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Ogle County Relay for Life West raises $48,971 for cancer at annual event

Posted: Thursday, Jun 14th, 2012


Walkers from the Mt. Morris Methodist Church take a reak between walks Friday night. Relay for Life, Ogle County West was held on Friday, June 8 at Byron High School. (Photo by Don Eubanks)


THE 2012 Relay For Life of Ogle West, “Peace. Love. Purple Power” was held on Friday, June 8 at the Byron High School Track. Ogle County Relay for Life raised an amazing amount of $48,971 on Friday, June 8 at their annual event. Beautiful weather and 192 participants helped raise the funds for the American Cancer Society.

Relay for Life had 24 teams participating this year. Top Teams were The Buffaloes raising $8525.00; Driven Disciples raising $4644; and Determined Misfits raised $4160.00.

Top particpants raising funds were Karen Virnoche-Brown with $8350.00; Mary Hoernecke with $1870.00 and Bill Perchiazzi with $1080.00.










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