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Don't Smoke team enters relay

The Don't Smoke Around Me Team, a team of young mothers, their husbands and their babies, will take part in Peninsula Relay For Life on March 15 and 16.

Team captain Kylie Dalmazzo said the team was motivated because some of the women had lost family members to lung and other cancers and they wanted their children not to have to face such loss.

"Almost everyone has been touched by cancer in some way and we want to bring an awareness of the dangers of smoking around babies," Ms Dalmazzo said.

"It's amazing how many people are just not aware and we'd like to help change that.

"Although we are raising money for a serious cause, there is no reason not to have fun doing it.

"The babies from our mothers' group are all around four months old now and they will be wearing their Don't Smoke Around Me T-shirts.

"We challenge any other team to register for Peninsula Relay For Life and try to outdo us"

The Don't Smoke Around Me team consists of eight mothers from a Peninsula Mothers group, their husbands and family members.

Relay For Life is a community event where teams consisting of family, friends and work colleagues take turns to walk or run around a designated track.

All funds raised from Peninsula's Relay For Life go directly towards The Cancer Council's fight to defeat cancer.

Press release, 30 Jan 2008 Alan Phillips, The Cancer Council NSW