Relay success

Lighting the Luminaries in honour of survivors and loved ones lost.

Picture perfect weather helped the 7th annual Relay for Life hosted at CFB North Bay post another successful event for the Canadian Cancer Society.

A total of 96 teams (about 1500 people) circled the new track, located across from the base CANEX, for 12 hours to raise $220,000 to help fight cancer.

A sea of blue shirts covered the track as the emotional ‘Survivors Lap’ opened the event. 7-year old Jessica Sheldon, who marked her second year of surviving leukaemia, was among the 282 survivors.

Adding the combined totals from Sturgeon Falls ($93,000) and Trout Creek ($11,000) the North Bay and Area branch office raised a grand total of $325,000 for 2007.