Putnam Relay For Life Events Set For 2018

From the Northeast Region | American Cancer Society, Inc: The American Cancer Society is proud to announce that three community led Relay For Life events are planned across Putnam County in 2018. Residents can join together with the American Cancer Society to raise funds and awareness in an effort to free the world from the pain and suffering of cancer by participating, volunteering, fundraising or sponsoring Relay For Life.

Residents from each community will help attack cancer from every angle through planning, fundraising, set up, promotion and marketing, securing sponsors, organizing a cancer survivor reception, planning opening ceremonies, event logistics, security and entertainment. “Whether you can offer a few hours or can help throughout the spring, the American Cancer Society has a role for you to become involved in this community movement,” Kris Revelle of the American Cancer Society

From June 2 through June 9, please plan to attend a Relay where we will be celebrating cancer patients in treatment and beyond; remembering those lost to cancer and fighting back against cancer.

• Relay For Life of Brewster
• Brewster High School, 50 Foggintown Rd., Brewster, NY
• Beginning at 5:00PM
• Contact: Katie DiVenuto 914.397.8865 or via email at katie.divenuto@cancer.org

• Mahopac High School, 421 Baldwin Place Rd, Mahopac, NY
• Beginning at 12 Noon
• Contact: Tracey Walsh 845.216.1139 or via email at tracey.walsh@cancer.org

• Patterson Fire Dept. No 1, 13 Burdick Rd, Patterson, NY
• Beginning at 12 Noon
• Contact: Tracey Walsh 845.216.1139 or via email at tracey.walsh@cancer.org

Founded by Dr. Gordy Klatt in Washington in 1985, the Relay For Life movement is the world’s largest fundraising event to save lives from cancer. “Uniting communities across the globe, we celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and take action for lifesaving change,” said Patti Lestrange Mack, Communications Manager, American Cancer Society. “During Relay For Life events, members of each team take turns walking around the track or path. Teams participate in fundraising in the months leading up to the event.

Last year, 2.7 million participants in the U.S. raised more than $279 million at more than 3,500 events to help the American Cancer Society attack cancer in dozens of ways, each of them critical to achieving a world without cancer – from developing breakthrough therapies to building supportive communities, from providing empowering resources to deploying activists to raise awareness. Funds raised support the American Cancer Society 24/7 cancer help line and free rides to chemo. By joining the Relay For Life event, you can help attack cancer from every angle.

Join or donate to the Relay For Life movement in our community. Visit RelayForLife.org or call 800.227.2345.

Photos courtesy of Putnam County Relay For Life