AUBURN – The annual Relay For Life Rally will be held at two times on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Auburn Housing Authority, Great Falls Plaza. It will be held from 7 to 9 a.m. and again from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Both sessions will feature registration materials (team captain packets), fundraising ideas, photos and testimony from last year’s relay, and other ways to get involved.

Relay For Life Event Co-Chairwoman Jennifer Gendron invites everyone to join her in making the relay one to remember. She said, “Relay is such a unique and inspiring event – it is fun to plan and even more fun to attend, with non-stop activity from beginning to end.”

For more information or to RSVP for the kick-off, contact Gendron at 689-2919 or via e-mail at [email protected].

The Relay For Life in Androscoggin County is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, at the Edward Little High School track. Anyone interested in joining the planning committee, becoming a team captain, volunteering or finding out more about Relay For Life is encouraged to attend the rally.

Relay teams representing families, clubs, religious organizations, neighborhoods and corporations will join the race to beat cancer by celebrating survivorship and taking turns walking around the track.

Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s largest signature event as well as the most successful national fundraiser. Last year Relay For Life of Androscoggin raised close to $80,000 toward the fight against cancer. Preview the official fundraising Web site at http://main.acsevents.org/rflmeandroscoggin.

Relays in more than 15 communities in Maine raised funds last year for local 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, contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345 or online at www.cancer.org.