Relay for Life brings in more teams for June 10 event

June 7, 2011 at 8:35 a.m. | Updated June 7, 2011 at 8:35 a.m.

Participants of Callaway County's Relay for Life event march around the track at the Missouri School for the Deaf at a past year's event. This year's Relay for Life run will start at 6 p.m. Friday and last until 6 a.m. Saturday.
Participants of Callaway County's Relay for Life event march around the track at the Missouri School for the Deaf at a past year's event. This year's Relay for Life run will start at 6 p.m. Friday and last until 6 a.m. Saturday.

Purple ribbons wrapped around utility poles in Fulton remind residents that it is once again Relay for Life time.

The 2011 Relay for Life of Callaway County will start at 6 p.m. Friday at the Missouri School for the Deaf track and events will last until 6 a.m. Saturday. A variety of activities, food booths and a Kids Zone are planned this year.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.