Relay for Life will be held August 25 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Kirkwood Adams Community Center.

The community center is located at 1100 Hamilton Street in Roanoke Rapids.

The event will include a DJ, face-painting and entertainment as well as turkey barbecue, barbecue sandwiches, pizza, hot dogs and a spaghetti dinner.

There will be a lottery basket raffle, a 50-50 raffle and other fundraisers.

The event will feature the traditional Relay for Life luminaria ceremony.

Relay For Life is the world's largest volunteer-based fundraising event, raising money for cancer research.

For more than 36 years, communities across the world have come together to honor and remember loved ones and take action for lifesaving change. 

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