Relay For Life of Burbank

Families and Friends of Burbank Bring HOPE to
Neighbors Facing Cancer

Saturday and Sunday, June 27th and 28th

Burbank (April 2009) — Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature activity. It offers everyone in a community an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Relays are an overnight event, up to 24 hours in length.

Teams of people from all walks of life have fun while raising much-needed funds to fight cancer and raise awareness of cancer prevention and treatment.

Relay For Life is a life-changing event that brings Burbank together to:

• Celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer. The strength of survivors inspires others to continue to fight.
• Remember loved ones lost to the disease. At Relay, people who have walked alongside people battling cancer can grieve and find healing.
• Fight Back. We Relay because we have been touched by cancer and desperately want to put an end to the disease.

This year only, our Burbank Relay event will offer the unique opportunity to participate in a landmark study, the Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3).  The American Cancer Society will be enrolling people into CPS-3, a long-term study that will help researchers better identify the lifestyle, environmental, and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer. Please spread the word and visit the Cancer Prevention Study-3 website for more information about how to participate in research today for a cancer free tomorrow!

To get involved in Burbank's Relay For Life event and find out how you can get involved, please call 818-624-8685 or visit www.RelayForLife.org/burbankca.

More About Relay for Life of Burbank

Relay For Life of Burbank, an annual community event of the American Cancer Society, opened this year's local activity with a "Show Us Your HOPE" campaign featuring nighttime illumination of the Bob Hope Airport terminal tower in purple light on April 1st.

Bob Hope Airport - Show Us Your HOPE
Photo: Harvey Branman/Photography As An Art

This will be the first of many displays of the color purple throughout Burbank in the coming weeks culminating in "Paint the Town Purple" on May 1st. The Bob Hope Airport will also participate on May 1st by highlighting the tower with purple light again.

"The tower will be a bright purple beacon of hope and will honor those who have battled cancer," said Lucy Burghdorf, Community Relations Manager for the Bob Hope Airport. "The Airport is very pleased to support this community campaign," she added.

It was in 1985 when one man made a difference in the fight against cancer by running 83 miles in 24 hours. Now 3.5 million Americans follow in his footsteps by participating in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

Relay For Life of Burbank is held every year as a way to celebrate loved ones who have battled cancer, remember those lost and to come together to fight back against the disease.

Relay For Life of Burbank benefits the American Cancer Society in the local community. Funds raised at Relay For Life will enable the American Cancer Society to support local services and resources for cancer patients and their families. Funds also support critical cancer research and community education programs designed to teach people how to reduce their risk of developing cancer.

Since its inception in 1985, Relay For Life has grown into an international movement to end cancer, with events taking place in 5,000 communities in the U.S. and in 19 other countries. To get involved in Burbank's Relay For Life event and find out how you can get involved, please call 818-624-8685 or visit www.RelayForLife.org/burbankca.

The American Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by saving lives, diminishing suffering and preventing cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. Founded in 1913 and with national headquarters in Atlanta, the Society has 13 regional Divisions and local offices in 3,400 communities, involving millions of volunteers across the United States. For more information, call 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org