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Relay for Life Peterhead: This Weekend at Catto Park!
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Relay for Life Peterhead is set to take place this weekend (July 8 and 9) at the town’s Catto Park, and the community is hoping for sunshine for the hundreds of participants. The event kicks off at 10.40am with a warm-up before the official opening ceremony and the survivors’ lap of honour around the park at 10.45am. The survivors will then be treated to a reception and entertainment as the fun-filled Relay gets underway.
Throughout the 24-hour event, there will be a packed programme of Abba-themed activities, including I Have a Team, Let’s Judge Your Theme (the best dressed team/banner/tent), Take a Chance at Higher and Lower and The Winner of the Races Takes it All! There will also be Mamma Mia Bonkers Bingo and a Thank You for the Music karaoke.
At the end of the evening, the poignant Candle of Hope ceremony will take place at 11pm. This ceremony is a beautiful way to end the day, as dedicated candles are lit to honour every life touched by cancer. Everyone is invited to dedicate a candle to someone no longer with us, a friend or family member living with cancer, a loved one who has survived, or hope for the future - a world where all cancers are cured.
Sunday will begin with another warm-up to get those legs moving, and there will be prizegiving and an all-together few laps before the closing ceremony at 11am.
Relay For Life celebrates the power of community fundraising in the fight to beat cancer. Teams of friends and family fundraise for life-saving cancer research then unite as a community at a weekend long festival to honour everyone who has been affected by cancer and celebrate the progress made in research. The festival is focused around a 24-hour relay where team members take it in turns to complete laps to show that together, we’ll do whatever it takes to beat cancer.
There are Relays taking place across the UK and thousands more around the world, and the Peterhead event is sure to be a great success. So make sure you get down to Catto Park this weekend to join in the festivities and show your support for the fight against cancer.
