ACS at the University of Michigan, a Relay for Life fundraising branch of the American Cancer Society, is a place where participants join together to celebrate, remember, and fight back against cancer. Each participant fundraises throughout the year, and the money in turn goes to support the activities of the ACS, including patient support, raising awareness, educating, and of course, cancer research. The culmination of all fundraising leads to an event where the mission is amplified by an event with individual fundraisers, entertainment, and the well-known luminaria ceremony. ACS at Michigan engages more than 1K participants and on average raises ~$150K annually.