After months of fund raising efforts, participants in the 2011 Calhoun County Relay for Life completed their commitment to doing their part to find a cure for cancer with a twelve-hour walk on the grounds of the Calhoun County Fairgrounds. Thirty-one teams from around the County, a total of 438 participants, walked the night of April 1 until 6:00 a.m. April 2, their path lit by luminarias commemorating cancer survivors and remembering those who lost the battle to this terrible disease. Their efforts raised more than $10,000 for the American Cancer Society to use in research, treatment and support of cancer victims.

Photos by Bill Tigrett