It was another tremendously successful year of fundraising for the Thompson Relay for Life.

Through fundraising efforts, the 2016 event held at the CA Nesbitt Arena managed to raise over $105,000 in cash donations and $46,000 in gifts in kind.

Event organizer Donna Wilson was pleased with both the amount raised and the turnout for the event, saying that the change in timing turned out to be a change for the better.

“Some people were a little leery, thinking ‘Why is it a shorter relay?’ but we had done it by request. So many people can’t stay until the end, and we like to have more people at the closing ceremony, so we ended the Relay at 3 am instead of 5, and we started at 6. And it was great, we had more people and people really enjoyed being able to stay throughout the whole thing.”

Because of the positive feedback, Wilson also said that next year’s event will most likely follow a similar schedule.