31st May - 1st Jun 2008National Sports Council Training Ground
Bukit Jalil, Malaysia
Registration 4.00 p.m.
Relay starts : 6.00 p.m.
'Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back!'
Tonight the event Relay For Life will be held at the National Sports Council Training Track in Bukit Jalil. The event organised by the National Cancer Society of Malaysia is to coincide with the weekend of World No Tobacco Day and International Cancer Survivor's Day,
We celebrate the advances in cancer, knowing that more cancers are being prevented and for those with cancer, more lives are being saved. We remember the loved ones lost and vow to fight back to make a difference in the lives of the future generation.
What Is It?
It is an overnight team event in a carnival-like atmosphere filled with fun, comradeship and festivities. Participants have lots of fun as they challenge themselves and take turns to complete a relay style walk/ run. It is a time when people you know and people you don't know team up to raise public awareness about cancer in the community and to raise funds to find the cure.
How It Began?
Relay For Life began in 1985 in Tacoma, Washington when Dr. Gordon Klatt walked for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. He raised $27,000 that first year. Since then, Relay For Life events around the world have raised a billion dollars to support programmes aimed at eliminating cancer.
Credit: most of the information on this blog is obtained from NCSM webpage.
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