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Cato participates in annual ACS Relay For Life
 The annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life fundraiser finished with an overnight event at the Shorebird's Stadium on September 28th. With all the help and contributions from the CStores and Restaurants, Cato went far beyond its $10,500 goal and tuned in $17,025. This made us the third highest contributor for the event.
The canisters on the counters, hope bracelets, 50/50 drawings, Nascar cardboard cutouts and other store/restaurant/office raffles, a company yard sale, and bingo added up to $8000 of the collections. Corporate sponsorship from Shell Oil, Citgo, Beacon Technologies, Murphy Transport, Add Systems, Carl King Tire and Cato along with the individual contributions made up the rest.
Cato's Chris Mergner received honors of being the highest earning male for the entire event, raising $3500 in corporate sponsorship and will be awarded October 30th!!!
The night of Relay turned out to be a huge success. The Cato Team(s) went all out with the help of the Ocean City government lending us a lifeguard stand for our "Day at the Beach" theme. Many employees from the office, stores and restaurants showed up and enjoyed the evening and activities. Our drivers and service department were the hit of the night with their part in the "Miss Relay" contest, dressing up like women and going around collecting dollars from the thousands of people who attended.
Cato's site earned the "Best Campsite" award for the event and we received many compliments.
The Cato Relay For Life Team wants to once again recognize all the CStore / Restaurant managers and staff for their time and effort in helping us make this a fun and successful event. Many people went out of their way to raise additional funds, and all this money is being put towards an important use in our community.
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