FARMINGTON – Teams of local volunteers, including patients, medical support staff, local businesses, civic and other organizations and community volunteers will walk through the night to celebrate, remember and join together to raise money for the fight against cancer.

The American Cancer Society’s 10th annual Relay For Life of Franklin County is expected to raise more than $38,000 to support research, education, advocacy and patient services.

Walkers will keep at least one team member moving around the track throughout the night from 6 p.m. Friday, June 13, to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at Mt. Blue High School, 129 Seamon Road.

The Cancer Survivors’ Lap will follow the opening ceremony at 6 p.m. and a luminaria ceremony will take place at 9:30 p.m. when luminaria will be lighted in honor of cancer survivors or in memory of those lost to the disease.