Chad gets a new hair do for the Nobles County Relay for Life.

Posted on: Fri, 08/20/2010 - 22:03 — mwidboom

Nobles County Relay for Life took a collection at the grandstand during the Nobles County Fair pushing the final fundraising tally over the $100,000 mark.

It is the most money ever raised in a one-year period for the Relay for Life since it began in Nobles County 14 years ago, and may be the plateau for the annual event that raises funds for the American Cancer Society’s (ACS’s) research and education efforts.

Nobles County Relay for Life chairperson Kim Lambert said that within a week after the 2010 Relay in June, the fundraising tally had reached $97,500.

After notifying team captains of the quest to reach $100K, Lambert said several teams had last-minute fundraisers to help narrow the gap. All of a sudden it was down to $1,400.

That’s when Chad offered to have two top donors “shave his mullet” at the county fair. By Friday’s Nobles County Night in the grandstands, the Relay was just $206 short of its goal. Buckets were passed in the grandstand that night, and $217 was collected.

Reaching the $100,000 mark will likely put Nobles County’s Relay for Life event among the top fundraising counties in Minnesota this year.

Of the money collected through Relay for Life events, 75 percent goes toward cancer research.