CONWAY — On a beautiful blue-skied Saturday, Jen’s Friends Cancer Foundation celebrated its 25th “Climb Against Cancer” at Cranmore Mountain Resort in a big way, with 600-plus hikers helping the non-profit surpass its goal of $125,000 by more than $20,000. When the donations were tallied, it had raised $146,000-plus, with pledges still coming in at jesnfriends.org.
“This is fantastic,” board president Erik Chandler told all the hill climbers assembled at the base of Cranmore after the climb.
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