Each year, across the nation, one event brings together entire communities to take part in the fight against cancer. That event is the American Cancer Society Relay For Life®. Opening ceremonies for Relay Week are Sunday, June 14, at Security Service Field as the Sky Sox host the Las Vegas 51s. The week will be filled with activities, including a city-wide dinner to honor cancer survivors on Monday, June 15, all leading up to three Relay For Life events on Friday, June 19. For more information pick one of the Relays below. You can also sign up as a walker or team, to volunteer or to participate as a cancer survivor. Relay For Life of Pikes Peak Relay For Life of Central Colorado Springs Relay For Life of Eastside Colorado Springs  Sunday, June 14: Relay For Life Week opens at Security Service Field. SkySox host the Las Vegas 51s at 1 p.m. Come early for the opening ceremonies. The SkySox will be wearing official Relay For Life purple jerseys to be auctioned off after the game. Call 630-4982 for tickets, $8. Monday, June 15: The annual Relay For Life Week city-wide Cancer Survivors Dinner is at 5:30 p.m., in the Theater Room at New Life Church (11025 Voyager Parkway.) Please RSVP by Monday, June 1, by calling the American Cancer Society office in Colorado Springs, 630-4982, ask for Hannah. Wednesday, June 17: Nosh (121 S. Tejon) hosts a wine tasting to benefit Relay For Life from 5:30 to 8 p.m. $25 dollars. 40 different wines. Call 635-6674, ext.0 Thurs day, June 18, Take A Bite Out of Cancer as Dutch Bros Coffee will give all its proceeds to Relay For Life from these three locations: 301 E Colorado Ave., 2802 W. Colorado, 1802 E Platte Also on Thursday, Front Range Barbeque (2330 W. Colorado Ave.) will give a portion of its proceeds to Relay For Life. Take A Bite Out of Cancer at one of these following Colorado Springs restaurants. These local eateries are also supporting Relay For Life Week. On The Border, 5832 Barnes, Grand Slam Subs, 106 E. Kiowa, Jake & Telly’s, 2616 W. Colorado Ave. Nosh, 121 S. Tejon, Paravicini’s Italian Bistro, 2802 W. Colorado Ave. Texas Road House, 595 S. 8th Street Friday, June 19: Come participate in one of the three Relay For Life events in Colorado Springs. Click on one of the Relay links above for more details. Call 630-4982. Text To Give on Friday, June 19 -- One day only. Get out your mobile phone, on Friday, June 19. Text the word "PURPLE" to 20222. Respond "YES" when asked to confirm the donation. Text a friend and get her or him to Text For RELAY too! See below for complete details. Sunday, June 21: Father’s Day Car Show and BBQ at Briarhurst Manor Estate in Manitou Springs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with chances to win hundreds of prizes during the Rubber Ducky Races in Fountain Creek. Call 685-1864 Relay Week Sponsored by It’s a time and place where people come to celebrate those who have: Survived cancer Remember those we’ve lost Fought back against a disease that touches too many lives A few highlights from Relay Week 2008... $8,000 raised from the auction of the Relay-purple Sky Sox jerseys 15 restaurants participated in Take A Bite Out of Cancer  400 people attended the first city-wide cancer survivors dinner  More than 200 survivors walked the Survivors Laps at the three Relays  More than 1,000 participants on 120 teams, walked the three Relays  $167,000 raised for American Cancer Society education, research, advocacy and patient services Other area events include: Relay For Life of Teller County Relay For Life of Fountain Relay For Life of Pueblo Colorado Springs Climb to Conquer Cancer Here’s how Text To Give works... - Pull out your mobile phone and text the word "PURPLE" to 20222 and press send. - Respond "YES" when prompted to confirm your $5 tax-deductible donation. - A $5 charge will be added to your mobile bill, clearly identified as a donation to the Mobile Giving Foundation and American Cancer Society (Your mobile provider does not collect a share of the donation. There are no additional charges other than your plan’s standard text message fees.) - Text "PURPLE" up to five times for a total of $25. - Donations support the American Cancer Society’s groundbreaking research and provides free services and support to those currently facing the disease. - Only donations made today, Friday, June 19, will be attributed to your local Relay. Text messages sent on other days will go into a general Relay For Life account. $5 One-Time Mobile Donations Terms and Conditions: A one-time donation of $5.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill. In addition to your $5.00 donation, standard text messaging rates apply. Please contact your carrier for additional information. You may donate $5.00 up to five times per monthly billing cycle. All charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. Other charges may apply For help: send HELP to 20222. To Opt-Out: send STOP to 20222 Mobile Giving Foundation (http://www.mobilegiving.org/T/Default.aspx) and American Cancer Society will not be liable for any delays in the receipt of any SMS messages as delivery is subject to effective transmission from your network operator. SMS message services are provided on an AS IS basis. Data obtained from you in connection with this SMS service may include your cell phone number, your carrier’s name, and the date, time and content of your messages. We may use this information to contact you and to provide the services you request from us. There are no refunds for your cancellation of Mobile Giving Foundation mobile donations. The text service is available on these carriers: AT&T, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless For support please call 866-810-1203.