Winona State University Relay For Life - (800) 227-2345

Hate cancer?! We do too! Join Winona State University's Relay For Life at www.relayforlife.org/winonastate and fight back! Email winonastatecac@gmail.com for more information :)

What Happens at a Relay Event?

There are many moments that create the Relay experience. Specific details vary by event. But the key moments that all events share in common are listed below:

Survivors Lap
Relay starts with a Survivors Lap – an inspirational time when survivors are invited to circle the track together and help everyone celebrate the victories we’ve achieved over cancer. We also recognize and celebrate caregivers at Relay For Life. These individuals give their time, love, and support to friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers who face cancer.

Luminaria Ceremony
After dark, we honor people who have been touched by cancer and remember loved ones lost to the disease during the Luminaria Ceremony. Candles are lit inside bags filled with sand, each one bearing the name of a person touched by cancer, and participants often walk a lap in silence.

Fight Back Ceremony
Last, there is a Fight Back Ceremony, where we make a personal commitment to save lives by taking up the fight against cancer. That personal commitment may be to do something as simple as getting a screening test, quitting smoking, or talking to elected officials about cancer. By taking action, people are personally taking steps to save lives and fight back against a disease that takes too much.

Cancer doesn't sleep and neither do we!

Winona State University's Colleges Against Cancer is a club at WSU that puts together an event called Relay For Life. Relay For Life takes place from 6 pm to 6 am in the courtyard (or McCown gym if weather does not cooperate). We want to celebrate, remember, and fight back against cancer together!

Here is a video that may help give you a better idea of what a Relay For Life is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iv60p-KQv4

The money we raise in these teams all goes to the American Cancer Society to help support their services for cancer patients and to find a cure for cancer. WSU has done a great part in the fight against cancer and continues to make a difference each year!

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