Times Record
A big pink barge on the Arkansas River is doing a lot more than carrying goods to farmers and manufacturers.
BIG HOPE 1 is also helping fund cancer research.
The pink barge from Ceres Barge Line in East St. Louis was launched in 2012 and since then has helped raise more than $1 million for the Mary Crowley Cancer Research in Dallas as they help expand cancer treatment options with investigations on vaccine, gene and cellular therapies.
The pink barge has been anchored near the Port of Van Buren this past week as part of the Inland Rivers Ports & Terminals Inc. Christmas, COVID, Cancer Challenge to raise $100,000 for cancer research.