Relay this weekend!

Mosey on down to the FHS track and support Forks annual Relay For Life. The shindig begins at 3 p.m. Friday.........

July 30, 2015 6:31 pm

Mosey on down to the FHS track and support Forks annual Relay For Life. The shindig begins at 3 p.m. Friday, July 31, as teams begin walking the track. This year’s theme “Give CANCER the BOOT!” will be played out with passports to guide participants around the track and give them valuable information on cancer resources. Participants will find the answers to passport questions at the 12 team sites and a completed passport can be traded in for drawing prizes.

A Celebration of Survivors and Caregivers will take place during opening ceremonies at 6 p.m. Recognition of sponsors will follow. Forks sets the Olympic Peninsula record for sponsorship, with 32 wonderful sponsors.

Festivities continue throughout the evening with live entertainment at the stadium, fun games, fabulous food and themed laps around the track and, of course, Zumba at 9 p.m. New to Relay this year is a Sack Tournament.

Team competition will begin immediately following opening ceremonies and the Survivor Lap on Friday, July 31. Entry fee is $10 per person, with all proceeds going to Relay For Life. Winners will receive bragging rights and prizes.

Performances by local talent begin with Kaci Price at 4 p.m. followed by Crescent Blue at 5 p.m. Entertainment continues all evening with Maybe Next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., Chuck DeOng at 7:30 p.m., and the Jamie Henry finishes the evening at 11 p.m.

As darkness falls, hope lights the way with a luminaria ceremony and a time to remember those lost to cancer. Join us at the stadium at 10 p.m. to watch the lighting of about 500 luminaria bags with candles.

Each represents someone who has battled cancer — some honor the survivors, while others are in loving memory of those we have lost. Because cancer doesn’t sleep, neither will we.  Teams will continue to walk the track all night guided by the light of the luminarias.

At daylight Aug. 1, festivities begin with yoga at 5:30 a.m., breakfast is served, and live entertainment continues. The annual hula hoop competition takes place at 7 a.m. and, not to be missed, team Wagon Races and “Road to Recovery” challenge at 9 a.m. Each team is preparing a wagon and horse to compete in this race. At 9:30 a.m. another new event is the Chili Cook-Off. FHS cheerleaders will lead us in Fight Back cheers at 10 a.m. Closing ceremonies and the final lap around the track will take place at 11:30 a.m.

Grab your boots, bandana and hat and mosey on down to the Forks High School track. Walk a lap or two, grab a bite to eat, enjoy the live entertainment, light a luminaria and celebrate having more birthdays. Help Finish the Fight and find a cure.

This fundraiser enables the American Cancer Society to continue to save lives and create more birthdays through its important work of research, education, advocacy and patient services. For more information, check out Relay For Life of Forks or call Cindy Mesenbrink at 374-5718.

Forks Relay For Life

Mosey on down to the FHS track and support Forks annual Relay For Life. The shindig begins at 3 p.m. Friday, July 31, as teams begin walking the track. This year’s theme “Give CANCER the BOOT!” will be played out with passports to guide participants around the track and give them valuable information on cancer resources. Participants will find the answers to passport questions at the 12 team sites and a completed passport can be traded in for drawing prizes.

A Celebration of Survivors and Caregivers will take place during opening ceremonies at 6 p.m. Recognition of sponsors will follow. Forks sets the Olympic Peninsula record for sponsorship, with 32 wonderful sponsors.

Festivities continue throughout the evening with live entertainment at the stadium, fun games, fabulous food and themed laps around the track and, of course, Zumba at 9 p.m. New to Relay this year is a Sack Tournament.

Team competition will begin immediately following opening ceremonies and the Survivor Lap on Friday, July 31. Entry fee is $10 per person, with all proceeds going to Relay For Life. Winners will receive bragging rights and prizes.

Performances by local talent begin with Kaci Price at 4 p.m. followed by Crescent Blue at 5 p.m. Entertainment continues all evening with Maybe Next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., Chuck DeOng at 7:30 p.m., and the Jamie Henry finishes the evening at 11 p.m.

As darkness falls, hope lights the way with a luminaria ceremony and a time to remember those lost to cancer. Join us at the stadium at 10 p.m. to watch the lighting of about 500 luminaria bags with candles.

Each represents someone who has battled cancer — some honor the survivors, while others are in loving memory of those we have lost. Because cancer doesn’t sleep, neither will we.  Teams will continue to walk the track all night guided by the light of the luminarias.

At daylight Aug. 1, festivities begin with yoga at 5:30 a.m., breakfast is served, and live entertainment continues. The annual hula hoop competition takes place at 7 a.m. and, not to be missed, team Wagon Races and “Road to Recovery” challenge at 9 a.m. Each team is preparing a wagon and horse to compete in this race. At 9:30 a.m. another new event is the Chili Cook-Off. FHS cheerleaders will lead us in Fight Back cheers at 10 a.m. Closing ceremonies and the final lap around the track will take place at 11:30 a.m.

Grab your boots, bandana and hat and mosey on down to the Forks High School track. Walk a lap or two, grab a bite to eat, enjoy the live entertainment, light a luminaria and celebrate having more birthdays. Help Finish the Fight and find a cure.

This fundraiser enables the American Cancer Society to continue to save lives and create more birthdays through its important work of research, education, advocacy and patient services. For more information, check out Relay For Life of Forks or call Cindy Mesenbrink at 374-5718.