Relais Pour la Vie 2018 Awards; Credit: Claude Piscitelli

On Tuesday 17 April 2018, the organisers of the 13th Relais Pour la Vie 24-hour event held on 24 & 25 March at d'Coque in Luxembourg-Kirchberg held a reception at the Tramsschapp in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg.

The Awards Night was organised by the Cancer Foundation and celebrated the raising of €517,089.25, with the Trophées de l’Espoir being presented to the top six teams.

A total of 375 teams comprising 10,502 participants were involved in the event, as well as thousands of visitors. These teams were also involved in raising funds to support the Cancer Foundation in its three missions: info, help, research.
 
"Thanks to the money raised, the Cancer Foundation can continue to offer free psycho-oncological consultations to the entire family who is affected by cancer," said Lucienne Thommes, director of the Cancer Foundation.

The six winning teams of the Trophées de l'Espoir 2018 are:

 - Team Italia (category: Country): €2,655
- LTE Technical High School Esch / Alzette (category: Schools): €7,500
- The IT Crowd 1.0 (category: Sympathizers): €4,608.65
- Carpe Diem 1 (category): Associations and Clubs): €11,111,11
- Jousefshaus Réimech (category: Health Professions): €9,300
- Deloitte General Services 1 (Category: Companies and Institutions): €16,055.78

"We would like to thank all captains and their teams for their commitment and generous donations. This year again, the Relay Pour la Vie brought together men and women from all walks of life, all present to show their solidarity. Thank you to everyone for having brought so much strength to all people with cancer," said Lucienne Thommes.