It's 16 Hours You'll Never Forget!
The National Cancer Society of Malaysia's Relay For Life is a high-spirited event here everyone in the community can join in the fight against cancer. 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.
Sparked by One Man's Hope
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.
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