Largest Cup Cake Tower

Relay For Life   is the main volunteer-driven cancer fund raising   event of the  American Cancer Society. Originating in the United States, the Relay For Life event has spread to 21 countries. Relay events are held in local communities, campus universities, military bases, and in  cyber space . Although the main objective of Relay is to raise money for cancer research and cancer patients, the event is held to spread cancer awareness, celebrate the lives of survivors, remember those who lost their lives to cancer, and unite a community in the fight against cancer. It is estimated that Relay For Life events have raised over $3 billion to date. The community as a whole comes forward to offer their support to survivors  to fight out the dreaded disease. Further  funds are raised  for cancer research  so that  sufficient medical technology and drugs are  invented to combat the disease and save lives as much as possible.

The members of the Gulf High School  Interact Club  promoted the Relay  for Life  event at the school  which would directly benefit the American Cancer Society. They raised the 10ft tall cup cake pyramid  which consisted of 13476  cup cakes. David Leathers, a member of the New Port Richey Relay for Life entertainment committee.  Said that it  was an amazing show put up by the community.

 Birthdays are a dominant theme in American Cancer Society promotions and public relations efforts. The organization refers to itself as "The official sponsor of birthdays" and has a running "creating a world with more birthdays" ad campaign. 

   The individual cupcakes would serve as a nice bit of symbolism, representing individual cancer survivors celebrating another birthday.

    Shawn Foster, event chairman for the New Port Richey Relay for Life, reported that overall attendance for the fundraiser was up considerably that  year. Farrell Roofing offered to design the cup cake tower and erected  14 levels into the tower. The proceeds  of the event would go to  Relay  for Life  to benefit  the American Cancer  Association.

As much as 4 million people from over 20 countries  come forward to take part in this global phenomenon  and raise the much needed funds  for cancer research and also to bring out about an awareness  to save lives. Then the relay also has the remember event to pay respect  and honour  those  lives  lost to cancer.  There is a Fight Back event in which cancer survivors are given support and hope  in which they are truly inspired to  take as much  tangible action  against the disease  that has taken away so much from them.

The Largest cup cake tower  consisted of 13476 cakes and measured 10 ft in height was set by Gulf High School at New Port Richey, Florida, United States of America on May 10, 2010.