Bowdoin is Top Maine College Fundraiser for Cancer

Story posted May 27, 2010

Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff raised $59,000 to battle cancer at a Relay for Life event in April, making it the top fund-raising college/university in Maine.

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"Relay For Life reminds us how effective we can be when we unite behind a common goal," said Donna Muto, Community Executive for the American Cancer Society in Maine, in a Bangor Daily News article.

"We, at the American Cancer Society, know we aren’t in this alone. Our efforts are multiplied many times by the hundreds of volunteers' hours and extraordinary fundraising efforts put forth by the Relay planning committee, students, and staff at Bowdoin College."

Read the article.

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