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“Almost all families are touched by cancer,” said Esther Settle, who spearheaded the efforts here and is herself a cancer survivor. “It’s a community battle and we all want to find a cure.”
“Last year we raised a little over $10,000 and about 85 people here participated,” she said. “This year we increased our fundraising by $8,000 and almost doubled the number of participants.”
Rappahannock had 21 teams this year: The Rappahannock Community Team; the Flint Hill Fascar Racing Team; the Ruby Cannon Memorial Team; Poes’ Jericho Road Fox trotters; Rappahannock Rescue Team; Home Run For Health; the Lynne Baines Team; the Bailey Baptist Team; the Love & Laughter Team; the Brady Bunch; the Esther Settle Faith Warriors; the Rappahannock Bible School Club Team; the Rappahannock Walkers Team; the Rappahannock Methodist Church Team; the First Hope Promise Land’ers Team; the Woodville Joy Walkers Team; the Trinity Episcopal Church Team; the Louise Waybright Memorial Team; the Huntly Hoofers; the Fishing for a
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