Antioch-area Relay For Life kickoff event Sunday

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Antioch/Lakes area will host its annual kickoff open house event from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the Antioch Township Office, 1625 Deep Lake Road, Lake Villa.

Friends, neighbors, cancer survivors, caregivers and anyone interested in learning more about Relay For Life are encouraged to attend.

The event offers information about the American Cancer Society's mission of saving lives faster by helping people stay well, helping people get well, finding cures and fighting back. Refreshments will be served.

Relay For Life is an overnight event where teams of local businesses, schools, churches, community groups and families build awareness and raise funds — prior to and at the event — to fight cancer.

While the main objective of Relay For Life is to raise money for cancer research and cancer patients, the event helps spread cancer awareness, celebrate the lives of survivors, remember those who lost their lives to cancer and unite a community in the fight against cancer.

This year's Relay For Life in the Antioch/Lakes area will be July 28-29 at Township Park in Lake Villa and is open to participants of all ages.

Volunteers are needed to organize and recruit teams, secure community support, coordinate logistics, obtain refreshments and prizes, assist with publicity and plan entertainment activities for this event.

For more information on the Relay For Life Kickoff celebration, contact the American Cancer Society at (847) 317-0025 or visit RelayForLife.org/AntiochIL.

Teams may register online anytime.

To learn more about the American Cancer Society or get help, call (800) 227-2345 or visit cancer.org.