The journey to end cancer starts with a single step. The American Cancer Society invites you to take that step with us by joining the global Relay For Life movement. When you walk to end cancer at a Relay event, it's your opportunity to not only honor cancer survivors and remember loved ones lost, but also to raise awareness about what we can do to stay well from cancer and raise money to help fuel the world's largest walk to end cancer.

Thank you for a great Relay!!!!  We couldn't have done it without your support!

If you have any additional money to turn in, please send it to:
ACS
attn:  East Boston
43 Nagog Park, Suite 110
Acton, MA 01720

Time Line of Events

6:00pm  - OPENING CEREMONY 

Join us for the start of our 2013 Relay For Life!

-Welcome by Kristin, Tiff & Matt

-National Anthem sung by Ashley Gould

-Guest Speaker – Lisa Basler

-Survivor lap   & All participants lap

*SURVIVOR DINNER TO FOLLOW OPENING CEREMONY*

-Purchase your Lap Beads w/Team Fight Hard Keep Faith

6:30-7:00pm - Let the festivities begin! 

What’s Going on during this time:  

-Academy of Performing Arts performs (6:45pm)   

-Calendar Raffle Sales (sold at the Relay Store)

-Caricatures on the Turf $10 (hosted by Team Twinkle Toes)     

-Quarter Mile Challenge (drop off quarters to be counted and put on the track)

-Decorate Cupcakes with Heaven’s Angels

-Manicures at Team Chunky Couture for a Cure’s camp-site (until midnight)

7:00pm-9:00pm: Dedication Lap –

Is there a song you would like to dedicate to your team, family member, friend, or someone you have lost to cancer even?  Then go to the DJ booth and for $1 DJ Damien of Soundz Unique will make your special announcement and play your song.  If he doesn't have the song he pays $2!

Also happening at this time: 

-Team Pictures with Andrea (7:30-8:30 / $5)

* groups that wish to have a team picture should be available at their site at this time*

- Bark for Life Lap (8pm-8:15pm)

9:00pm-10:00pm : Luminaria Ceremony –

Let’s take the time to remember those we have lost to cancer.

-Tiff and Kristin kick off ceremony

-Guest Speaker – Annette Anderson

- Moment of silence

-Everyone takes a remembrance lap together

10:00pm - 11:00pm – Dedication Lap Continues:

Wrap-up your dedications!

Also happening at this time:

-Texas Holdem Game at Team Donald’s Ducks tent-site

($35 for $1500 worth of chips payout the top 3 players. $10 of that $35 gets donated to relay)

*Theme Laps begin* 

  11:00pm-12:00am – THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOPE (Birthday Lap) –

This year the American Cancer Society celebrates its 100 year. This calls for a celebration! Let’s celebrate a world with more birthdays with a party on the track.

What’s going on during this time:

-Join Team Heaven’s Angel in the Survivor tent to decorate cupcakes

-Musical Chairs

12:00am-1:00am –PAJAMA PARTY & MIDNIGHT SNACK–

Throw on your pajamas, but be sure not to fall asleep because the party is just getting started!

Also going on at this time:

-Need a midnight snack? Enjoy Pizza, Candy and more in the survivor tent throughout this lap.

-Stop the Bop with DJ Damien

1:00am-2:00am – TRUE COLORS (colors of cancer)-

Cancer comes in many forms and we connect them with color. Pink for Breast Cancer, White for Lung Cancer, and so on. Wear bright colors to show that while we are all here for the same goal, different forms of cancer brought us together. 

Also going on at this time:

-Bingo Game in the Survivor Tent!

-Theme-Song-Trivia with DJ Damien in the middle of the Track

2:00am -3:00am – BOSTON YOU’RE MY HOME (sports lap)-
Bruins, Patriots, Celtics and Sox oh my! Throw on your favorite Boston sports team gear and let’s party on the track. Enjoy some competitive games in the middle of the field. 

Also going on at this time:

-The 2^nd Annual T-shirt Freeze in the middle of the track. 

3:00am-4:00am – GLOW IN THE DARK PARTY-
Let’s show how bright we shine even in the dark. Glow sticks, light-up gear, and flashlights encourage around the track. 

What’s going on during this lap:

-Buy light-up gear at Team Cheer for a Cure’s tent

-Glow in the Dark Ring Toss

4:00am-5:00am –WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT (Fight-back Lap) –

Throw on your camouflage and let’s rock out around the track as our fight continues into the night. 

What’s going on during this lap:

-Movie & Popcorn in the survivor tent 

5:00am-6:30am –WALKING ON SUNSHINE LAP (WAKE-Up Lap)-
The sun is up and our 5th year of Relay is coming to an end. Though at this point of Relay we are sluggish and tired, we must put that aside and finish the fight as we celebrate by not walking, but dancing around the track! Perhaps a morning dance-a-thon is in order? 

What’s going on during this lap:

Breakfast in the Survivor Tent starting at 6:00am

7:00am Closing Ceremony –At this time we want to thank everyone that made this event a success and take a final lap together.   We’ve come a long way since our first year in 2009 and that means that finding a cure is also closer.  Thanks for all your efforts. 

“There is no finish line until there is a cure.”

-Tiffany LaCascia & Kristin Reed – Your East Boston Relay For Life Event Chairs

FIGHT BACK through research! THIS YEAR, selected Relay event(s) in our community are offering the unique opportunity to participate first-hand in a landmark new study, the Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3).The American Cancer Society will be enrolling people into CPS-3, a long-term study that will help researchers better identify the lifestyle, environmental, and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer. Please spread the word and visit the Cancer Prevention Study-3 website to find an enrollment location near you and for more information about how to participate in research today for a cancer free tomorrow!

Dedicate Luminaria bags in honor or in memory of a loved one lost to cancer >>

Fight Back Against Cancer through Research!

Read what motivates your fellow Relayers in New England >>

 

Questions?

Contact Matthew Blom:

matthew.blom@cancer.org

781-314-0608

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