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2013 Relay for Life: Mayors Challenge, Honoring Zach
The Relay for Life of South Washington County is set for June 7-8 at East Ridge High School in Woodbury.
No, they won’t be taped to the goalposts at East Ridge High School.
The leaders of four area cities will once again participate in the Mayors Challenge during this year’s Relay for Life of South Washington County.
They will be tasked with selling pieces of duct tape they will use to create the Relay for Life logo as part of the annual American Cancer Society fundraiser.
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Last year, they went into a dunk tank.
“It’s not something I had done before,” said Woodbury Mayor Mary Giuliani Stephens, who will again be joined by her counterparts in Cottage Grove, Newport and St. Paul Park.
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Stephens holds the Mayors Cup after winning last year’s friendly competition.
“Duct tape should be interesting,” she said.
The 2013 Relay for Life of South Washington County is set for June 7-8 at East Ridge High School. The event, which begins at 6 p.m. June 7, asks teams to walk, relay-style, around the track at the high school in Woodbury.
There are 96 teams and 834 participants for this year’s event. The goal is to raise $263,000 for the American Cancer Society.
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The Woodbury Relay for Life has raised more than $2 million in its history, Jennifer Rockhill told the Woodbury City Council last week.
New this year is said Mara Mayberry, one of the organizers. The Relay will also include a Survivors’ Lap, luminaria and other events.
The silent auction is back this year, and in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Cancer Society, there will be a room filled with historical artifacts that people can peruse, Mayberry said.
Honoring ZachThe 2013 Relay for Life is dedicated to Zach Netten, an East Ridge High School student-athlete who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
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The Woodbury youth baseball community held a wiffleball tournament to raise money for his family last fall.
“What an awesome young man he is,” Mayberry said.
For more information on the local Relay for Life, including updated fundraising figures, visit its website.
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