Relay For Life of Washington County

Saturday, June 17, 2023, 2 – 11 p.m.

Hagerstown YMCA

To register, donate or form a team, go to www.relayforlife.org/wacomd or contact: [email protected].

Other bullet points:

• The American Cancer Society is the largest non-profit funder of cancer research outside the federal government.
• Since 1946, the American Cancer Society has invested more than $5 billion in cancer research, leading to countless cancer breakthroughs and funding 50 scientists who went on to receive the Nobel Prize.
• The American Cancer Society wants to make sure everyone has the ability to benefit from advances in research, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. All people deserve a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat, and survive cancer.
• Cancer mortality in the United States has dropped 33% since 1991, averting an estimated 3.8 million cancer deaths, thanks to new discoveries in prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
• In 2023, there are projected to be 1,958,310 new cancer cases and 609,820 cancer deaths in the United States. 
• 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
• The American Cancer Society has 31 Hope Lodge communities across the U.S. and in Puerto Rico, where cancer patients travelling for treatment can stay for free.
• You don’t have to face a cancer diagnosis alone. Talk or chat live with a trained cancer information specialist or get answers and find resources in your community 24/7. Call 800-227-2345.