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Gainesville women fighting to find a cure for cancer

Gail Schneider and Brenda Thurmond passionate about raising money for Relay for Life

Brenda Thurmond and her mother walked in the Relay for Life after the mother was diagnosed. While Thompson’s mother died of cancer, she still walks in memorial of her.

0326RELAY-family — Brenda Thurmond and her mother walked in the Relay for Life after the mother was diagnosed. While Thompson’s mother died of cancer, she still walks in memorial of her.

Five months and three cancer diagnoses destroyed Gail Schneider’s family. Her grandfather died from lung cancer in February 1984. A month later, it was breast cancer and her aunt.