Robin Swain will walk in her first Relay for Life survivor’s lap this weekend.

The 56-year-old Anacortes resident has been involved in the event from the start but this is the first year she is a cancer survivor.

The American Cancer Society’s seventh annual Relay for Life of Anacortes starts at 6 p.m. Friday and continues until 1 p.m. Saturday at the Field of Hope at Seafarers Way and Q Avenue. The theme is “There’s No Place Like Hope.”

Relay for Life is a time to remember those lost to cancer and celebrate those who have survived. It is a night for people to comfort and console one another. It gives people the power to help accelerate the American Cancer Society’s progress toward a future where cancer doesn’t take lives.