Survivors, friends, and family headed out to Spartan Stadium for the Lima Relay for Life. Over the past 28 years, the Lima Relay has raised over $2 million. That money combined with other relays has helped fund medical breakthroughs which have prolonged life for people diagnosed with cancer. Which is a disease that is present in every household, in every community, nationwide.

Lima’s Relay for Life is this week at Spartan Stadium and the public is invited to attend. Even if you haven’t signed up to be on a team there is plenty of ways you can participate with a silent auction and raffles. The survivors' lap will lead the relay and a luminary service will be at dusk. Just come out and support the effort for a cure.

The walk meant even more to some as they invited a loved one that has battled and survived the deadly disease to walk alongside them. Junior Lauren Cunningham was the driving force in bringing the program to Apollo as she herself has beaten cancer when she was diagnosed at 9 years of age.

The school held their annual mini relay for life. Besides walking laps to raise money, the students in all of the school buildings participated in a variety of activities leading up to today, including caps for a cure, where they pay money to wear a hat at school and making cards for cancer patients at children's hospitals. Organizer, cancer survivor, and bath senior Lauren Cunningham says the support that she got from Bath, just shows how caring their community is.

A special relay was held at Ohio Northern University to raise awareness on Cystic Fibrosis. Back in December, Your Hometown Stations talked with Andrea and Alyson Hoffman, twins that were diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at four months of age