The 2011 Brentwood Relay For Life team captain meetings begin Tuesday, Jan 18 at 7 p.m. in the Delta Valley Athletic Club, 120 Guthrie Lane in Brentwood. Subsequent meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of the month. The annual Relay For Life fundraising event will be held June 11 and 12 at Liberty High School’s Ohmstede Field.

According to 2011 event chair and cancer survivor Wanda Zimmerman, ”It’s going to be a year filled with hope and more birthdays.” Zimmerman and event co-chair Lynn Gursky are taking this year’s event theme, “Hope is a gift,” to new heights, striving to garner 137 teams, more than 300 registered survivors and a fundraising goal of $257,000. This will be the seventh year for one of the most successful Relay For Life events in California and will put the Brentwood community at close to $1.5 million raised to support the American Cancer Society’s research, education, advocacy and free services for cancer patients and their families.

For more information, visit www.relayforlife.org/brentwoodca or call event chair Wanda Zimmerman at 925-513-1361.