Costumed participants were superheroes indeed as they ran, walked or jogged – their superhero capes flying in the breeze – in the Maya Matters sixth annual Help Kids Kick Cancer Superhero 5K last Saturday morning at South Beach Park.
More than 400 turned out to flex their muscles in the fight against childhood cancer in honor of Maya Marie Pettit, a vivacious little girl with an endearing smile who lost her battle with an aggressive form of leukemia on November 19, 2003, at age 4.
Maya Matters provides financial assistance and social support to the families of children with cancer in Florida.
