This year’s SCC Mini-Relay for Life brings in thousands
The Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life took place April 11 on the grounds of Freedom Plaza’s Golfview Terrace. Through sponsorships and donations, this year’s fundraiser brought in $9,600, all of which will go directly to the American Cancer Society. The money will help fund cancer research, patient programs and continuing cancer prevention education.
The event included 28 vendors and three tables of families and friends. The “Dream Team,” led by Sun City Center resident Joanne Cyr, a survivor of five different forms of cancer, raised $644, and Freedom Plaza was the event’s top corporate team with its donation of $3,200.
Local entertainer Thor Stevens provided entertainment, and Hal Jeffery kept things moving as emcee.
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Sun City Center resident Joanne Cyr, a survivor of five different forms of cancer, walks with the “Dream Team” during this year’s Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life at Freedom Plaza’s Golfview Terrace.
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Visitors peruse the vendor area of the April 11 Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life.
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Rayne Gary, 11, of Wimauma, takes a spin at Freedom Plaza’s prize wheel to win some additional tickets for bidding on auction items.
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Lynne Conlan, executive director of the Sun City Area Chamber of Commerce and a lung cancer survivor, mans the chamber’s vendor table at the Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life.
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Four-time cancer survivor Carolyn Clark, left, and three-time cancer survivor Kris Wells, residents of Golfview Terrace, are shown here with Bee Bee, their 7-month-old mini goldendoodle, after walking in the recent Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life.
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Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life walkers round the corner as they near the finish line at the April 11 Mini-Relay for Life in Sun City Center.
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Stage 4 colon cancer survivor Kenny Hawkins, of Brandon, and five-time cancer survivor Joanne Cyr, of Sun City Center, celebrate their victories by participating in the Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life to raise funding for the American Cancer Society.
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Cancer survivors and family members enjoy each other’s company during the recent Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life. In the front row, from left, are Lynne Conlan, Pam Howgill and her husband Colin.
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Connie Magnolia Burns, 7 months, granddaughter of Connie Lesko, Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life organizer, was the youngest participant to take a lap.
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Local entertainer Thor Stevens played his saxophone for Sun City Center Mini-Relay for Life attendees.
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Kathy Wallin, of Apollo Beach, bids on an auction item at the Retired Officers Corporation table during the recent Mini-Relay for Life at Freedom Plaza’s Golfview Terrace.
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