Relay for Life is the largest non-profit fundraising event in the world, and now takes place in 20 countries.
The History of Relay For Life
It all started in 1985 in Tacoma, Washington USA, when a Surgeon, Dr. Gordy Klatt, a keen runner, decided he wanted to make a difference and walked around a track for 24hours. He raised $27,000 for the American Cancer Society. The following year he recruited a committee and 19 teams to join him on this unique overnight experience, and Relay For Life was born!
About Relay For Life
Relay For Life is a community festival celebrating the power of fundraising in the fight to beat cancer. Teams fundraise for life-saving cancer research then unite at a weekend-long festival to honour everyone who has been affected by cancer.
The festival is focused around a 24-hour relay where team members take it in turns to walk around a track to show that together we will beat cancer. There will be music and activities throughout the 24 hour event and a Candle of Hope ceremony to honour every life touched by cancer. Dedicating candles 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.
Relay For Life in Aylesbury
Since Relay For Life Aylesbury launched in 2009 we have raised a staggering total of £1,020,635.09 . The full breakdown by year is as follows:
2009 – £28,800
2010 – £33,043
2011 – £41,148
2012 – £58,080
2013 – £75,204
2014 – £103,166
2015 – £108,538
2016 – £105,035
2017 – £72,273
2018 – £107,608
2019 – £125,924
2020 – £27,667
2021 – £48,571
2022 – £35,902
2023 – £49,671
2024 – £44,797