From staff reports
The 2023 Venango County Relay For Life will be held this weekend from 4 p.m. Friday until 4 p.m. Saturday at the Franklin High School track.
The opening ceremony will be Friday at 4:30 p.m. and will be followed by a jazzercise demonstration class by Julie Fowler of Franklin Jazzercise.
There will be two survivor celebrations this year.
Pre-registration for those who did not already pre-register will begin at 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday, and both meals will be followed by a survivor lap and a caregiver lap.
The luminaria ceremony will be held at 9 p.m. Friday.
A mini-carnival will be also be held Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with admission by a small donation.
There will also be cakewalks throughout the event in which winners get to pick desserts.
The closing ceremony will be at 3:15 p.m. Saturday followed by the final lap at 3:30 p.m.
Those interested in registering to attend the event and the celebrations as a survivor, or in donating a luminary, are invited to visit the Venango County Relay For Life website.
Survivor questions may be directed to survivor co-leads April Shouey, (814) 657-8204 or shouey5@yahoo.com, or Shannon Bearer, (814) 516-5899 or srbearer@yahoo.com
General questions may be directed to event co-leads Tracy Klinko, (814) 673-4093 or tracy.klinko715@gmail.com, or Yvonne Krizon, (814) 516-4582 or ykrizon@gmail.com.
