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FSC Relay For Life teams
raise over $10,000 for cancer research

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 15, 2003) - Eleven Florida Southern College teams participated in the Lakeland Cancer Society's annual Relay For Life April 11-12. The teams raised $10,176.88. 

The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life is an overnight event that raises money for cancer research and programs. FSC teams participating in the event included Alpha Delta Pi, Kappa Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Omicron Pi, Lambda Chi Omega, Phi Eta Sigma, Record Magazine, Heretics United, Chicks for a Cure, Living Legends, and Southern Sertoma. Chicks for a Cure raised the most money, $1,646 followed by ADPi with $1,100 and Kappa Delta with $1,003. In addition to the money raised by the individual teams, the Interfraternity/Panhellenic Council raised $1,250 to be a Bronze Sponsor. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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