Relay for Life Tally Pushing $70,000

The 2012 Gloucester Township Relay for Life event has brought in nearly $70,000, and organizers expect that number to continue to climb over the next two months.

"We're sitting right now at over $67,000 that we've raised, and we expect that number to increase by at least another $10,000 by the end of August," Councilwoman Tracy Trotto said at Monday's Township Council meeting.

Trotto thanked township employees and community members for supporting the local fundraiser during Monday's meeting—her first public-action meeting since Relay for Life.

Relay for Life—the American Cancer Society's biggest fundraiser—was held at Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10.

Trotto, a first-year councilwoman, is chairwoman of the local event. She brought Relay for Life to Gloucester Township in 2010.

In its first two years, Gloucester Township Relay for Life brought in a bit over $127,000 for American Cancer Society, according to Trotto.

If interested in contributing to the charity, you have until Aug. 31. To do so, visit Gloucester Township Relay for Life's Web page.