RIT Relay For Life 2015
by Kimberly Bubello | Apr. 15, 2015
8:29 PM - Participants in the the third annual Relay for Life at the Rochester Institute of Technology prepare for a water balloon toss. The water balloon toss was one of the many events held throughout the night to keep the participants engaged and awake. April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
8:31 PM - RIT students Kris Kidder and Saige Simon participate in the water balloon toss during the third annual Relay for Life at the Rochester Institute of Technology on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
9:28 PM - RIT Colleges Against Cancer committee member Jessica Zink introduces the first speaker for the Remember Ceremony during the third annual Relay for Life at RIT on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
9:36 PM - Richard Cognata of Fairport, NY speaks to Relay for Life participants about his son Blake who had passed away from cancer during the Remember Ceremony at the third annual Relay for Life at the Rochester Institute of Technology on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
9:39 PM - RIT Colleges Against Cancer committee member Jessica Zink hugs Richard Cognata after he spoke at the Remember Ceremony at the third annual Relay for Life at RIT on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
9:42 PM - RIT student Nick Freudenvoll speaks to RIT Relay for Life participants during the Remember Ceremony on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
9:43 PM - RIT student Nick Freudenvoll hugs RIT student and Relay for Life coodinator Jessica Zink after his speech at the Remember Ceremony at the third annual Relay for Life held at the Rochester Institute of Technology on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
9:56 PM - RIT students walk with their arms around each other during the lap following the Remember Ceremony at the third annual Relay for Life at RIT on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
10:21 PM - RIT student Gwen Tyrie holds up Megan DeCresente's hair after she cut off over half the length of her hair to donate it for wigs given to cancer patients at the third annual Relay for Life at RIT on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
10:21 PM - RIT Student Anna Stern shaves RIT student Joe Sciandra's hair during the third annual Relay for Life at Rochester Institute of Technology. Sciandra is the Vice President of Relay for Life for the Colleges Against Cancer at RIT and made a bet for Relay participants that if they reached a fundraising goal of $60,000 he would shave his head on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
10:24 PM - RIT student and Colleges Against Cancer committee member Sharon Corcoran shaves a part of Joe Sciandra's head at the third annual Relay for Life at Rochester Institute of Technology on April 11, 2015.
10:26 PM - RIT student Anna Stern blows the hair off of Joe Sciandra's head while he FaceTImes his sister to show her his new hair at the third annual Relay for like at RIT on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
10:27 PM - RIT Relay for Life participants react to Joe Sciandra shaving his head after making a bet that he would do so if RIT raised over $60,000 for the third annual Relay for Life at RIT on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
10:28 PM - RIT student and Vice President of Relay for Life for the Colleges Against Cancer Joe Sciandra reacts to his newly shaven head at the third annual Relay for Life at RIT on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
11:04 PM - RIT students compete in a watermelon eating contest during the third annual Relay for Life at RIT on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
11:43 PM - RIT student Jenny Cougler signs Joe Sciandra's head after he shaved it for RIT raising over $60,000 at the third annual Relay for Life at RIT on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
12:49 AM - RIT students Pete Traversone, Sam Fishman and John Henderson take a "nap lap". The "nap laps" were rides around the track on portable couches which were provided by RIT Tech Crew. Teach Crew was the top fundraiser for the third annual RIT Relay for Life on April 11, 2014. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
2:04 AM - RIT student Anna Stern gives a speech to Relay for Life participants during the Fight Back Ceremony at the third annual RIT Relay for Life on April 11, 2014. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
2:38 AM - RIT student Juan Lachapelle takes a nap on the track during the third annual RIT Relay for Life on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
3:58 PM - RIT students Chance Wright and Kaitie Spaude take a nap in the middle of the track during the third annual RIT Relay for Life on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
4:09 AM - RIT Alum Victor Santiago performs in the Mr. and Ms. Relay pageant at the third annual RIT Relay for Life on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)
4:37 AM - Aidan McInerny consoles Jacqueline McGraw while standing in front of the poster describing who Relay participants are walking for on April 11, 2015. (Photo by Kim Bubello)