Sandburg and Shepard Hosting Relay for Life This Weekend

Carl Sandburg High School and Alan B. Shepard High School are hosting Relays for Life between Friday and Sunday.

Relay for Life is an effort through the American Cancer Society to raise money for research and awareness about the disease, while honoring friends and loved ones lost to cancer. The events include overnight campouts around a track, where someone is always walking around the track.

“We don’t sleep that night because cancer never sleeps,” Erica Gillian, American Cancer Society event organizer, said in a release.

Here are the details for the two schools’ relays:

Carl Sandburg High School

13300 S. LaGrange Rd., Orland Park

• Time: 6 p.m. Friday, May 10 – 6 a.m. Saturday, May 11
• Schedule:

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   1. Survivor Dinner: 6 p.m.
   2. Opening Ceremony: 8 p.m.
   3. Luminaria Ceremony: 9 p.m.
   4. Fight Back Ceremony: 10 p.m.
   5. Closing Ceremony: 5:30 a.m.

Full event schedule is available online.

• Recommended Event: Survivor Lap around 8:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Food: Jersey Mike’s, Jamba Juice, Jet’s Pizza and Dunkin Donuts
• Key Notes: The Consolidated School District 230 event is the largest Relay for Life in the country according to the ACS. The district’s events raise an average of $350,000 per year. This year, 2,425 participants on 232 teams have raised $319,429.71, as of Wednesday.

Read the FAQ on the American Cancer Society’s website.

Learn about a Sandburg student who turned immense loss into inspiration for this year's relay. 

Alan B. Shepard High School

13049 S. Ridgeland Ave., Palos Heights

• Time: 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11 – 5 a.m. Sunday, May 12
• Recommended Events: Opening and Survivor Lap at 3 p.m. and Luminaria ceremony at 9 p.m.
• Key Notes: The 96 participants in 18 teams raised about $10,685 as of Thursday evening.

Read more about a Shepard teacher who survived cancer and is participating in the event.

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