Jack DeVito Veteran's Memorial Field and Track was packed with thousands of people participating in the 7th Annual Yorktown Relay For Life event Friday night.
The event is held in more than 5,000 communities in 21 countries with the goal to raise money and awareness for the fight against cancer.
Organizers said the Yorktown event was the largest single-community Relay in the Tri-State area. Cancer survivors and their caregivers walked the opening lap around the track, led by the Praetorians motorcycle club.
Many people set up tents to use both as a place to rest during the overnight event, and as shelter from the scattered rain showers which did not discourage the enthusiasm of the participants.
The track was lined with luminaria, paper bags decorated in memory of those lost to the disease, and in tribute to those currently fighting it.
