SARATOGA RELAY FOR LIFE - 06/07/2013

The American Cancer Society’s national association’s Relay for Life begins their two-day event at 6:00 p.m. Friday, June 7th at the East Side Recreation Field on Lake Avenue in Saratoga Springs.

The overnight walk/relay around the running track is the largest grassroots fundraiser in the world, with thousands of communities across the nation participating. The event is designed to give everyone an opportunity to celebrate, remember and fight back in the battle against cancer.

Local residents will join more than 3,000 other communities across America in this celebration of survivorship and hope. Since the first Relay for Life in 1985 the event has raised more than $1 billion nationwide.

Last year, volunteers raised more than $1.8 million at Relay for Life events in the Capital Region and North Country to support the American Cancer Society’s research, education, advocacy and local patient service programs.

For more information or to join a Relay for Life event, call Marcy at 893-0671 or visit