American Cancer Society's Relay For Life is Coming to Oak Park

Oak Park, MI, October 30, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The American Cancer Society and your neighbors are rallying together to fight cancer by planning the first Relay For Life event of Oak Park. Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event, where teams of people celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and empower individuals and communities to fight back against a disease that takes too much.

The Society is currently looking for community members who want to get involved in the planning stages of the number one not-for-profit event in the nation. Volunteers are needed to help plan and organize the event, scheduled for June 5-6, 2010. An informational meeting to form a Relay committee is scheduled for 6p on November 12th at the Oak Park Library.

“When I joined my local American Cancer Society Relay For Life event, I wasn’t sure what I was getting into, but now I see how we are making a difference in the fight against cancer. Each Relayer plays a huge part in saving lives,” said Event Chair, Tamara Lots.

The Relay For Life of Oak Park will be held at David H. Shepherd Park. To get involved with the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Oak Park, call Deena Gardner at 248-663-3427 or visit www.relayforlife.org/oakparkmi

As the Society's signature event, Relay For Life celebrates 25 years of bringing cancer survivors and anyone touched by the disease together. Held overnight in honor of the fact that cancer never sleeps, Relay For Life has grown from a single event in Tacoma, Wash. that raised $27,000 to the largest grassroots movement nationwide. More than 5,000 communities throughout the U.S. now host an American Cancer Society Relay For Life event and have raised more than $3 billion for the fight against cancer.

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