Community Corner

Town Goes Purple for Relay For Life

Southold teams have raised over $40K so far.

Southold Town residents will once again come together for one of the North Fork's biggest fundraisers in June.

The 8th Annual Relay for Life Southold event to benefit the American Cancer Society will take place on June 1 and 2 at Jean Cochran Park in Peconic, beginning at 6 p.m. Traditionally, purple flags and ribbons are displayed throughout the Southold community in the month before the Relay For Life event.

This year, the "Paint the Town Purple" initiative kicked off on May 1, with Ivy League Florist in Southold and Mattituck Florist donating bows.

Each year, those who sign up gather for an organized, overnight community fundraising walk, with teams of people camped out around a track. Members of each team take turns walking around the track; the walk continues all night long, with a survivors' lap and a moving Luminaria ceremony for those who lost their battle with cancer.

Food, games and activities make the event family friendly.

The final Southold team captains' meeting takes place on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Southold Elementary School cafeteria; participants can pick up event T-shirts and campsites.

To day, through the Southold Relay for Life group, 30 teams and 193 participants have raised $40,235.05. 

To join or donate, click here.


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