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Special Events   Relay for Life Sponsored by the American Cancer Society Relay for Life is an 18-hour team event to fight cancer that is held annually in May of each year in several towns in the Boston area and across the country. It raises awareness of cancer in the community and raises money to support the programs and services of the American Cancer Society. New England Hematology has fielded a team for the Relay for Life since 2001 and has successfully raised tens of thousands of dollars for the American Cancer Society. Details on the upcoming May 2008 event will be posted shortly. Check out the Relay for Life web site and register on line, make a donation or sponsor a participant: http://www.acsevents.org/relay/MAneedham Call Mary Davis at 508-652-4333 or Suzanne Kelliher at 781-326-5178 at the American Red Cross for more information in general about this program. Or reach them by email: Mary Davis: mary.davis@cancer.org Suzanne Kelliher: skelliher@msn.com What happens at a Relay for Life event? To use the words from the Needham Relay for Life's own web site: "It’s a combination of sights, sounds, and activities and an outpouring of emotions — fun, hope, community, victory, celebration, triumph, and tender memories of those we have lost to cancer. Some participants think it’s life-altering … emotionally impactful and comaraderie at its best. Whatever Relay means to you, every person involved helps bring us one step closer to eliminating cancer." The Relay for Life is the celebration after months of fund raising for the American Cancer Society. There will be a Survivors Lap - anyone who has battled cancer is welcome to join - as well as a Luminaria Ceremony when luminaria in honor of those who have battled cancer are lit in a circle around the track. Throughout the night, teams including New England Hematology/Oncology's team, will have members walking on the track. We hope you can join us for this exciting and moving event.   Photos from the 2001 Relay for Life Two of our NEHO cancer survivors, Karen and Gail, on the Survivor Lap   Survivor Lap 2001