Knoch, Mars support breast cancer awareness
JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch and Mars schools have gone pink to support breast cancer awareness.
Following a junior varsity game at 5:30 p.m. tonight, the Knoch High School boys varsity soccer team will wear pink socks in their game against Deer Lakes to honor victims of breast cancer.
Raffles and concession stand profits from the game will be donated to breast cancer education and research.
Similarly, the Knoch girls varsity soccer team had their Pink Out on Monday when they played Freeport.
Becky Gore of Renfrew, a soccer booster mother, organized the Pink Out nights to honor her mother, Donna Snyder of Marionville. Snyder has been in remission and cancer free for 16 years, Gore said. Her daughter, Abbey, plays on the girls' team in honor of her grandmother, Gore said.
The Mars School District is one of the biggest fundraisers for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, said Josh Schwoebel, director of communications for the district. Two fundraising events are planned at Mars schools and one already took place.
Mars students in second through eighth grades will join the fight against breast cancer as part of a “Hats for Heroes” fundraiser on Friday to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
As part of the event, students at Mars middle, centennial and elementary schools will make a donation in return for the opportunity to wear a hat in school on Friday. In 2011, the schools raised $12,673 through the event.This year contributors can drop off donations at the schools' main offices on Friday. All checks should be made payable to “Susan G. Komen Foundation.”The Mars Primary Center will join in the fight as part of a “Think Pink” fundraiser Oct. 15-19 to benefit the Komen foundation.As part of that event, students in kindergarten and first grade will be asked to make a donation to wear a hat or pink colors to school.Contributors may drop off donations at the school's main office. All checks should be made payable to “Susan G. Komen Foundation.”At Mars High School, classmates designed and sold pink bracelets to promote the girls varsity volleyball game against Pine-Richland, as well as breast cancer, on Oct. 1.Lauren Biertempfel, Jared Boice, Joel Glomb and Lea Nealon worked on the project for their sports, activities and entertainment marketing class.Boice paid for 200 bracelets and designed them with Nealon's help. Biertempfel and Glomb handled advertising.Together, the classmates sold the bracelets at lunchtime and at the game. They hoped to earn $350 to donate to the Komen foundation.
