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2011 Relay For Life Updates for Brandon, Bloomingdale, FishHawk, Plant City, Riverview and Seffner

We'll update you weekly on what has become the major local fundraiser of the year in terms of people participating and money raised: the American Cancer Society's grassroots Relay For Life.

The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life season gets underway with organizers and participants working hard to put together teams, themes and fundraising efforts for their respective events.

Collectively, as of Feb. 14, the six sites in Eastern Hillsborough County had reported 243 teams, 2,871 participants and $127,831.13 raised. (See chart below.) That means that over the past week, the effort has grown by six teams, 330 participants and $15,798.27.

Start dates for the overnight relay run from March 25 through April 8.

Find out what's happening in Brandonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Periodically at Brandon Patch we will give updates on the efforts underway for relay events at Bloomingdale, Brandon, Newsome (FishHawk), Plant City and Riverview high schools and Burnett Middle School (Seffner/Dover).

Our weekly update will supplement coverage of the Relay movement as it unwinds — and as told through the heart and passion of die-hard believers in the cause to fight cancer.

Find out what's happening in Brandonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

The chart below includes links to information about area relay events, from which the updates on people and teams participating, and money raised, has been collected:

RELAY FOR LIFE UPDATE - Compiled Feb. 14 Location Participants Teams Money Raised Bloomingdale 523 47 $13,886.25 Brandon 446 41 $16,861.39 FishHawk 455 28 $20,616.14 Plant City 590 56 $37,087.39 Riverview 708 52 $36,308.96 Seffner/Dover 149 19 $3,071.00 TOTALS 2,871 243 $127,831.13

 

Below is the Relay For Life calendar for events in Eastern Hillsborough County. Each event starts at 6 p.m. and runs through the next morning:

  •  Relay For Life of Bloomingdale — March 25 at Bloomingdale High School
  • Relay For Life of FishHawk — March 25 at Newsome High School
  • Relay for Life of Riverview — March 26 at Riverview High School
  • Relay For Life of Brandon — April 1 at Brandon High School
  • Relay For Life of Seffner/Dover — April 1 at Burnett Middle School
  • Relay For Life of Plant City — April 8 at Plant City High School


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