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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Relays for Real Good Reasons

Norton High swimmers and divers raise money for team, Cupboard of Kindness.

Tuesday night, Norton High swimmers and divers raised over $1,000 for the team and Norton’s Cupboard of Kindness with a Relay-a-Thon in the Wheaton College pool. While one third of the team was given donations beforehand, the rest were sponsored per lap and so are still collecting money, which is due Friday.  As of last night, however, the team already earned $1,100 total.   Norton swim team coach Kim Bray hopes to bring a portion of the money to Cupboard of Kindness Monday. The team will use the rest for things such as stopwatches, which have to be replaced every year, team caps, deck shirts to wear during meets, end of season banquet, any equipment that needs to be replaced, etc. "Our supplies tend to dwindle year to year," Bray said. …

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