Volunteers Needed to Help Plan 2015 Relay For Life

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is seeking volunteers in Troy –cancer survivors, caregivers, community leaders, anyone wanting to make a difference – to organize, garner community support, coordinate logistics, seek refreshments and prizes, plan entertainment and lend a hand to ensure the success of our 2015 event.  Relay For Life is a truly unique experience which unites communities to finish the fight against cancer. Volunteer support is crucial to the event and will help the American Cancer Society create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

Volunteers will come together as an Event Leadership Team and attend meetings to begin the planning process for the community’s Relay For Life event in the fall.  This event supports the mission of the American Cancer Society to save lives by helping people stay well, by helping people get well, by finding cures and by fighting back against the disease.

Relay For Life events are held as individuals and teams come together 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. This year the Relay for Life of Troy was held on May 31-June 1st hosting 29 teams and raising over $90,000 in the fight against cancer.

If you would like to join the Relay For Life of Troy's 2015 planning team, call the American Cancer Society at 248-663-3477, or visit RelayForLife.org or RelayForLife.org/TroyMI.