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Relay For Life

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Relay for Life Coming to Vienna in June

American Cancer Society event coming June 1 to 2 to the Town Green.

Come June, the Town Green will be filled with thousands of Northern Virginia residents raising awareness for cancer research. The American Cancery Society will bring its Relay for Life  — an overnight community walk in which fundraising teams take turns doing laps or loops for cancer awareness — to the Green from June 1 to 2. Vienna's Town Council approved the event at its Monday meetings. In the past, the event has been held at Madison or Oakton High schools, among other locations across the county and region.  ACS said it is "trying to make it more community involved and believe that hosting at a Town park may help," according to town documents. The event will kick off at 3 p.m. June 1 and last until 7 a.m. June 2. There is no set rain …

Monday, December 10, 2012

Relay for Life Could Come to Town Green

American Cancer Society asks Vienna Town Council to host fundraising event, participate in Cancer Prevention Study.

  The American Cancer Society is hoping Vienna will be among the locations to host part of its new large-scale Cancer Prevention Study as well as a local Relay for Life event, one of the group's largest fundraisers. The Vienna Town Council will discuss at its work session Monday a request from ACS to host a local Relay for Life Event in 2013, potentially June 1 to 2. In the past, the event — an overnight community walk in which fundraising teams take turns doing laps or loops for cancer awareness — has been held at Madison or Oakton High schools, among other locations across the county and region.  ACS said it is "trying to make it more community involved and believe that hosting at a Town park may help," according to town documents. The …

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