The Noble County Relay For Life has
a full line-up of activities for the 2013 American Cancer Society event. Even
though Relays raise funds for the very serious battle against cancer,
participants will have plenty of fun along the way.
The theme
is “Colors of Hope” for this year’s Relay, which will begin with an opening
ceremony at 10 a.m. May 18th, at the West Noble High School track
and field area south of Ligonier. Ceremonies for the weekend include:
Opening
Ceremony 10:00 AM
Survivor
& Caregiver Ceremony 5:00 PM
Fight Back
Ceremony 9:00 PM
Luminaria
Ceremony 9:30 PM
Closing Ceremony & Awards (Sunday) 9:30 AM
At this point the entertainment and
activities schedule for the weekend includes:
10:00
am
|
Opening
Ceremonies: National
Anthem & Presentation of Colors
|
Main
Stage /Bleachers
|
10:30
|
Football
Toss Contest
|
Infield
|
10:30
|
Gaerte’s
Gizmo Rides Start
|
Infield-East
End
|
11:00
|
Chippy
the Clown
|
Health
& Wellness Tent
|
11:30
|
Water
Balloon Toss (Teams of 2)
|
Infield
|
12:30-1:30
|
Kid
Activities with Theatre 33
|
Infield
|
1:00
|
Inclognito
Cloggers
|
Entertainment
Tent
|
1:30
|
Free
Throw Shooting Contest
|
Infield-East
End
|
2:00
|
Elaine’s
Dance Studio
|
Entertainment
Tent
|
2:30
|
Tug-O-War
(10 people) & Sack Race
|
Infield
|
3:30
|
Jello
Egg Eating Contest
|
Entertainment
Tent
|
4:00
|
Frozen
T-Shirt Contest
|
Infield
|
5:00
pm
|
Survivor
& Caregiver Ceremony followed by Survivor Dinner
|
Main
Stage/Bleachers
|
6:30
|
Relay
Karaoke Idol Tryouts
|
Entertainment
Tent
|
9:00
pm
|
Fight
Back Ceremony
|
Main
Stage/Bleachers
|
9:30
pm
|
Luminary
Ceremony
|
Main
Stage/Bleachers
|
11:00-1:00
|
Relay
Idol Finals/Open Karaoke
|
Entertainment
Tent
|
Midnight
|
Pizza
Delivery
|
Concession
Area
|
1:00
|
Scavenger
Hunt
|
Entertainment
Tent
|
2:00
|
Movie:
Wreck It Ralph
|
Entertainment
Tent
|
4:00
|
Movie:
Avengers
|
Entertainment
Tent
|
6:00
|
Lion’s
Club Sunrise Breakfast
|
Concession
Area
|
6:00
|
Rooster
Crowing Contest
|
Concession
Area
|
6:30
|
Morning
Worship
|
Entertainment
Tent
|
9:30
am
|
Closing
Ceremony
|
Main
Stage/Bleachers
|
Chippy the Clown is scheduled to be
at the Relay Saturday from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., while Gaerte’s Gizmo is planned to
be on site from 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Each year more than 3.5 million
people in 5,000 US communities and 20 other countries take part in Relay events
to raise funds for research, treatment, and other assistance. Other information
can be found on the Relay For Life website at:
http://www.relayforlife.org/noblecountyin
For more information contact
Melissa Stephens at melissa.stephens@cancer.org or by phone at 260-471-3911,
or Carla Fiandt at the Community State Bank in Albion, at carlaf@csbemail.com, or 260-636-3744.
That appears to have been a busy day! I trust it all went well?
ReplyDeleteYep -- went over our goal by a few thousand dollars!
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