American Cancer Society Relay For Life Roosevelt Island Information Meeting September 25 and October 4 - Come Help Organize And Learn How To Participate In Relay For Life Roosevelt Island
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is inviting Roosevelt Island residents to organize and participate in a Relay For Life on Roosevelt Island. The ACS will be hosting meetings on September 25 and October 24 to explain what is involved in organizing a Relay For Life and to determine if there are volunteers willing to participate.
A Relay For Life is:
According to the ACS:Because it’s a team event, individual participants are not required to be there the entire time. But it's so much fun, you'll find it hard to leave!
- Organized, overnight community fundraising walk
- Teams of people camp out around a track
- Members of each team take turns walking around the track
- Food, games and activities provide entertainment and build camraderie
- Family-friendly environment for the entire community
Relay For Life of Roosevelt Island in 2013?
Relay For Life is a family-friendly, community-focused, cancer awareness & fundraising event. A Relay works to:
...all with your friends, family, and neighbors!
- strengthen the bonds that tie a community together
- honor those that have lost their battle with cancer
- celebrate the progress we have made in the fight against cancer
- learn and share all there is about health and wellness
- provide a festival-like experience full of entertainment
If you'd like to see this fun and exciting cancer-fighting event happen on Roosevelt Island in 2013, please join us to learn more:
Church of the Good ShepherdTuesday, September 25 6:30-7:30pmThursday, October 4 6:30-7:30pmThe American Cancer Society is ready to partner with you!
More info available through the following links:
Relay For Life homepage
Relay For Life videos:
Cancer Society & Relay For Life's YouTube channel