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Posted by LINDA CHION KENNEY: The Greater Brandon Relay for Life at Brandon High School, April 25-26, drew hundreds of volunteers, survivors and friends. Organizing the effort on the school's behalf was Michelle Bukiet.

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ALL GALLERY PHOTOS BY LINDA CHION KENNEY: Four-year-old Peyton Mayhew served as the 2008 honorary cancer survivor at the Greater Brandon Relay for Life, held April 25-26 at Brandon High School. Relays locally and nationwide are held to raise awareness about cancer prevention, to raise funds for research for a cure, to support those in the fight against cancer and to remember those who fell victim to the disease. Each relay begins with a victory lap walked by cancer survivors. Peyton, diagnosed with leukemia at age 2, walked that lap with her family. As her mother, Anissa, put it: "Whether you're 2, whether you're 20 or whether you're 80, you deserve the hope for one more day." Visit: www.hope4peyton.org.

Peyton Mayhew, by her mother's side. Her mother welcomed the volunteers and participants to the Greater Brandon Relay for Life. Peyton was diagnosed with leukemia in July 2006. "It turned our world upside down," Peyton's mother, Anissa, said. "Those are words no parent ever wants to hear." Peyton, at age four, has been in treatment roughly half her life. Her treatments are to end in October.

Holding the banner for the survivors' victory lap are, from left, Brian Hutchinson, Marvin Lopez, Katharyn Finley, Salette Vicario and Cheryl Barker.

"The money we spend in Florida to save the manatee is more than we spend as a nation to research childhood cancer," Anissa Mayhew said in her opening relay remarks. With her are her children, from left, Nathaniel, 10, Rachael, 6, and Peyton, 4. Her husband, Peter, is at right.

Nathaniel and Rachael Mayhew with their father, Peter. "You don't have to have cancer to fight cancer," said Peter Mayhew, whose daughter, Peyton, 4, is battling leukemia. "It's easy to sit at home on the couch and feel sorry for yourself. But it's important to get out and it's great to have organizations that help you get out."

This year marks 20 years of survival for breast cancer for Cheryl Barker. Her advice to others: "Mammogram, mammogram."

ALL GALLERY PHOTOS BY LINDA CHION KENNEY: Four-year-old Peyton Mayhew served as the 2008 honorary cancer survivor at the Greater Brandon Relay for Life, held April 25-26 at Brandon High School. Relays locally and nationwide are held to raise awareness about cancer prevention, to raise funds for research for a cure, to support those in the fight against cancer and to remember those who fell victim to the disease. Each relay begins with a victory lap walked by cancer survivors. Peyton, diagnosed with leukemia at age 2, walked that lap with her family. As her mother, Anissa, put it: "Whether you're 2, whether you're 20 or whether you're 80, you deserve the hope for one more day." Visit: http://www.hope4peyton.org.

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