Relays For Life Under Way in FishHawk and Bloomingdale

The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life season in Eastern Hillsborough County is under way with four of the area’s events running this last weekend in March.

Close to $350,000 has been raised in advance.

The overnight relays at Bloomingdale and FishHawk high schools began March 25 at 6 p.m. The Relay at Riverview High starts 2 p.m. March 26 and the Southshore Relay at East Bay High School starts at noon March 26.

Indeed, the march is on to find a cure, as evidenced by the huge ramp up in numbers over the past four days.

The FishHawk Relay topped all others in growth, with a 40 percent increase in dollars raised and reported since March 21, bringing the total going into the Relay at $92,005.90. Bloomingdale’s receipts came in just under $50,000 while Riverview’s came in at just under $90,000.

Meanwhile, the Seffner/Dover Relay almost doubled its receipts, with $16,424.45 raised (the Relay scheduled for Burnett Middle School had been at $9,259.45.) 

Below is the Relay For Life calendar of events in Eastern Hillsborough County. Each event starts at 6 p.m. and runs through the next morning. Also noted, next team meeting:

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