Who needs a Curfew when you can Relay?!

When Liberty University decided it was time to Relay this year, they went all out!

This year was Liberty University's first year as a completely separate event and they made sure they made their mark! With great student leadership, this event successfully raised over $16,000 which is about $4,000 more than in 2011!!

Survivors and virtual survivors take the first lap. Virtual survivors are people walking in honor of those who could not attend the event but are cancer survivors! Awesome idea I've never seen before!

It may have been chilly at the event but the students walked all night and played some of the craziest games I've ever seen.  At some point in the middle of the night, I looked up from some reports to see full grown college kids sprinting to the middle of the field carrying their friends in a sleeping bag! Turns out this game they were playing involved locating items at Relay and bringing them to the judge in the middle of the field, and the first team there won the points.  They had to bring things that seemed normal like frisbees, a shoe, etc... and other times it got more complicated like "Bring me the event chair!" and you see the event chair being carried across the field by 4 people.  They had a blast! The dance party was pretty crazy too, and the line for midnight madness was incredible and this year there were leftovers!

We had 464 participants on 48 teams camping out all night in their country themed campsites.  The theme was "Hope Has No Curfew" playing off the curfew that the university has for on-campus students.  Thanks the to the great support of the school these students are allowed to break curfew and Relay all night.  The teams then selected campsites based on countries on a map, then they had to decorate their campsite to match.  The winning team was the team Cool Runnings who selected Jamaica (see where I'm going with this) that was conveniently & somewhat randomly located at the long jump pit.  So they made a bobsled and took it around the track, easily winning the campsite contest. Here's a picture to prove I didn't make it up:

The committee did an incredible job making this a fun event that is sure to continue to grow every year! I only spent about 2 months with them but I'm very much so looking forward to working with them in 2012-2013 from start to finish, I know this year will top last years!

The event is still taking donations until August 31st, make a donation online at www.RelayForLife.org/LibertyUniversity

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Until We Find a Cure