Relay For Life

Photos from 2006

Photos by Peter Pelham

Photos from 2003

Photos by Peter Pelham

 

Photos from 2002

Photos by Pauline Stuber

• Celebration on the Hill is a grassroots event celebrating cancer survivorship and empowering survivors and others to advocate for laws that will help people fight cancer.
   
• It is scheduled for September 19, 2002 at the Capitol Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
   
• The event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Entertainment, speakers, and recognition ceremonies are scheduled throughout the day.
   
• Fifty tents, one for each state, will line a track that encompasses the Capitol Reflecting Pool. Each state delegation will have individuals walking the track at all times.
   
• A “survivors lap” will open the event with other special victory laps to follow throughout the day. A luminaria ceremony, a candle lighting program honoring cancer survivors and remembering those lost to the disease, begins at dusk.
   
• Members of Congress will be invited to participate on a Congressional Host Committee, visit the track, meet with their constituents, and even walk a lap with participants. Ambassadors will also meet with Members on Capitol Hill.
   
• Thousands more survivors and volunteers from across the country will also be on hand to participate and show their support.

• The Celebration on the Hill bus began its tour of the country on March 6. It will travel to more than 40 states, collecting signatures from cancer survivors and their families who believe cancer should be a national priority.
• The bus will arrive in Washington, DC on September 19.

• Three thousand volunteer “Relay Community Ambassadors” selected by their local American Cancer Society units will be mobilized into a grassroots force to urge Congress to make cancer a national priority.
   
• Each of the nation’s 435 Congressional districts will be represented by an Ambassador.
   
• In addition to traveling to Washington, the Ambassadors will carry ACS’s advocacy messages to their communities through Relay For Life events and other community activities, building relationships with local, state and federal lawmakers throughout the year.