Lets RELAY! The Lyon County Relay for Life Event is Thursday August 18th. In partnership with Sounds of Summer & The City of Marshall's 150th Anniversary - Relay for Life will kick off the festivities!
The pandemic had a devastating impact on life-saving cancer screening rates, which dropped by 90% for some cancers. Relay plays a vital part of reminding millions of people that timely screenings help catch cancer when it’s most treatable as well as supporting research and other services.
5:00 p.m. The fun begins!
5-6:30 Jimmy’s Chili cook-off, with prizes for people’s choice and judge’s favorite
Please pre-register so we know how many entries to expect. Contact Chanda Bossuyt at 507-531-0452 if you would like to participate
5-9 Trivia hosted by City Hall Bar & Grill in Minneota
5-9 Scotty Biggs BBQ truck
5-9 Lingen Dairy Ice Cream Truck
5-9 Brau Brothers soda and beer garden
5-6:30 Dan Donner (FYI for the radio, pronounced Dunner) classical jazz guitarist live music
5-6:20 Survivor Registration
Registration will be to pick up meal tickets and register for a shirt to be sent to them later. If they would like a shirt in advance, they need to register on our website: Relay.org/LyonCountyMN
5-9 Photo booth hosted by Downtown Sound Entertainment
5-9 Kid Zone with face painting and gift bags
6:20 p.m. Survivor Photo
All survivors present will be invited to the stage for a photo before we begin the ceremony
6:30 p.m. Opening Ceremony
Opening prayer by Pastor Anne Veldhuisen
Sponsorship remarks from Jessica Moriarty at Avera and Curt Schake from North Star Mutual
Honorary survivor Michael Weiss
Live Auction by Deutz Auctioneers
Vikings tickets for either the preseason 49ers game, or a number of other regular season games
Quilt by Lori Head
2 mystery boxes with donated items
If businesses or individuals would like to donate something for the mystery boxes, they can contact me or another member of the planning committee
Listing of Survivors and Survivor lap
7:00 p.m.
Fun resumes, and people can continue to walk the track throughout the evening