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Neighbors April 22, 2017 4:50 pm

PHOTO GALLERY: Relay for Life of Plant City

By Daniel Figueroa IV

  • The Springhead Elementary team.

  • Heather Beery and Caitlin Beery enjoying some walking tacos, the perfect snack for a relay event.

  • Kaylee Carr and Lauren Abbey from the Turkey Creek Middle School team.

  • Julie Umiker, Barbara Dixon and Randi Besece of the Bryan Elementary Team.

  • Team Tomarrow

  • Eric Alvarez, Brenda Cordova and Esmerelda Sierra of the Plant City Lions Club Durant Leos.

  • Sports Clips Plant City proprietors and trivia aficionados Mike and Lyndi Long.

  • Crushing Cancer.

  • Strawberry Shortcake and football. That' s what Plant City does.

  • Alyssa Gould and Tristyn Steele.

  • Marilyn Duncan and Alma Hrdina.

  • Gentlemen' s Quest.

  • Gizelle and Violet Carrasco. It wouldn' t be Plant City without a little Strawberry Shortcake.

  • Kayla Morua, Axzarey Hernandez and Alayna Morua. They love Plant City and Bryan Elementary, but they hate cancer (even if it might be rude to say so).

  • Advantage Academy of Hillsborough.

  • "Cure Cancer" lit on Bryan Elementary' s faux-Words with Friends board.

  • "Luminaria bags honor every life touched by cancer. You can dedicate them to a loved one lost, someone currently battling, or anyone who' s overcome it." -American Cancer Society

  • Lighting the luminarias.

  • Hope was the theme of the evening.

  • "We won"

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In May 1985, Dr. Gordon Klatt walked and ran his way around a track in Tacoma, Wash. for 24 hours to help raise money for the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life was born. Then, in 1998, the Plant City community joined the battle to stomp out cancer one lap at a time.

Plant City's most recent Relay for Life event was held Friday, April 21 on the track at Plant City High School. Walkers took the track for 14 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. According to the Relay for Life website, the idea behind the all-night walk is that "cancer patients don't stop because they're tired, and for one night, neither do we."

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