Luminaria ceremony to honor people affected by cancer

By CHERYL SCHWEIZER

Staff Writer

MOSES LAKE — The Grant-Adams Relay for Life committee will sponsor a commemoration of people who are fighting cancer, cancer survivors and those who lost the battle, and their caregivers. The luminaria ceremony is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 10, at the Grant County Fairgrounds.

The Relay for Life is a longtime fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Various groups have sponsored a relay in Moses Lake since 1988.

The 2020 relay was among the events canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. But co-chair Donna Anderson said the relay committee didn’t want cancer patients, survivors, victims and their caregivers to go unrecognized.

Due to the coronavirus restrictions, the luminarias will be set up in the fairgrounds parking lot outside the Blue Gate. People will be asked to drive through.

The fairgrounds’ Blue Gate entry is on Valley Road.

Luminarias are candles in paper bags, inscribed with the names of people fighting cancer, as well as cancer victims, survivors and caregivers. A table will be set up to allow people to dedicate and decorate a bag, Anderson said.