“The strength instilled in me as a child came into play and I found the power I never knew existed in me," said Queenie Santos, a breast cancer survivor, to those gathered. "For the first time in my life I couldn't run away from what I was scared of or terrified of. I had to stand up to face it head on, and to fight.”

On Friday night, the 1500 participants in the ninth annual Relay for Life raised $133,000.