Organizers of the annual Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life need the help of between 15 and 20 teams, and people who are willing to volunteer for the event which begins on Friday, May 27 and ends the following morning.
The event is at McLeod Athletic Park, 216 Street and 56 Avenue.
91原创 has over 72 teams registered; the goal is for at least 95 teams to help fight back against cancer this year at Relay For Life.
"We're already over $74,000 closer to our fundraising goal for 2011," said Shannon Todd Booth, who organizes the event for the 91原创 unit of the CCS.
Opportunities still exist for people to help in the following areas:
* Event set up; camp site marking, signage and site and stage set up on Thursday, May 27 from noon to 6 p.m.; and Friday, May 28 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
鈥� Luminary and tent set up on Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. This includes preparing the luminaries in the stands and around the track, and helping with luminary sales on the night of the event;
鈥� Volunteer/information tent on Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.;, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., and 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Help involves greeting participants and event day volunteers, orienting them to the new site map and handing out participant information packages and T-shirts;
鈥� Parking/Porters on Friday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. To direct traffic, greet participants, hand out parking passes for main lot, and taking team supplies to campsites;
鈥� Food and Entertainment on Friday, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; To help with the food and beverage tent, hand out and collect meal tickets, replenish supplies.
鈥� Children鈥檚 Activity Tent on Friday, from 4:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. to help with kids鈥� activities, tattoos, face painting, crafts, etc.
鈥� After Midnight Activity Crew on Friday from midnight to 7 a.m.; to assist the dynamic crew in hosting the after-midnight activities for teams, including obstacle courses, pudding eating contest, Relay Runway, Karaoke, How Well Do You Know Your Team Captain and more.
鈥� Tear Down Crew on Saturday, May 28 from 7 a.m. to noon.
"We are always in dire need of some additional help on the Saturday morning after the event, and most of the onsite volunteers have already been awake for more than 30 hours," Todd Booth said.
"So some fresh legs at this time would be incredibly beneficial."
The tear-down crew will be responsible for picking up the luminaries, packing the relay truck, packing up tables and chairs, sound equipment, tarps and lighting, etc.
There will be an volunteer orientation on Wednesday, May 11 at the society's regional office, #202, 20434 鈥� 64 Ave., from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Contact Todd Booth via email at stoddbooth@bc.cancer.ca or phone 604-533-0822.
To register for the relay, go to www.relaybc.ca/langley.
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