The American Cancer Society Relay for Life, that began last Saturday night, had raised just over $400,000 to help fight cancer. Usually, the Hillcrest hosts the relay at the football stadium, but the threat of rain prompted the organizers to conduct the said event to the Ozark Empire Fairgound E-Plex.
Just before the Relay for Life had started a junior student name Darla Vance had cut her hair down her back. In an instant, the other participants also made up a decision to change their hairstyles. The hair that they had cut off is to be donated for it to be a wig for somebody who had lost its hair due to cancer.
The students in the six teams of Hillcrest fields raised of about $9,000 in pledges, while the students in the 83-member group that had participated in the relay were asked to try to raise pledges of $100 each. Also, about $1,500 was raised by the students through a talent show and pie contest that ended with a school administrator taking one in the face.
The pledges for the Relay for Life were at $417,000 during this week and the final tally was scheduled in two weeks.
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