Relay Raises $25,000 for Statue of Liberty
Employees of 43 Orange County corporations raised about $25,000 Saturday for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty by running a 16-mile relay in Irvine, a race sponsor said.
The five-person team of Iliff Thorn Co., an Orange brokerage firm, won the relay. Each member ran 3.2 miles in William Mason Regional Park, said Gloria Chingren, an organizer of the event.
Chingren said the winning team members will each receive two-round-trip plane tickets to New York to attend the dedication of the restored Statue of Liberty in October of next year.
Chingren and three other Cal State Fullerton students organized the relay, she said.
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