Relay For Life Updates for Eastern Hillsborough County

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. 7, the six sites in Eastern Hillsborough County had reported 237 teams, 2,541 participants and $112,032.86 raised. (See chart below.)

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

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 periodic "update" coverage will supplement our regular 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.

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:

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