ANTI-CANCER EFFORTS HONORED — Tom Saulle, left, husband of the late Linda Saulle; Lauri Pendred, Evans City Elementary School principal; Marie Palano, Evans City Middle School principal; and Lorraine Scarpino, retired Evans City Elementary kindergarten teacher and STOMP organizer, accept an award from the Pennsylvania Principals Association.

EVANS CITY — Evans City Elementary and Middle Schools, along with principals Lauri Pendred of Evans City Elementary School and Marie Palano of Evans City Middle School, were named winners of the 2016 Pennsylvania Principals Association Bob D. Schiller Memorial Cancer Research and Support Award for their annual STOMP Out Cancer campaign.

The STOMP Out Cancer campaign is in memory of the late Linda Saulle, who was a kindergarten teacher at Evans City Elementary School. She was known for her annual Teddy Bear Parade with her kindergarten students.

In eight years, STOMP, Saulle’s Teddy Bear Official Memorial Parade, has raised more than $120,000 for research at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.

The principals and organizers of STOMP, including Lorraine Scarpino, retired kindergarten teacher, raise cancer research funds so they can spare families from the effects of cancer.

The association award is presented to schools and principals who have promoted programs that support cancer research or survivors of cancer. In addition to the award, the schools received $2,000 for future STOMP events.