Relay for Life of North Lee County raises $53,456 this year | The Hawk Eye - Burlington, Iowa | mississippivalleypublishing.com

A Central Lee student named Kynzy decorated this luminaria for Relay for Life. At 8 p.m. Friday evening, the track lights were extinguished, with the luminarias lighting the way. (Angie Holland/The Daily Democrat)

FORT MADISON – As of Friday night, Relay for Life of North Lee County raised $53,456 for cancer research.

That brings the total up to about $1.5 million raised over the course of 26 years the Lee County group has been raising funds.

Angie Budnik, with Great River Health has been involved for at least 17 years. She thanked all the cancer survivors who gathered together for a recognition ceremony.

Read the rest of the story in the Tuesday, Oct. 15 edition of The Hawk Eye newspaper.

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