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Relay for Life: 'There’s No Place Like Yorktown'

Organizers hope to raise $300,000 this year for the research, programs and services of the American Cancer Society.

It's officially Relay for Life season as Yorktowners held a kick off party last week. This year's theme is "There is no place like Yorktown" and organizers hope to raise $300,000 this year for the research, programs and services of the American Cancer Society. 

"Yorktown is going on the purple brick road to Oz," co-chair of Yorktown's Relay for Life committee Jane McCarthy said.

Watch the video above as Yorktowners share why they Relay for Life.

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Yorktown High School sophomore Caleigh Scanlon gave a speech at last week's kick off about why she relays. (Listen to her speech above.)

Yorktown's Relay for Life, which is now the largest single-community Relay in the tri-state area, began in 2006. Relay For Life which is scheduled for Friday, June 14 at the Jack DeVito Track and Field in Yorktown. 

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