Relay for Life of Douglas County honors survivors, remembers loved ones lost to cancer
The event is taking place at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Friday, July 9 until 11 p.m.
Tricia Buysse (left) and Kennedi Hay, this year's Relay for Life of Douglas County honorary survivors, light the Flame of Hope during the Friday, July 9, event. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)
With a slight breeze and temperatures in the 70s, the evening was perfect for this year's Relay for Life of Douglas County event.
The Friday, July 9, event kicked off with the opening ceremony at 6 p.m. with a survivor lap with this year's honorary survivors – Tricia Buysse and Kennedi Hay, both of Alexandria – leading the way.
The luminaria ceremony is set to take place around 9 p.m. with the closing ceremony to take place around 11 p.m.
Holly Lenarz takes a picture of her husband, Steve, sitting on a large inflatable chair with their granddaughters, Morgan, 8, (left) and Mila, 6, while attending the Relay for Life of Douglas County event Friday, July 9. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)
Celeste Edenloff is the special projects editor and a reporter for the Alexandria Echo Press. She has lived in the Alexandria Lakes Area since 1997. She first worked for the Echo Press as a reporter from 1999 to 2011, and returned in 2016 to once again report on the community she calls home.
