Fight cancer! Join Relay For Life at these two events!

 


Here’s a reminder that the Relay For Life of Greater Attleboro will mark its 23rd year of raising money for the American Cancer Society by holding two smaller in-person events this month: a drive-thru relay from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 19 at Norton High School and a celebration of the relay’s “Slam Cancer” initiative, held in conjunction with the Attleboro Public Library, from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 26 at Attleboro’s Balfour Riverwalk Park.
Both events were planned with the latest American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines for in-person events, including mandatory mask-wearing out of deference to the cancer survivors who will be in attendance.

First event

The drive-thru relay on June 19 will feature a chance to walk the track to view the luminaria, which will be lit in honor of cancer survivors and in memory of cancer victims.
The schedule: A survivor-only experience from 6 to 6:30 p.m., after which participants will be able to stop at stations, including one to bid on raffles, with all proceeds going to the cancer society. Participants also may join in the traditional luminaria-lighting ceremony, which will take place at about 8:30 p.m. Disc jockey Nate Adams will play music throughout and two bagpipers will perform to honor cancer victims and survivors.

Second event

The “Slam Cancer” evening on Saturday, June 26 at Balfour Riverwalk Park in downtown Attleboro will celebrate the poetry-essay writing event that the relay held in April in partnership with the library.
Authors of the poems and essays about how cancer  affected them will be reading their submissions. Luminaria will be lit,  Adams will play music and a bagpiper will perform.
“Slam Cancer” will be the first in-person event held by the library since last fall due to the pandemic and the library’s renovation project. Parking will be available at the municipal lot adjacent to the park and library and at the Bronson Building lot, thanks to the generosity of the building’s owner,  Brian Hodess. More info: www.relayforlife.org/greaterattleboroma

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