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American Cancer Society Relay For Life Kickoff Rally on October 21st at Hilldale Baptist Family Life Center

American Cancer Society's Relay for LifeClarksville, TN – On October 21st, the American Cancer Society Relay For Life® campaign of Montgomery County will officially get underway as event volunteers and participants gather at the Hilldale Baptist Family Life Center for a kickoff rally to launch their fundraising efforts for the year.

In addition to a delicious meal and fellowship with some of Clarksville’s finest volunteers, the rally will feature speakers from the community who have benefitted from funds raised at Relay, will honor cancer survivors, recognize this past year’s participating teams and their contributions toward this effort and during which this year’s campaign theme will be unveiled.

Montgomery County Relay For Life event to be held October 21st at the Hilldale Baptist Church Family Life Center Athletic Field.
Montgomery County Relay For Life event to be held October 21st at the Hilldale Baptist Church Family Life Center Athletic Field.

This event also marks the first opportunity to register a team to participate in this year’s campaign with the culminating event to be held on May 15th, 2015.

The event kicks off at 6:00pm on October 21st, 2014 at the Hilldale Baptist Family Life Center, 250 Old Farmers Road, Clarksville, Tennessee.

The world’s largest grassroots fundraising movement, Relay For Life, mobilizes communities throughout the country to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and provide participants with an opportunity to fight back against the disease. Relay brings together friends, families, businesses, hospitals, schools, faith-based groups, people from all walks of life – all aimed at furthering the American Cancer Society’s vision of creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

Relay For Life began in 1985 with one man who walked and ran around a track for 24 hours and raised $27,000 for the American Cancer Society. This year, Relay For Life will take place in nearly 5,100 communities in the United States and 20 other countries and will raise funds to support the Society’s mission of saving lives by helping people stay well, by helping people get well, by finding cures and fighting back.

To join the Montgomery County Relay For Life effort, to register as a team of individual visit Montgomery County’s website at www.relayforlife.org/montgomerytn

For other questions contact Jason Pennington at 931.980.6058 or Jerri Rule at 615.341.7322.

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