Students raise $4,000 for breast cancer awareness

Canfield High School seniors and varsity soccer players Heather Haley and Jeff Joseph raised $4700 for breast cancer awareness for their National Honor Society service project during their Pink-Out soccer games.

Haley and Joseph solicited sponsors for their long-sleeved team jerseys and sold pink short-sleeved T-shirts during high school lunch periods leading up to the Pink-Outs and at the Canfield Cardinals Varsity football game on Oct. 9.

Seven hundred dollars was raised to purchase the Pink-Out team jerseys that the Canfield Soccer Teams wore during the Pink-Out games. They were able to donate a total amount of $4000 to Yellow Brick Place, a cancer wellness center for the tri-county area, and the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center.

Yellow Brick Place, founded by President Donna Detwiler and Vice President Anna Aey, provides support to cancer survivors, families and caregivers. The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center delivers accurate prevention, early detection, diagnosis and support services available in an environment of compassionate and coordinated care.

Haley and Joseph want to express sincere thanks to all their sponsors and to everyone who donated money or their time, or purchased a T-shirt to support the cause. They noted that this could have never been accomplished without the generous support of everyone involved.

Sponsors and donors included Simon Roofing, the Campana family, The Kidney Group, Titan LED, Jeffrey A. Joseph Co., LPA, PNC Bank, J&M Car Wash, Cortland Banks, Farmer’s Trust, Canfield Soccer Boosters, in memory of Tom Davison, DeAngelo Orthodontics, Advanced Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center, the Accordino family, Danielle Marie Hodge Scholarship, David Bisignani, Huffman Fruit Farm of Salem, Knauf Harvest of Canfield, Panera and Chick-Fil-A.