Shutterbugs, now's your chance to see how your photos measure up.

The Pensacola Beach Optimists are accepting entry forms and photos for the 2008 Island Fun Photo Contest, to help Optimist International fight childhood cancer around the world.

Each year in North America, more than 12,000 children and teens are diagnosed with cancer. One in 330 Americans develops cancer before the age of 20. Up to 70% of all childhood cancer can now be cured and childhood leukemia now has an 80% survival rate. The childhood cancer rate is dropping more dramatically for children than for any other age group due solely to coordinated research. Pensacola Beach Optimist Club and others throughout the 43 countries worldwide with Optimist Clubs, is trying to do our part to help.

"We believe that everyone in our area has photos they have taken of fun on the beach, which they could most probably enlarge to 5" x 7" or 8" x 10"and submit to the contest for a chance to win one of the special gift certificate awards to be bestowed upon winners of the photo contest on August 19 at the PBOC Summer Social (need not be present to win), to be held 6PM at Hunt Hall at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church."says PBOC Vice President Scott Neal, chairman of the photo contest.

Those interested in entering can submit their 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 photos along with entry fee to: PENSACOLA BEACH OPTIMIST CLUB, P.O. BOX 1014, GULF BREEZE, FL 32561-1014,

ATTENTION: ISLAND FUN PHOTO CONTEST. Photos will be displayed at the PBOC Summer Social August 19. Photos may not be returned and entrants need to submit their NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS, AND SIGNATURE with each entry, agreeing that photos may appear in local publications of various kinds and that entrants have obtained the permission of all subjects in photos for their use, as well as the fact the photos submitted are originals of the entrant. $10.00 per entry or $25.00 for 3 entries, check made out to Pensacola Beach Optimist Club must accompany each set of entries, to be eligible to win.