October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means the St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, community is “digging pink.” Since 2016, the school’s girls’ volleyball program has hosted the “Dig Pink” movement, a monthlong series of events that raises funds for breast cancer research.
Over 15 years battling breast cancer, Anne Zuschlag, principal of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy, has never wavered from leading the school community. The work, she said, helps her keep going.
Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy rallied around Pre-K teacher Liz Colon with prayer, a Pink Out, and funds raised after her breast cancer diagnosis.
The Anne V. Graziani Fund, a small nonprofit on Long Island, brings live entertainment — such as sporting events and other uplifting experiences — to cancer patients, many of them children.
St. Edmund Prep High School in Sheepshead Bay continued its decade-long “Dig Pink” tradition, raising funds for breast cancer research through bake sales, raffles, and volleyball matches. Led by senior captain Kaleigh Klein, the student-athletes and faculty united to support the Side-Out Foundation and promote awareness that early detection saves lives.
Instead of lying on the beach gazing at sunsets, a Holy Cross High School senior spent part of her summer closeted with a folder filled with mammary gland scans, as part of a unique science-based internship.
Sandy Gross of Longmont, Colorado, believes there is redemption in suffering. She knows, having endured aggressive treatments in her nearly two-year fight with breast cancer.
After successfully batting cancer, Queens resident Leah Salmorin founded a dragonboat team for survivors of breast cancer.
In an effort to raise awareness about breast cancer, the student-athletes at St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, took part in a series of events throughout October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
