American Cancer Society Fundraiser | Relay For Life of South Hampton Roads
Schedule
Sat Jun 06 2026 at 02:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Chesapeake City Park | Chesapeake, VA
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Relay For Life of South Hampton Roads, presented by Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, is part of a nationwide movement of the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY! It's a family-friendly fundraiser in which proceeds help fund cancer patients and their families to receive the best care and help fund research to hopefully one day find a cure!🎟️ Learn more and register today at: https://relayforlife.org/shrva
🛍️🎤 It is NOT a run or a race. Relay For Life of South Hampton Roads has activities and fun for all ages ALL benefiting the American Cancer Society. From food trucks and vendors to local entertainment and inflatable games, there's lots for you and your friends/family to look forward to!
🪕☘️ This year, we are featuring LIVE MUSIC from The Fighting Jamesons from 6-8 PM!
🎗️ If you know of a cancer survivor, someone currently battling cancer, or someone whose loved one has been affected by cancer, please help spread the word. There are several ceremonies honoring and remembering all affected by cancer in our community, including a FREE dinner reception from Pollard's for every registered cancer survivor + 1 caregiver. We'd love to honor as many as we can! 💜
🎟️ Register today at: https://relayforlife.org/shrva
🌈 The Relay For Life of South Hampton Roads theme for 2026 is Fight Cancer in ALL Colors. For those who want to create a fundraising team, we recommend decorating your campsite in the cancer ribbon color that most represents your Relay team! For those coming to participate in the day's festivities, we recommend dressing in a color that represents the cancer ribbon closest to your heart.
⚠️ Please see FAQ questions below to learn more!
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IS IT A RUN? 🏃♀️➡️
❌ No. At Relay For Life's core, the event is a walk that takes place around a track surrounded by various vendors, volunteer-created fundraisers, and fun activities for all ages. Volunteers and those in our community take turns walking laps to symbolize that cancer never stops, so neither do we. Don't worry - if you choose to walk a lap, it's at your own pace!
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WHAT IS THERE TO DO?
Plenty! Be sure to walk around to check out all the fundraisers that our volunteers have created that are located around the track that benefit the American Cancer Society! 💰 These may include raffles, craft sales, clothing sales, games/activities, etc!
Relay is also an event full of activities for all ages! There will be:
- Food Trucks 🚚 🍔
- Live Music🎤🎸
- Local Vendors 🏷️
- Silent Auction 🎟️
- Kids Activities 🥳
- Themed Walking Laps 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤🩶🤍🤎
- & more!
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DO I HAVE TO STAY ALL 7 HOURS? ⏰
Of course not! You can come and go. But please note that there are activities planned for each half hour of the event! 🎉
⭐️ Most notably, there will be a Cancer Survivor & Caregiver Ceremony at the start of the event you won't want to miss! Near closing, we have our Luminaria Ceremony where we line the track with paper bags dedicated to our loved ones touched by cancer. We share a moment of silence as the luminarias illuminate the night to celebrate cancer survivors and to remember loved ones lost to cancer 💜
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CAN ANYONE PARTICIPATE?
✅ Yes! Our event is open to the public. The more, the merrier!
🎟️ Please pre-register online at https://relayforlife.org/shrva. You can then share your fundraising page on Facebook and via email to ask friends and family for donations!
🧑🧑🧒🧒 If you want to become more involved, you can always create a fundraising team! Whether you are a one-person team, a team of co-workers, or a team of friends, all teams are welcome. 👍Please visit our Getting Started & Resources page for more info: https://secure.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=111493&pg=informational&sid=208116&name=getting-started. You can also reach out to our ACS Staff Partner, Laura Fien, at [email protected] for any help on getting registered as a fundraising team!
The more fundraisers on the day of the event, the more money that goes to ACS! 😁
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💜 I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR/ CAREGIVER. WHY COME?
🤩 We believe all cancer survivors and their caregivers in our community should be recognized! 🎟️ Please register online as a survivor or caregiver at https://relayforlife.org/shrva. Cancer Survivors will later get an email from the American Cancer Society where you can sign up to get a FREE Survivor t-shirt! 👕
There will be a Cancer Survivor & Caregiver Ceremonial Lap at the beginning of the event and a Luminaria ceremony to celebrate and remember all those touched by cancer at the end.
🍗 There is also a FREE Cancer Survivor dinner (provided for survivors and one caregiver only) fully donated by POLLARDS CHICKEN and amazing door prizes being raffled off at the dinner reception!
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💰 CAN I SPONSOR THE EVENT?
Absolutely! Any business, from a large corporation to a small local boutique can be a sponsor of our event. A sponsor's business will be featured on our website at https://relayforlife.org/shrva for becoming a sponsor. For a lower cost option, you can also purchase a Track Sign that will be placed along the walking track that displays your company's logo on the day of the event! We also appreciate any gift card donations or gifts to use at our event for auctions and prizes!
Please visit our Partnership page to learn more about how to become an event sponsor! https://secure.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=111493&pg=informational&sid=208116&name=partnership-opportunities
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💜 Our Relay For Life fundraiser is volunteer-lead, but our South Hampton Roads community is truly our foundation! 💜
Any Questions? Please visit https://relayforlife.org/shrva or email our fundraiser's ACS Partner, Laura Fien, at [email protected] with any questions you may have!
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Where is it happening?
Chesapeake City Park, 900 city park drive,Chesapeake, Virginia, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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