Town Square to be focus of Saturday Relay for Life

The Relay for Life in Hope will be from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday on the Hope Town Square.

Activities will include music by Bryan Bailey from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Madie Ellison and Malaki Cea from 5:30 to 6 p.m., and the Night Owl Country Band from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sarah Taylor, an incoming Hauser High School freshman, will sing the National Anthem at 9 a.m. from the bandstand on the Hope Town Square. She is the daughter of Chad and Kim Taylor of Hope.

There will be a fish fry from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., a silent auction and an Luminaria Ceremony that starts at 9 p.m.

The featured speaker will be Kathy Bush a 9-year cancer survivor. She will talk at 9:30 a.m.

All proceeds go to benefit the American Cancer Society.

According to organizers, the events will include themed laps of the Town Square throughout the day. Those include the Survivor's Lap, which is "an inspirational time when survivors are invited to circle the track together and help everyone celebrate the victories we’ve achieved over cancer. The Survivors Lap is an emotional example of how Relay participants are creating a world with more birthdays like those of each individual on the track."