Twelve hours. It can stretch out forever when you're waiting to hear the report on a biopsy. It can literally evaporate when it's the last hours spent with a dying loved one. Or, it can bring hundreds of people together in the fight against cancer through Relay for Life.

(The teams) washed cars, bared their legs, sold garage sale junk, offered luminaries, sold suns and moons, baked foods and more to raise money.