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Relay For Life Coppell Texas Relay For Life For Life Coppell is a fundraising event of the American Cancer Society, and is held the last Saturday in April. It is an overnight event designed to spread awareness of cancer prevention, treatments and cures, celebrate survivorship and raise money for research to find more cures for cancer.

Contents [hide] 1 Features 2 Online 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Features Although all Relays vary, there are a few common features:

Most tend to go overnight An opening ceremony followed by a Survivors Lap A ceremony emphasizing "hope" and celebrating "cure"; this is variously called Luminaria, the Candle of Hope, or other names A closing ceremony, including one last lap around the track in which everyone takes part. A "Fight Back" ceremony is held in which participants pledge to fight back against cancer in an number of ways including, but not limited to, encouraging friends and family to get regular screenings, quitting smoking, or becoming a member of American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). A widely used slogan for Relay for Life is: "Cancer doesn't sleep, and neither will we."

In 2007, the closing ceremonies in many events became the "Fight Back Ceremony", a ceremony featuring pledges by people to "fight back" against the horrible disease, this in part to a new slogan introduced in the same year reinforcing the key values of the event, "Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back."

Relay is also an international event licensed to international cancer organizations that share a similar mission with the American Cancer Society. Relay For Life events are held in 19 countries outside of the United States. The American Cancer Society's International Relay For Life Program provides training and technical assistance to licensees to ensure that the Relay events happening in these countries (like New Zealand) are successful in promoting cancer education and survivorship while raising much needed funds for international cancer organizations all over the world.

[edit] Online In 2007, Relay For Life volunteers worldwide were able to begin sharing ideas with each other on the support site RelayForLife.org. In 2009 users of Facebook could also raise money with a facebook application.

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