Relay and Bark For Life of Harford Co Drive-Thru Fights Cancer

For the safety of the community, Relay For Life and Bark For Life of Harford County have combined forces to create our very first drive-thru experience to fight cancer. The volunteer committees of both events have adapted by planning a shared drive-thru event with various stations along the route with activities and sights participants normally see at our traditional events such as a bark station, luminaria station, silent auction station, survivor station, and more! The auction is going on now through September 17 at 12 noon on Facebook. Auction winners can pick up their items at the drive-thru. Free sign up for the drive-thru: www.relayforlife.org/harfordmd. Follow the Facebook auction: www.facebook.com/RelayForLifeOfHarfordMD

WHEN: Saturday, September 19, 12:30 noon – 4:15 p.m.

WHERE: Concord Point Park by the Lighthouse, 700 Concord Street. Follow directional signs.

(There will also be a virtual component to the Relay and Bark For Life of Harford County on the Facebook page on Sept. 19 , including a Luminaria ceremony.)

MORE: For the 20th year, MileOne Autogroup is donating a new car to the American Cancer Society to raffle off to raise funds that help provide transportation to treatment for cancer patients and help support Hope Lodge in Baltimore. This year’s car is a 2020 Mazda CX-30. Raffle tickets are just $10 each and will be sold at the drive-thru Relay and Bark For Life at Concord Point Park, where the car will be displayed for the first time since the pandemic began. The winning raffle ticket will be pulled on December 10th at Heritage Mazda Catonsville and will be shared in a Facebook Live event from MileOne Autogroup.

“Due to the pandemic, the American Cancer Society’s mission to fight cancer is at risk for the first

time in the Society’s history. COVID-19 has had a major impact on the Society. We are facing a

$200 million shortfall. Although the American Cancer Society is the largest non-profit funder of

cancer research in the US outside the federal government, if present trends continue, we will be

facing a reduction of 50% in cancer research funding this year,” says Therese Campagnone,

American Cancer Society senior community development manager. “Cancer hasn’t stopped and

neither has the American Cancer Society. Cancer screenings and cancer treatments have gotten

delayed because of the pandemic, so cancer patients need our help and support more than ever

before. To mitigate the isolation of the pandemic, we’ve also added face-to-face-video capability to

our cancer hotline which is available 24/7 and offers resources and support from trained cancer

specialists at 1-800-227-2345.”