North Cross Middle School Students Are Passionately Pink

North Cross Middle School students were excited to be “in the pink” for their Susan G. Komen fundraiser.
North Cross Middle School students were excited to be “in the pink” for their Susan G. Komen fundraiser.

On Oct. 9, North Cross School’s middle school students joined the Susan G. Komen foundation and registered with the campaign to go “Passionately Pink for the Cure.” The middle school Student Council Association chose to sponsor the event when interest was expressed from one of its members.

Ninety-three percent of the student and faculty of the middle school arrived to school dressed in pink from their head to their toes in honor of the event. The students and faculty raised $325 to donate to the Susan G. Komen research fund, surpassing the goal of $250.

“I am delighted by the enthusiasm of our student body to embrace the spirit of our Pink Day event,” said Ed Dickenson, director of the middle school. “The SCA and Amanda Amos deserve a great deal of credit for organizing today’s speakers and for setting the tone of this fundraiser. It is an unfortunate fact that cancer touches every member of our society in some way, but today the students heard a message of hope and survival that they will not soon forget.”

Students also attended a presentation by guest speakers Robin Kingery and Barbara Whitlock, assistant to the middle school director. Both are breast cancer survivors. Each lady highlighted details that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Education and prevention was stressed. All students were told to encourage their moms, aunts, grandmothers and family friends to get a yearly mammogram and seek medical attention for any abnormality. Kingery, whose personal story is featured this month in a local magazine, was diagnosed last fall and underwent a double mastectomy. She will be celebrating her first year as a survivor this month. Whitlock was diagnosed in 1991 and had a single mastectomy with several rounds of chemotherapy and is celebrating 18 years of being cancer free.

Local businesses donated themed gifts for door prizes to be used throughout the day.

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