NEW GLOUCESTER — Registration is open for Fight Back Festival to be held from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. This family-fun event raises funds to support Cancer Community Center programs for cancer survivors, their families and friends.
Fight Back Festival, held at Pineland Farms, includes a 5K trail run and walk, bike rides of 10, 25 and 60 miles, a one-mile stroll and a kids’ fun run. All participants and volunteers enjoy a barbecue lunch, live music and children’s activities.
Fight Back Festival is an all-day festival the entire family will enjoy. In 2013, the festival drew over 800 participants and organizers expect more than 1,000 people will take part this year.
All proceeds from Fight Back Festival benefit the Cancer Community Center in South Portland, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and promote the well-being of people living with cancer, their families and friends.
For more information or to register for Fight Back Festival, visit FightBackFestival.org or email Jennifer at jnelson@CancerCommunityCenter.org.
For more information about Cancer Community Center programs, visit CancerCommunityCenter.org, www.facebook.com/CancerCommunityCenter or call 207-774-2200.
Volunteers needed
Fight Back Festival couldn’t happen without the help of 250 volunteers assisting with a wide range of activities.
To sign up as a volunteer, click the “Volunteers Needed!” button at FightBackFestival.org.
All volunteers get a free T-shirt, barbecue lunch and (if over 21) beer.
Volunteer jobs include event set up, registration, kids’ area activities, cooks and prep help in the food area, crossing guards and flaggers for the bike rides, parking assistance, covering water stops, event breakdown and more.
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