Hundreds of like-minded folks gathered in downtown Statesboro Friday evening for the 2023 Relay for Life of Bulloch County/Georgia Southern University.

For years, the Relay for Life American Cancer Society fundraiser was held at Bulloch Academy and then the Kiwanis fairgrounds, with GSU holding its own event. Combining the efforts and connecting it to the downtown Statesboro area was started in 2019. 

All the money raised goes toward efforts to find a cancer cure and raise awareness of the disease. Teams and individual participants raise money any way they can, such as paying a fee to wear jeans at work, holding bake sales, organizing raffles and just asking for donations. To donate, go to RelayForLife.org/StatesboroGa