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What is Relay For Life?. What is Relay For Life?. High spirited 16 hours overnight event (sundown to sunrise) Teams of friends, coworkers, family and neighbours take turns to walk around the track Participants camp out together to create a community party atmosphere - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What is Relay For Life?
• High spirited 16 hours overnight event (sundown to sunrise)
• Teams of friends, coworkers, family and neighbours take turns to walk around the track
• Participants camp out together to create a community party atmosphere
What else do we do at Relay?• On-going entertainment, activities, food bazaar,
performances, etc.
What is Relay For Life?
OBJECTIVE
• To celebrate the lives of cancer survivors• To raise public awareness about cancer• To raise funds to fight against cancer
Why We Relay?
• CELEBRATE the strength of Cancer Patients & Survivors. Give HOPE & SUPPORT to those undergoing treatment
• REMEMBER loved ones who lost the battle
• FIGHT BACK! Together, as a community, help spread the message on CANCER AWARENESS & PREVENTION
Significance of Walking the Track Overnight?
• To symbolize the journey of a cancer patient. - from daylight to darkness (fear when diagnosed) - from darkness to sunrise (hope after treatment)
Take Turns to Walk the Track
Camp Out With Your Friends
Food & Beverage
• Survivor Lap-opening lap • VIP lap• Celebrities lap• Teams lap• Luminaria ceremony• Entertainment throughout the event• Food • Closing lap
Highlights of Relay
Relay For Life ProgrammeSATURDAY
6 pm Opening CeremonySurvivors LapVIP LapCelebrities LapTeam Lap
8pm Luminaria CeremonySilent Lap
9pm EntertainmentMiss Relay 2014
12am Night ActivitiesField Games
SUNDAY
1am Field Games
4 am Endurance Lap
5am Morning Exercise
9am Entertainment
10am Closing Lap
Highlights of Relay For LifeSurvivors Lap
Highlights of Relay For LifeTeams Lap
Highlights of Relay For LifeTeams Lap
Highlights of Relay For LifeNo Tobacco Event
Highlights of Relay For LifeLuminaria Ceremony
• Happens at dusk• To honor cancer survivors and remember
those who have lost their battle with cancer• Small bag filled with sand holding a small
candle• When candle is lit it gives a warm golden
glow• Luminaries are placed side by side around
the track• Remain lit throughout the night to light the
way for the walkers and to create a path of hope
Luminaria Ceremony
Relay For Life Activities
Cancer Messages
Relay For Life Activities
How Did It All Start?
• Dr. Gordy Klatt, Tacoma, Washington (1985)
• Walk & Run 24 hours to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. He raised USD27,000 the first year.• He invited his friends to join him the next year.
People camped out and took turns walking the track.
• Today, Relay For Life is being held in 22 countries all over the world.
We’re Part of a Global Movement!
IRELAND JAMAICA
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUMBRAZIL
CANADA
DENMARK
FRANCE
GUATEMALA
NETHERLANDS
GERMANYNEW ZEALAND
PHILIPPINES
JAPAN
HONDURAS
PORTUGAL SLOVENIA
SOUTH AFRICA
TAIWAN
UK
MALAYSIA
USA
SO,HOW DO WE TAKE PART?
• Be a part of a growing community of RFL Organisers
• Raise cancer awareness & education within your community
• Promote early detection through regular check-ups in your community.
• Encourage your community to participate & fundraise for a good cause.
BE AN ORGANISER!!
START A TEAM!!• Get together a group of friends / family / co-workers / neighbours / classmates
• Fill in RFL Registration Form and sign up!
• As a Team, you can also help us to fundraise through pledge card collections or you can organize your own fundraising activity.
• Come to Relay For Life. Walk the track and show support as a team!
BE A VOLUNTEER!!• Volunteer as an Individual or a Team.
• Tell us what your strengths are and we will assign you to a task that is suitable for you.
• Come to Relay For Life and help make this an unforgettable event for everyone!
• Contact us at 03-2698 7300 if you or your team are interested to become volunteers
SPONSOR RELAY!• Support Relay For Life Malaysia by being a Sponsor.
• Pick up a Sponsor’s Registration Form.
• Or contact us directly at 03 – 2698 7300 for more details.
WHAT WILL WE DOWITH THE MONEY
PLEDGED?
Cancer Awareness Programmes
Funds raised will go towards National Cancer Society Malaysia.
• To EDUCATE our society about early detection and prevention.
• To CARE for cancer patients by providing access to treatment and detection facilities.
• To SUPPORT cancer patients & their caregivers by organizing events to empower them and increase quality of life.
Outreach Programmes
(For the underprivileged)
2013
Description of Outreach Programs Quantity
Free Breast Screening 548
Free Cervical Screening 399
Free Cancer Treatment 14
Education and Awareness Programmes & Campaigns 10
Come Show Your SupportIn Our Fight Against Cancer!
You Won’t Want to miss this……..
KUALA LUMPUR
20th & 21st September 2014
@ Dataran Petaling Jaya
MELAKA16th & 17th August
2014@ SMK Padang Temu
TOGETHER.We will beat Cancer!
For more information log onto
www.relayforlifemalaysia.com
or www.cancer.org.my See you at RELAY 2014……..
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