There will be plenty of fundraising for the Canadian Cancer Society tonight.
Relays for Life are being staged in both ends of the Rainy River District.
Twenty teams are taking part in the first ever event in Rainy River.
Organizer Andrew Hartnell says they have number of people are taking part in the fundraiser at Riverview School.
"We have twenty survivors for our survivor walk," says Hartnell. "We are also doing a Cuts for Cancer and we have eight participants for that."
It begins at 7 p.m. and Hartnell says there will be several events held during the 12-hour walk.
There are ten teams entered in a Relay for Life in Atikokan.
It's happening at North Star Community School.
Committee member Randy Ricci says they'll be remembering both victims and survivors of cancer in a special way.
"We're going to light up candles on the back benches that will spell out 'Hope'," says Ricci. "Later on in the evening they move some of the luminaries around to spell out 'Life.'
Ricci says they'll be accepting teams and participants for the survivors lap right up until the event starts at 7 p.m.
There is also a Relay for Life event scheduled for tomorrow in International Falls.
But due to the weather, it's being moved indoors to Rainy River Community College, beginning at 2 p.m. until 12 midnight.
