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Sustaining stamina in the fight against cancer

| February 11, 2016 12:45 PM

Credit should be given to those who made the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation’s Country Sweetheart Ball possible. The event was a big success last weekend, raising more than $90,000 to help local cancer patients in their battle against the disease that affects so many people. The toll – physical, mental, financial and spiritual – is heavy on patients and their families. Much of the money – typically about $50,000 – goes toward gas cards for patients who are traveling back and forth between the Columbia Basin to treatment facilities in Wenatchee, Seattle, Spokane and the Tri-Cities.

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