Relay For Life Raises Funds, Awareness

Tyler Hill (left) of Mechanics Bank ran a game of chance for a good cause at the Relay For Life last Friday. He and some other spectators are watching Preston Minor (right) try to get a golf ball to stop on one of the bills. The event raised $31,733.47 for the American Cancer Society. The team raising the most money was Sylva Rena Church, according to Kate Rossen (right in photo below), who along with Gail Caldwell, chaired the event. – Photos by Jack Gurner

Gail Caldwell and Kate Rossen

Survivors and friends gather for photos before the survivors start the first lap.

Some of the red hat ladies who were helping out.

Walkers among the luminaria.

One of the new features is the luminaria sky lanterns, 12 of which were released as part of the ceremony.