RELAY FOR LIFE
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11th Annual Canadian Cancer Society Langley Relay For Life At McLeod Park, 58 Avenue & 216 Street 6pm Friday, June 12 - 6am Saturday, June 13 3:00pm 5:30pm
Arrival of Relay For Life participants and campsite set up Tiffany Desrosiers - Main Stage
5:30-9:30pm Food Trucks on site: The Place Next Door and Triple O’s On The Go 6:00pm
Survivor registration and reception – hosted by Joseph Richard Group Townhall Public House, Langley · Heritage Chiropractic Massage Tent Opens
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Luminaries line the track at McLeod Athletic Park, and words like hope and cure are laid out in the bleachers as relay participants take part in a memorial ceremony at dusk each year.
CANCER CHARITY
Events fun and poignant This year’s Relay for Life has changes and old. MATTHEW CLAXTON
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Opening Ceremonies and Survivors’ Victory Lap – Main Stage · Township of Langley Fire Department Honor Guard · O Canada performed
7:10pm
Survivor Speaker - Main Stage
7:20pm
Warm up by Jazzercise – jazzercise.com
7:30pm
Ribbon Cutting and Survivors’ Victory Lap
7:45pm
Heist – Main Stage
9:15pm
David Anthony – Main Stage
REMEMBER 10:15pm
Luminary Ceremony – with the White Spot Pipe Band
10:45pm
The Road Dogs – Main Stage
11:30pm
Zumba – with Annet Roland
11:45pm
Fresh Air Cinema Superhero Movie on the big screen Sponsored by the Aldergrove Financial Group
12:45 – 5:00am Join the After Midnight Crew for fabulous games and activities There are so many fun things planned: · Avengers Assemble Relay · Musical Jeopardy
· Make Your Own Superhero · And more...
FIGHT BACK 5:00am
Yoga - with Lisa
5:30am
Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Township of Langley Firefighters
5:45am
Closing Ceremonies · Relay Awards - Top Fundraising Team, Top Individual Fundraiser, Team Spirit, Best Decorated Site and many more.
Your community is fighting cancer with this unforgetable event. Every step taken during Relay For Life helps the Canadian Cancer Society fund cancer research and prevention, and support people living with cancer. Thank you to our sponsors: EVENT SPONSOR
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With less than a week to go, furious activity is underway to get ready for the 2015 Langley Relay for Life. “This is the crazy, crazy time,” said Jenn Schroeder, who is heading up organizing for the Canadian Cancer Society. The annual event takes place in McLeod Athletic Park on Friday, June 12. More than 50 teams of relayers will hit the track starting at 6 p.m. and keep walking (possibly with a few breaks) until 6 a.m. June 13. Some of them will be dressed in capes and spandex, in keeping with this year’s superheroes theme. The annual non-competitive event has raised millions of dollars for the Canadian Cancer Society over the years. Almost $100,000 has been collected this year, and the total will likely go higher with last minute-donations and post-relay fundraising efforts. The first lap, as at every Relay for Life, is by cancer survivors, some of them still in treatment, all wearing bright yellow T-shirts. Once the survivors have finished their lap, the teams will begin. Those team members not walking or running will be taking in a wide variety of activities. Part of the kick off to
events will include survivor speakers, who this year come from the Abreast in a Boat dragonboat team, a team composed of cancer survivors. Entertainment and games take place throughout the night, including music from singers like Tiffany Desrosiers and band The Heist and the Road Dogs, and a showing of Pixar’s The Incredibles on a temporary screen to one side of the track. The entertainment lineup is all new this year.
the stands are illuminated from within by candles. At 10 p.m., the field lights will go dark and there is a silent remembrance for those have died of cancer. This year the White Spot Pipe Band is sending some members for the luminary ceremony. While the event is primarily for the teams relaying, it is open to everyone. “It’s a community event,” said Schroeder. People are welcome to come by and donate,
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Several people are seen in yellow T-shirts. These are worn by cancer survivors. There will be some returning items and events, including the return of the food trucks to help serve up dinner to relayers. One event that takes place every year is the luminary ceremony, when the white paper bags lining the track and in
check out the late night movie, watch the survivor lap or just soak in the atmosphere. Organizers find the best way of explaining Relay for Life is to have people experience it. “There’s such a festive feeling there, that captures you,” said Schroeder.
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Aldergrove Credit Union Billboard Worldwide Promotions Ltd. Bounce Natural Energy Balls Cat Rentals Cedar Rim Nurseries Coast Capital Savings Curves David’s Tea Dollar $ Cents Envision Credit Union Express Computers Fresh Air Cinema Fresh Slice Pizza Fort Pub & Grill Great Canadian Dollar Store
Heritage Chiropractic Home Depot Hype Productions Into Chocolate JD Specialty Turkey Farms Keepsake Portraits Langley Lions London Drugs Long & McQuade Maritime Travel Market Place IGA Old Spaghetti Factory Otter Co-op Oxygen Yoga & Fitness Panago Pizza
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Pharmasave - Langley City Prospera Credit Union Q-Nature Healthy Food Ralph’s Farm Market RBC - Willowbrook RE/MAX Save -On-Foods The Keg Townhall Public House Langley Township of Langley Valley First Aid Wendel’s Bookstore & Cafe West Coast Gardens White Spot Valley Traffic Stystems
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Teams often come up with themes or special names.