A Tampa-based group of aficionados known as the Heroes Alliance, who dress as comic-book characters, stopped in at several of the hospital's playrooms to show off their costumes and visit the children. Alliance members were volunteering their time to help Coliseum of Comics and B.A.S.E. Camp Children's Cancer Foundation, a Winter Park nonprofit that provides year-round financial and moral support for children with cancer and other life-threatening hematological illnesses.

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