Friday, November 21, 2014
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A group of Canfield Village Middle School eighth-graders showed their support of the school’s Pink Out by going all out by dressing in pink from head to toe Oct. 30.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School students showed their support of raising breast cancer awareness and joined in the fun of the Pink Out during the school’s Spirit Week Oct. 30.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School students went all out in pink for the Pink Out during the school’s Spirit Week Oct. 30.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Village Middle School eighth-graders went all out for the most pink contest during the school’s Pink Out on Oct. 30.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Village Middle School eighth-grader Marissa Yourstowsky (right) organized a Pink Out during school’s Spirit Week to raise breast cancer awareness and raise money for the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center. Yourstowsky is pictured with a seventh-grade student who won the most pink contest.
By ABBY SLANKER
Canfield students in kindergarten through eighth grade traded their cardinal red in for pink to support a good cause Oct. 30. As part of Spirit Week, students at Hilltop Elementary School, C.H. Campbell Elementary School and Canfield Village Middle School wore the most pink they possibly could during a Pink Out, while raising money for the fight against breast cancer.
For the second year, Canfield Village Middle School eighth-grader Marissa Yourstowsky used the day as a fundraising opportunity, asking students to bring in any loose change, with all donations going to the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center. To make it a little more interesting, a few contests were also offered.
For the grade level with the most donated money, each homeroom was entered into a drawing with the winning class to receive an ice cream party.
A competition also took place between grade levels to see which one had the most pink ribbons on the wall. When a student donated money to the cause, he or she was given a paper with a pink ribbon it and was instructed to write their name on it and hang it up on the wall with their respective grade level. The grade level with the most pink ribbons on the wall won the contest.
But the contest which drew the most interest was the one which crowned the student in each grade level wearing the most pink. Students went all out for this contest, wearing pink headbands, clothes, shoes, boots, bandanas, wigs, robes, jewelry, hair bows and ribbons, tutus, slippers, leg warmers, gloves, sunglasses, socks and even sprayed their hair pink and painted their faces pink.
“This makes me feel good about where I go to school. That kids are willing to support this worthy cause is great to see. They are really getting into the competition to see who can wear the most pink. They are donating money to help find a cure for cancer, while also having fun,” Yourstowsky said.
The person with the most pink in each grade was awarded a J.R. Grinders gift certificate after a vote during each grade’s lunch period.
Yourstowsky was inspired by the Panerathon and the story of Joanie Abdu.
“My aunt has cancer and that made me realize it could happen to anyone at anytime. It is a tragic thing to happen and it makes me feel good that all these kids are donating money to help find a cure,” Yourstowsky said.
Yourstowsky was very impressed with the entire student body and teachers and staff who participated in the Pink Out.
“It is so great to see just about everyone here today wearing pink some way or another. The teachers and staff wore pink, too, which is just amazing,” Yourstowsky said.