MILLINOCKET -- Join millions of other American Cancer Society Relay For Life participants across the country in the fight against cancer. Find out how to get involved in the annual Relay For Life of Katahdin at a Relay Rally on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Stearns High School library located at 155 State Street in Millinocket.

Anyone interested in joining the planning committee, becoming a team captain, volunteering, or just finding out more about Relay For Life is encouraged to attend the Rally. Relay teams representing families, clubs, religious and civic organizations, neighborhoods, and corporations will join the race to beat cancer by celebrating survivorship and taking turns walking around the track. Teams are encouraged to enjoy the great music, food and camaraderie of the event.

Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s largest signature event as well as the most successful national fundraiser. Nationwide, Relay For Life raised over $400 million in fiscal year 2007 in more than 4,500 communities with more than three and a half million participants celebrating 500,000 cancer survivors.

Nineteen Relay For Life events in Maine raised over $1.5 million last year for cancer research, education, advocacy, and patient services, including transportation for cancer patients to treatments, one-on-one support for women with breast cancer, cosmetologist consultations for women being treated for cancer, tobacco control education, and mammography outreach.

For more information about Relay For Life, to find out how to volunteer, or to RSVP for the Relay Rally, please contact Mike Hart at 989-0332 or email him at Michael.Hart@cancer.org.