movies with pizza. Check it out at www.relayforlife.org/portlandor.
And ... for everyone who eats at the Buffalo Gap between 3pm 7/18 and 3pm 7/19 and tells their server when they order that they're there for Relay, Buffalo Gap will donate 305 of their tab back to Relay For Life of Portland.
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