24 Hour Relay For Life Underway

Saturday, May 09, 2009 11:27 AM

Cancer Survivors carry the Banner of Hope as they take the first lap in the Relay for Life at Masich Place Stadium

Prince George, B.C.- Masich Place stadium is tent city for the weekend as the 17^th annual Relay for Life is underway.

Teams from businesses, organizations, friends, families, have gathered together for a 24 hour walk event around the track all in the name of raising funds for Cancer research.

The theme this year is Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back. To that end, the walk started with a victory lap of cancer survivors, some who are just weeks past their treatment, others, nearly three decades.

(At right, yellow roses fill an urn, waiting to be distributed to each cancer survivor who also received a yellow t-shirt)

This evening, there will be a ceremony of light to remember those who lost their battle with the disease, and the fight back part is all about raising money so that one day, there will be a cure.

Below, Cancer survivors ( in yellow t-shirts) and their care givers, gather in front of the events stage, waiting for word on the start of the annual event