Students and staff at Tritt Elementary sold glow sticks, t-shirts and held a carnival in their backyard to raise more than $10,000 for this year's Relay for Life event.  Several other students donated money to dress up as twins and wear hats to school. The money raised will be donated to the American Cancer Society. As part of the culminating Relay for Life event, students lit decorated luminary bags and walked a lap around the track in silence in honor of cancer victims.  "This was an amazing accomplishment for our school," said Shell Jones, an event organizer.

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Tracy Woodard from InTown Cares (left) and Lauren Hopper from Mercy Care organization work with residents at the Copperton Street encampment in August 2024. 
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