Relay for Life

Friday night from 6 pm to 6 am on Saturday Temple University hosted their own Relay for Life to raise money for the American Cancer Society. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Relay, it basically an event by which you raise money by committing to have at least one person from your team on the track at all times for the designated time. Personally, this event was one that really struck home with me, having just lost my grandfather at the end of January. The night started out with an opening ceremony with beautiful speeches from a cancer survivor as well as a boy whose mom passed away from cancer. After this they had a lap for anyone who was a cancer survivor followed by a lap for everyone to participate in in honor of someone. From here on out the night was filled with different activities and events, as well as hanging out with friends. This was my second time participating in a Relay for Life, the first being when I was 14 through my middle school, and it was definitely a great time once again!