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Relay For Life of Tri-Cities Hosting Kick-off Event

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Tri-Cities will hold its annual Kick-off event Wednesday, February 20 from 5-8 pm at Buffalo Wild Wings (820 Commons Dr., Geneva).

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Tri-Cities will hold its annual Kick-off event Wednesday, February 20 from 5-8 pm at Buffalo Wild Wings (820 Commons Dr., Geneva). Friends, neighbors, cancer survivors, caregivers and anyone interested in learning more about Relay For Life are encouraged to attend.

The Kick-off event offers information about the American Cancer Society’s mission of saving lives faster by helping people stay well, helping people get well, finding cures and fighting back. Ten percent of all food purchases that evening will go toward Relay, and guests will have the opportunity to win prizes and learn more about the exciting activities planned for this year’s Relay For Life.

Relay For Life is an overnight event where teams of local businesses, schools, churches, community groups and families build awareness and raise funds - prior to and at the event - to fight cancer. While the main objective of Relay For Life is to raise money for cancer research and cancer patients, the event helps spread cancer awareness, celebrate the lives of survivors, remember those who lost their lives to cancer and unite a community in the fight against cancer.

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This year’s American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Tri-Cities will be held June 21 at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva. Volunteers are needed to organize and recruit teams, secure community support, coordinate logistics, obtain refreshments and prizes, assist with publicity and plan entertainment activities for this exciting and energizing event. 

For more information on the Relay For Life kick-off celebration, contact the American Cancer Society at 630-879-9009 or visit www.RelayForLife.org/TriCitiesIL. Teams may register on-line anytime.

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