Prince George, BC – Two weeks from today, participants will be taking to the track at Masich Place Stadium for the 22nd Annual Relay For Life in our city.

Yesterday marked the deadline for team registrations for the country's only 24-hour event and local spokesperson for the Canadian Cancer Society, Helen Owen, says there was a lot sign-up activity over the last couple of days. (250News file photo)  The Team Lead for Community Giving says there were 143 teams registered with 1400 participants as of noon yesterday, which was on par with local organizers' goal.

Although only at 26-percent of the lofty fundraising goal of $525-thousand dollars, Owen says, that, too, is on par with the amount raised in the run up to last year's relay.  In 2013, Prince George boasted the number two relay in the country, raising just under $550-thousand dollars, and falling just behind Terrebonne, Quebec's impressive $556-thousand dollars.

"I'm thrilled to be in a comparable situation to last year," says Owen.  "There's a lot of last-minute fundraising going on – we're seeing steady traffic into the office of people dropping off their events.  So the next few weeks are going to tell the tale, but we are in very good shape right now."

One annual pre-relay fundraiser goes tomorrow – a multi-team garage sale runs between 9am and 3pm at the Spruce City Men's Fastball field near Carrie Jane Gray Field.

Owen says relay organizers will hold a news conference on Tuesday morning to roll out some of the special plans for May 10th and 11th.  "The theme is Vegas, so we have a lot of new and exciting things planned for the relay around that."