By Kathleen Evans, Relay For Life

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Montgomery County Relay For Life event will be held in Clarksville beginning at 5 p.m. on May 16 at the Hilldale Baptist Church Family Life Center Athletic Field, 250 Old Farmers Road.

The money raised at Relay enables the American Cancer Society to deliver on its mission of helping people stay well, helping people get well, finding cures and fighting back against the disease.

Relay provides the Society with money to support vital, cutting-edge cancer research, such as Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital; provides cancer patients with numerous local services—free wigs, free beauty consultation through “Look Good…Feel Better,” donated breast prosthesis are available in Nashville; and, food and financial assistance through Clarksville Urban Ministries, transportation to treatment by Clarksville Para-Transit Service, Camp Horizon Oncology Camp for children with cancer (and siblings); publishes lifesaving literature on cancer prevention, detection and tobacco control; and develops a new generation of medicine that help those battling cancer.

Free and open to the public, this family-friendly event has something to offer for participants of all ages. The events scheduled start with the onsite registration of Survivors at 5 p.m. and continue as follows:

5:00 Luminaria Sales and Survivor Registration
6:00 Opening Ceremony
6:30 West Creek High School Step Team
6:40 Start Survivors Ceremony
7:00 Survivors Walk (followed by caregivers lap and team lap)
7:15 Womanless Beauty Pageant
7:30 West Creek High School Band
8:00 Frank Hamilton & The Johnny Cash Express
9:00 Luminary Ceremony
9:30 Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band)
10:30 Tina Brown Band
11:30 Crowning of Beauties and Dudet Looks Like Duck Dynasty
12:00 Fight Back Ceremony
12:30 Zumba
1:00 Karaoke & Frozen T-shirt
2:00 Karaoke & Scavenger Hunt
3:00 Karaoke & Dancing
5:00 Closing Ceremony
6:00am Go Home & Rest! See you next year!

To participate in this year’s Relay you can find the event listed for Montgomery County, TN and register online at www.relayforlife/montgomerytn.org Community members may register individually, join a team or make a donation. So join us to “Finish the Fight” in our continued effort to “Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.”