Glow Sticks, Awareness Bracelets and the Relay for Life

Every year in the USA the American Cancer Society organizes an annual event to raise awareness of this disease. The event which takes place overnight in various communities across the USA is known as “Relay for Life”. The event itself is held in various community areas such as parks, fairgrounds or the local high school sports field or gymnasium.

Those who participate in this event do so in teams and will take it in turns to walk a lap or laps around the area selected to do so. These people are all sponsored by others either as individuals or as a team for each lap that is completed by them and the money raised is then used to help further fight this disease. The funds they also raise help with further making people aware of it and also to help fund research to find ways of preventing it.

However, before the actual “Relay for Life” event begins a Luminaria Ceremony is held. At the commencement of this candles or glow sticks are lit and held up to remember those who have lost their battle against this particular disease. Following the lighting of the candles or the raising of glow sticks then some prayers will be said followed by a minutes silence to help those remember those they have lost.

As this is an overnight event those participate will set up campsites close to where they will walk or run. They also have the opportunity to place lighted candles in bags outside their tents if they wish. But because of safety issues more and more people are preferring to place yellow glow sticks in theirs. Plus if they wish they can also carry the candles or glow sticks with them as they walk or run their laps during the relay.

Many of the campsites will be awash with the light of the candles and the yellow glow sticks even before the Luminaria Ceremony starts. Most participants will choose to light theirs as dusk falls in order to create the right sort of mood for such an important event.

The great thing about using glow sticks in place of candles is that they won’t be affected by the weather should it turn a little inclement. Plus they can also be used to write out words that mean something to those taking part such as “Cure” or “Hope”.

Along with participants using glow sticks and candles at this event many will also be wearing Hope bracelets. This again helps to show others how important they feel fighting this cause is and will not only be worn during “Relay for Life” but also on a daily basis. They come in many different colors but are often the pink colored ones which are associated with the fight against cancer.

It is through “Relay for Life”, the wearing of these hope bracelets that more and more people have become aware of the effect that cancer has on people’s lives. Today the amount of money raised to carry out research that can help to treat and prevent this disease is great and has reduced the number of people dying from this disease each year.

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