This year, as in the past, PARC supported The Relay with both relay team members and with volunteer staff at the PARC relay exchange (#30) at the intersection of Skyline Blvd and Route 9. Volunteers provided safety patrol and exchange coordination for 300 teams of runners.

The Relay, "California's Longest Party", runs from Calistoga in Napa Valley to Sonoma to Marin, through Sausalito, across the Golden Gate Bridge under a full moon, through San Francisco to Palo Alto and through Silicon Valley to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Featuring the natural beauty of the Bay Area, the 199-mile course boasts the largest number of tourist destinations of any run.

Teams are comprised of twelve members, each running three legs in rotation. The 36 legs through 36 cities are 3 to 8.9 miles and rated from easy to very hard allowing runners to select legs that match their strengths. Runners of all abilities are challenged, contribute and have a great time.

The Relay promotes organ donation. The transfer of the baton from runner to runner symbolizes the transfer of an organ from donor to recipient. The 1997 and 1998 Relays were dedicated to three-year-old Delaney Corbitt who waited since birth for a kidney. On August 29, 1997, the Cotti family brought life from a tragic bicycle accident by donating seven-year-old Alexandria's kidney to Delaney. As runners crossed The Relay finish, President Clinton signed a Relay shirt for Delaney at Stanford Hospital.

The 1999 and 2000 Relays were dedicated to Paul McVetty who passed away on October 24, 2000, after waiting four years for a liver. The 2001 and 2002 Relays were dedicated to Nicholas Green who donated organs to seven Italians as documented in the book, "The Nicholas Effect" and the CBS movie "Nicholas' Gift." The 2003 Relay was dedicated to Gilda Vallente who waits for a kidney.