Relay for Life in Carbonear

Roughly 100 cancer survivors completed the ceremonial first lap at the Relay for Life. 1 width:500px;height:332px Bud (right) and Mildred Chafe of Harbour Grace are applauded as they make their away around the track. Both are cancer survivors. 2 width:500px;height:332px Trinity-Bay de Verde MHA Charlene Johnson was among the guest speakers taking part in the opening ceremonies. 3 width:500px;height:361px Debbie Penney (left) of Carbonear and Eileen Sheppard of Harbour Grace have walked and chatted during the ceremonial first lap for the past three years. 4 width:500px;height:332px Dana Blackwood-Cox sings her song called "No time for you" during the opening ceremonies. Blackwood-Cox, a resident of Salmon Cove, wrote the song after being diagnosedwith breast cancer at age 31. Blackwood-Cox is a mother of three, and wrote the song during her radiation treatments in St. John's. 5 height:500px;width:332px

Judy Galway (left) of Harbour Grace and her mother Phyllis Sutton of Victoria raise their arms in victory in a symbolic gesture to mark their battle against cancer. 6 width:500px;height:332px Martina Taylor of Makinsons sang the national anthem. 7 width:500px;height:383px Four residents of Heart's Content, all of whom are cancer survivors, walk the track. They are, from left, Barbara Pye, Jane Tavernor, and husband and wife Joan and George Smith. 8 width:500px;height:332px Members of a team called "Lighting up lives" high-kick their way along the track. They include, from left, Crystal Clarke, Regan Morris, Allison Conway, Cecile Foote, Jo-Annah Yetman, Alisha O'Keefe, Emily Slade, Chantel Hearn, Alyssa Shaw and Kathryn Baker. Missing is Victoria Winsor. 9 width:500px;height:332px The faces of some of the roughly 100 cancer survivors who took part in the opening ceremonies. 10 width:500px;height:332px

Adam Purcell, a Grade 5 student at Harbour Grace Primary, was among those singing the national anthem. 11 height:500px;width:332px Emma Brown of Cavendish, with her hat in the "lock" position, flashes a smile. 12 width:500px;height:332px