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Erica Glover, Devon Melcher, and Melissa Elks have done an amazing job as coordinators and lining up items for the silent auction to be held at the River Valley Relay for Life. A great variety of items will be put into themed baskets. To date, there are Car Care; Golf Around Maine; Dine Around Maine; […]

Friday, June 6 4:30 p.m. Survivor registration begins. Silent Auction and golf Ball sales begin 5:00 Survivior reception begins 5:30 Honor guard, Fire Depts. ,Line up to escort the survivors first lap 6:00 Pastor Larry Hansen opening prayer 6:30 Teams take the track 7:00 youth singer 7:15 team spirit parade 8:00 t-shirt challenge 8:15 luminaries […]

The Golf Ball Drop at Relay For Life is the last event of the day. Tickets are sold in advance  for $5 each and the balls are numbered by the Relay committee during the night. Bancroft generously donates the use of a boom truck equipped with a cement bucket. Ray Broomhall dumps the balls into […]

Area bikers will honor cancer patients and their families during Relay For Life. Dan Richard and The Twisted Gypsies are putting together the 2014 Ride For Life event. Area bikers will gather at LA Harley in Lewiston on Saturday, June 7, to ride in staggered formation to Hosmer Field in Rumford. Bikes leave LA Harley […]

The luminary ceremony at River Valley Relay For Life is one of the most beautiful symbols of Relay. Bags are bought in honor of or in memory of a person who has had or is battling cancer. Bags are carefully placed around the track by volunteers prior to the blessing of the luminaries and the […]

They do a lot of cancer memorial and tribute tattoos, also henna tattoos on children, and participate in many events to give back to the local community and Relay For Life. Kris and Jessica come up with new ideas for fundraising including bake sales, chili chowder competition, raffles, and all-day events at their shop. Kids […]

To all our Relay friends and supporters, Relay For Life 2014 is shaping up to be a great event. For the first time we are working as a committee without “Chair’ positions. Committee members have come up with some awesome new ideas to bring Relay back to its roots. When Relay started 17 years ago, […]

Through out the years Relay For Life has been very fortunate to have great volunteers to help pull things together. For reasons both personal and private, they will not be able to join us this year. We would like to take a moment to thank them for their generous gift of time and talents: Cheryl […]

The Survivior’s Reception is generously sponsored by Summit Insurance. Ron Theriault wanted to dedicate this year’s reception to Helen Deanis, a personal friend. Helen bravely battled cancer, never complaining or feeling bad for herself. She was an amazing person whose love of life was apparent to everyone she met. She remained very active in all […]