The American Cancer Society is recruiting teams from local families, businesses, schools, places of worship, and the community to participate in the annual Relay For Life of Butler County Sept. 15 at the Fred M. Morrow Studio at the Poplar Bluff Junior High School.
Rely For Life teams are committed to help save more lives from cancer by raising funds for the ACS. Teams and individuals can learn more and sign up for the Relay For Life event by visiting relayforlife.org/butlerpoplarbluffmo.
The Relay For Life of Butler County will be meeting at the Poplar Bluff River Radio Station Thursday, July 13. The planning committee will meet at 5:30 p.m., and all teams will meet at 6:30 p.m. Anyone who is interested in getting involved in either helping plan the event or forming a team is encouraged to attend.
"Relay For Life is a chance to make the greatest impact in the fight to end cancer," said Shanna Hayes, Relay For Life Community Manager of Development. "Many participants are our loved ones who have faced cancer themselves. Each new team brings us one step closer to saving more lives."
Last year, 130 people participated in the Relay For Life of Butler County and raised $21,875 to fight back against cancer and find cures.
The Relay For Life movement unites communities across the globe to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and take action to finish the fight once and for all. Relay For Life events are community gatherings where teams and individuals camp out at a school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Teams raise funds in the months leading up to the event. The Relay For Life movement is the world's largest fundraising event to fight every cancer in every community, with four million participants in 6,000 events worldwide in 2016.
Visit relayforlife.org or relayforlife.org/butlerpoplarbluffmo or call Shanna at 573-718-3746 to learn more about the event.