What is Relay for Life? 

 

Relay for Life (R4L) is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember the loved one lost, and fight back against the disease. Events are up to 24 hours long, and because cancer never sleeps, each team is asked to have at least one participant on the track at all times. 

 

 

• 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 camaraderie

• Family-friendly environment for the entire community

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gordon “Gordy” Klatt, M.D., founder of the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life event passed away on August 3, 2014, at the age of 71 from heart failure after battling stomach cancer.

 

 

In May 1985, Dr. Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, ultimately raising $27,000 to help the American Cancer Society fight the nation's biggest health concern-cancer. A year later, 340 supports joined the overnight event. Since those first steps, the R4L movement has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, raising more than $4 billion to fight cancer. 

 

 

 

The Omicron Sigma Chapter of Delta Zeta hosted the first Relay for Life on Gallaudet campus on April 9, 2013. All the Greek community and student organizations were participated to support throughout the all-night event. At the end of our event, we had raised the estimation of $5,000 where proceeds to American Cancer Society.

 

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Source: http://www.relayforlife.org/learn/whatisrelay/index