Register a team for the Kootenai County Relay for Life

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Kootenai County gives everyone in the community a chance to help the organization save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

To register a team, visit www.relayforlife.org/coeurdaleneid or contact Bill at [email protected] or (208) 659-8592.

Former and current cancer patients, families, businesses, faith-based and civic organizations, those who have lost a loved one to cancer and anyone wanting to make a difference in the fight against cancer are invited to take part in this team event.

Relay For Life of Kootenai County takes place from noon to midnight on Saturday, July 23, at the event’s new McEuen Park location.

Relay For Life events are held as individuals and teams walk an athletic track, park or other gathering area, with the goal of keeping at least one team member on the track or pathway at all times throughout the evening. Teams do most of their fundraising prior to the event, but some teams also hold creative fundraisers at their camp sites during Relay.

“Relay For Life draws attention to the progress being made in the fight against cancer,” said Daniel Nelson, volunteer Relay event chair. “Many participants are our family, friends, and neighbors who have faced cancer themselves. Their involvement helps brings hope that, together, we can eliminate cancer as a major health problem.”

Information about how to become a sponsor or become involved in Relay For Life of Kootenai County is available at www.relayforlife.org/coeurdaleneid or by calling Whitney Jones at (509) 242-8291.

The American Cancer Society works to save lives and end suffering from cancer. It is a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, working to help people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; by helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight.

The American Cancer Society is the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing about $3.4 billion.

To learn more about the American Cancer Society or to get help, call the society’s 24-hour help line at (800) 227-2345 or visit cancer.org.