A Central Hawke's Bay-based team participating for the first time in the Hawke's Bay Cancer Society Relay 4 Life in Hastings this Saturday is sitting near the top of the fundraising pack.
The 18-strong Cervus Equipment "All Stars" team is comprised of 15 staff from CHB, two from Hastings and one from Manawatu.
Team spokeswomen Rachel Williams and Sarah Bird, from Cervus Equipment in Waipukurau, said the team set an initial goal of fundraising $5000.
By Monday this week, the team had easily eclipsed that goal and had raised $6688 – sitting in second place on the fundraising leaderboard behind Team Pan Pac Pine Nuts on $7444.
Along with a donation from Cervus Equipment, Sarah Bird said the CHB team members had been street collecting, running raffles and held a barbecue outside New World in Waipukurau.