CONWAY — Totals are still coming in, but Saturday’s 29th annual Jen’s Friends Climb Against Cancer raised $125,000. “We’re on pace for last year when we raised $138,000 because people continue to pledge,” said board member Wendy Holmes Monday.
The total had stood at $105,000 at the end of the hike and follow-up lunch at the mountain.
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