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Relay for Life of Grayslake, Round Lake to be Held in July

Submitted by the Grayslake Relay for Life

On July 19 at 6 p.m., the Relay For Life of Grayslake and Round Lake Areas will kick off with a special Survivors Lap, a moving experience honoring those who have defeated cancer. 

Survivors will join together to walk the opening lap, unified in victory and hope, while the rest of the event’s participants surround the track to cheer them on. This empowering celebration is just a small piece of the special experience of Relay For Life.

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Relay For Life is a unique grassroots fundraising event in which individuals and teams of participants in over 6,100 communities nationwide walk around a track overnight to celebrate the lives of those who have faced cancer, remember loved one lost, and commit to fight back against the disease. 

The money raised through Relay For Life supports the efforts of the American Cancer Society to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

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Relay For Life events are held at an athletic track, park, or fairground, with the goal of keeping at least one team member on the track or pathway at all times. Teams do most of their fundraising prior to the event, but some teams also hold creative fundraisers at their camp sites at the event. 

Relay For Life brings together friends, families, businesses, hospitals, schools, and faith-based groups to finish the fight against cancer.

If you are a cancer survivor or caregiver and would like to take part in the Relay For Life of Grayslake and Round Lake Areas, call your American Cancer Society at 847-317-0025, option 3 or visit www.RelayForLife.org/GrayslakeIL.



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