Relay for life survivor registration form

1. How do I join a Relay For Life team?
2. Why join Relay For Life?
3. Does Relay For Life actually help?
4. Is Relay For Life International?
5. How many athletes are needed to make a relay team?
6. Does relay have a monthly fee?
7. What are relay costs?
8. How long do you run in Relay For Life?
9. Who is the founder of Relay For Life?
10. What does it mean to join a Relay For Life team?
11. How do Relay For Life teams work?
12. How does a Relay For Life event work?
13. What do you do at the relay?
14. How long do you run in Relay For Life?
15. What are some fun facts about Relay For Life?

How do I join a Relay For Life team?

Registration is easy. To get started, find your local Relay event by visiting RelayForLife.org and entering your ZIP code. Start your own team or join an existing team online to register (paper registration options are also available).

Why join Relay For Life?

When you participate in Relay For Life, you become a vital part of the American Cancer Society: a volunteer. You are now part of an organization of 2.5 million survivors, patients, advocates, volunteers, caregivers, and researchers doing everything within our power to save lives.

Does Relay For Life actually help?

Since the early 90s, nearly 1.5 million lives have been saved that otherwise would have been lost to cancer.

Is Relay For Life International?

Global Relay For Life (GRFL) engages global organizations to empower communities and accelerate the fight for a world without cancer. Currently, the American Cancer Society partners with 29 countries on six continents, worldwide to host Relay For Life events.

How many athletes are needed to make a relay team?

At the Olympics and other World Athletics-sanctioned tournaments, a relay race is an event where a team of four athletes run equal predetermined distances in a sprint race, each passing a rod-like object called the 'baton' to the next person to continue the race.

Does relay have a monthly fee?

No-fee business checking: Relay is a free online business banking platform. Users don't pay a monthly fee, transaction fees or overdraft fees. There is also no fee for incoming wire transfers.

What are relay costs?

Basically, we charge either 1% or 1.49% of what the guest pays you.

How long do you run in Relay For Life?

The event lasts an entire day to recognize that when someone has cancer, it does not stop; the disease is present around the clock. To participate for 24-hour events, teams of participants camp overnight at local athletic tracks, taking turns running or walking laps.

Who is the founder of Relay For Life?

Founded by Dr. Gordy Klatt in Washington in 1985, Relay For Life events can last up 24 hours symbolizing the battle waged around the clock by those facing cancer. In the weeks and months leading up to the event, volunteers, teams and individuals use their creativity to raise cancer-fighting dollars.

What does it mean to join a Relay For Life team?

When you Relay, you show people impacted by cancer in your community that they're not alone. Join our movement with thousands of participants across the country.

How do Relay For Life teams work?

Relay For Life teams camp out overnight and take turns walking or running around a track or path at a local high school, park, or fairground. Events are up to 24 hours long, and because cancer never sleeps, each team is asked to have at least one participant on the track at all times.

How does a Relay For Life event work?

WHAT HAPPENS AT A RELAY FOR LIFE EVENT? Teams and individuals fundraise and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Music, games, food, fun and fundraising. Participants will take part in fundraising the months leading up to the event.

What do you do at the relay?

At Relay For Life events, participants of all ages gather at a community space and take turns walking around a track or path to symbolize the perseverance and action needed to change the future of cancer.

How long do you run in Relay For Life?

The event lasts an entire day to recognize that when someone has cancer, it does not stop; the disease is present around the clock. To participate for 24-hour events, teams of participants camp overnight at local athletic tracks, taking turns running or walking laps.

What are some fun facts about Relay For Life?

The Relay For Life began in 1985 Tacoma, Washington when Dr. Gordon Klatt walked around a track for 24 hours raising $27,000.00 for the American Cancer Society. Relay For Life was born. Anyone who has stepped foot onto a track at Relay For Life has felt the impact that a single event can have on a community.