Students from the group Kennedy Cares look at the pictures of loved ones who battled cancer in the tent of remembrance.
Liz Grill of Rye Brook shows Jackson Klein how to make cotton candy, something the Purple Trojans Rule team sold as part of their fundraising.
Brooke Pietrafesa, senior at Port Chester High School, performs a solo on the trumpet.
Three-year-old Carter Fishbach of Legendary Circle sits on his father Raphael's shoulders during the opening ceremony.
Kathy Franceschini and Chrissie Onofrio, co-chairs of this year's Relay for Life, address the crowd.
Ridge Street School first grader Jack Pastor and his teacher Linda Greco speak about the importance of working together and changing the mentality of "ME" to "WE." Both cancer survivors, Pastor and Greco, spoke during the opening ceremony.
A stormy afternoon brought the fun to an early end, but the third annual Port Chester-Rye Brook Relay for Life still involved speeches, fundraising activities and community spirit at Port Chester Middle School on Sunday, May 31. The daytime event, which was supposed to be eight hours long but ended early due to the severe weather, drew a smaller crowd than the first two years but still managed to raise more than $50,000 for the American Cancer Society.
A stormy afternoon brought the fun to an early end, but the third annual Port Chester-Rye Brook Relay for Life still involved speeches, fundraising activities and community spirit at Port Chester Middle School on Sunday, May 31.
A stormy afternoon brought the fun to an early end, but the third annual Port Chester-Rye Brook Relay for Life still involved speeches, fundraising activities and community spirit at Port Chester Middle School on Sunday, May 31.
An emotional Connie Franceschini (left) and Patricia Pride hold up part of the Relay for Life banner during the lap for only survivors of cancer. Franceschini, who lives in Rye Brook, and Pride, who lives in Connecticut, grew up in Port Chester and knew each other 30 years ago. The two reunited during the survivors' lap.
Local children, who all acted as caregivers for loved ones who fought cancer, carry a Relay for Life banner during a fundraiser at Port Chester Middle School on Sunday, May 31.
A stormy afternoon brought the fun to an early end, but the third annual Port Chester-Rye Brook Relay for Life still involved speeches, fundraising activities and community spirit at Port Chester Middle School on Sunday, May 31.
A stormy afternoon brought the fun to an early end, but the third annual Port Chester-Rye Brook Relay for Life still involved speeches, fundraising activities and community spirit at Port Chester Middle School on Sunday, May 31.
Waiting for the henna on her hand to dry, Mesha Iqbal (left), an 11th grader at Port Chester High School, watches as her sister Larabe (right), a 10th grader, carefully colors in a stencil to leave behind a henna tattoo on Port Chester resident Marianela Payan's arm.
Members of the team Purple Divas crowd around the cupcake decorating station set up by the students from the group Kennedy Cares.
