A large crowd of cancer survivors and anyone affected by cancer gathered at the Panora Square for the Relay For Life of Guthrie County on Sunday. 

 The event started with the opening ceremonies that included cancer survivors walking around the concrete trail surrounded by luminary bags. Also the relay had a silent auction, cake walk, many live musical performances from Jessica Langgaard’s music students and a pie auction. Committee Member Becky Secoy Peterson says it takes all year to plan this event and to have the community participation was rewarding. 

“It takes all year. All of our volunteers work throughout the year to get silent auction items, donations to survivors reach out to our community who are currently fighting and surviving. And then the day of. It’s so rewarding to see everybody come out to see who we’ve supported, see that we’re here as a community for each other, and that they know no one’s alone in this fight.”

Relay For Life of Guthrie County will still be accepting donations on their website and that information can be found here.