Relay For Life of Harrisburg

Relay For Life of Harrisburg is a one-day community event hosted in the heart of Harrisburg to Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back. against cancer. It is the signature fundraising event of the American Cancer Society and monies raised throughout the year for the event go directly towards essential services for cancer patients, survivors and their caretakers in the Harrisburg area.

Relay began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Washington, ran and walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Since then, Relay has grown from a single man’s passion to fight cancer into the world’s largest movement to end the disease. Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the United States, along with additional communities in 19 other countries, gather to take part in this global phenomenon and raise much-needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer. Thanks to Relay participants, we are creating a world with more birthdays a world where cancer can’t claim another year of anyone’s life.