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Freezin’ for a reason.

Florala, Alabama · Since 2007

Every year on the first Saturday in February, our community gathers at Lake Jackson to raise money for neighbors in South Alabama and Northwest Florida who are fighting cancer.

Saturday, February 6, 2027

21st annual Cancer Freeze · Lake Jackson, Florala, AL · Starts 7 AM

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Three ways to help

Give online, mail a check, or join us at an event.

Give online

Send a gift by PayPal, Venmo or Cash App. It takes about a minute.

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Mail a check

Make it out to Cancer Freeze and send it to:

Cancer Freeze
PO Box 92
Florala, AL 36442

Join an event

Fundraisers run throughout the year, from the bass tournament to the 5K and car show.

See the Cancer Freeze Event Calendar

What Cancer Freeze has done

From about 20 people and $1,000 in 2007 to one of the biggest days on Lake Jackson.

  • Over $2 million raised since 2007
  • 20 years of Cancer Freeze, the first Saturday in February every year
  • Hundreds of local cancer patients helped since 2007

Cancer Freeze in photos

  • Dawn over Lake Jackson on Cancer Freeze morning, with the pier and gazebo silhouetted against an orange sky.
  • A packed room of people browse rows of wrapped raffle baskets beneath the B’s Bake Sale sign.
  • A young woman sings the national anthem while Scouts salute and hold an American flag by Lake Jackson.
  • Hundreds of people sit on the lakeside steps and gather on the lawn along Lake Jackson.
  • A Cancer Freeze volunteer with a microphone talks with a smiling woman in a red “Pray, Fight, Believe” shirt seated in a golf cart, as a crowd watches from the hillside.
  • A crowd fills the steps of the lakeside building, many in pink, as people stand together in front of them.
  • Classic cars and trucks with their hoods up line a Florala street as visitors stroll the Cancer Freeze car show.
  • Homemade cakes under clear covers line a table at the bake sale.
  • A large group in pink Cancer Freeze shirts and race bibs poses on the shore of Lake Jackson.
  • A young runner in a pink shirt crosses the 5K finish line under a blue inflatable arch.
  • Volunteers pose by Lake Jackson with Star Wars costumed characters and a droid.

See more photos on Facebook

Cancer Freeze Event Calendar

Fundraisers happen throughout the year, leading up to the main event on the first Saturday in February.

Upcoming Cancer Freeze events
When Event Details
Pink Night at the Walton County Fair Walton County Fair

3 to 10 PM 		Texas Roadhouse Donation Night Texas Roadhouse, 245 Rasberry Rd, Crestview, FL
Dine in or order to go. Show the Cancer Freeze flyer at the Crestview location and Texas Roadhouse will donate 10% of your food purchase to Cancer Freeze.
See the Texas Roadhouse flyer

6 PM 		Halloweentown Downtown Florala

8 to 10:30 AM 		Pancakes with Santa Held with Shop the Blocks.

10 AM 		New Year’s Day Plunge Lake Jackson, Florala
Miss Cancer Freeze LBW Dixon Center, Andalusia, AL
Cancer Freeze Car Show Paxton, FL

7 AM 		21st annual Cancer Freeze Lake Jackson, Florala, AL
The main event, held the first Saturday in February.

Who we’re freezin’ for

Each year’s recipients are neighbors in active treatment. Meet the 2026 recipients.

  • Axl Hartzog, a 2026 Cancer Freeze recipient

    Axl Hartzog

    Age 6 · Opp, AL

    Axl is a six-year-old from Opp who loves Legos, fishing and his twin brother, Corbyn. He was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor in September 2025 and was set to begin a clinical trial at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

  • Christine Lynn, a 2026 Cancer Freeze recipient

    Christine Lynn

    Age 40 · Andalusia, AL

    Christine is a single mom of three from Andalusia. She was diagnosed with stage 3b colorectal cancer in June 2025 and has been through radiation and chemotherapy at UAB.

  • Branson Greer, a 2026 Cancer Freeze recipient

    Branson Greer

    Age 6 · Florala, AL

    Branson is a six-year-old from Florala who loves sports, Legos and racing cars. He was diagnosed with B-cell leukemia in July 2025 and has been traveling to Birmingham every week for treatment.

Read all of their stories

Fighting cancer?
Apply for help.

If you live within 100 miles of Florala, Alabama and are in treatment for cancer, you can apply to be a Cancer Freeze recipient. A parent or guardian applies for a child under 18.

Start an application

Thank you, 2026 sponsors

Local businesses and families keep Cancer Freeze going.

Our 2026 sponsors will be listed here soon.

Sponsor the 21st Cancer Freeze

Would your business or family like to sponsor Cancer Freeze on Saturday, February 6, 2027? Reach out through our contact page and we’ll be in touch.

Become a 2027 sponsor