24-hour Relay for Life event honors cancer survivors, victims

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24-hour Relay for Life event honors cancer survivors, victims This Saturday the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life came to Malibu. The 24-hour nationwide event celebrates cancer survivors, remembers lost loved ones and raises funds to fight the disease. Top photo: Participants take part in the Survivors Lap, the very first of many laps, which began early Saturday morning on Sycamore Cove Beach at Point Mugu State Park as part of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The 24-hour nationwide event celebrates cancer survivors, remembers lost loved ones and raises funds to fight the disease. Middle photo: Supporters examine the handi work and personal messages left on the many custom made luminarias. Bottom photo: The lightened luminarias lent themselves to meditative thought and reflection of those lost and those still fighting the battle. Photos by Roger Lyons Jr.

This Saturday the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life came to Malibu. The 24-hour nationwide event celebrates cancer survivors, remembers lost loved ones and raises funds to fight the disease.

Top photo: Participants take part in the Survivors Lap, the very first of many laps, which began early Saturday morning on Sycamore Cove Beach at Point Mugu State Park as part of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The 24-hour nationwide event celebrates cancer survivors, remembers lost loved ones and raises funds to fight the disease.

Middle photo: Supporters examine the handi work and personal messages left on the many custom made luminarias.

Bottom photo: The lightened luminarias lent themselves to meditative thought and reflection of those lost and those still fighting the battle.

Photos by Roger Lyons Jr.