With 680 walkers, 74 teams and 12 hours, Relay for Life raised six figures for the American Cancer Society at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Friday and Saturday.
The group has so far counted over $100,000, and expects the total to be “around $150,000,” the event’s co-chair, Weinberg senior Jessie Golbus, said in an e-mail Sunday.
In exchange for raising a certain amount of money, teams of eight to twelve students did the walking, alternating as necessary. Last year the event raised $174,000. The Relay for Life program began in 1985, and has national and international events.