By Suwannee Middle School, Contributor
Suwannee Middle School (SMS) is hosting a Pink Wars Week in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this week from Monday, Oct. 18, through Friday, Oct. 22. All proceeds from Pink Wars Week will be donated to the American Cancer Society in honor of all the brave warriors that have fought breast cancer. The Pink Wars will culminate in a Pink Out charity volleyball game between the Big Bend Champions SMS girls’ volleyball team and the SMS Bullpup football team on Thursday, Oct. 28 28, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the SMS gym.
During Pink Wars Week, students will donate money to participate in hat day and a school-wide SMS Cancer Walk. Students will also compete in a Pink War to see which grade level can showcase the most pink. On Friday, Oct. 22, SMS will host its first SMS Cancer Walk, in which students will walk around the track with their teachers to show their support of breast cancer awareness, research and survivors.
This Pink Wars Week has been coordinated by Lesley Fry, a sixth-grade teacher at SMS and breast cancer survivor. Fry, along with other teachers at the school, have dedicated the mornings of the Pink Wars Week to collecting donations from parents and community members during drop-off in the mornings. The original goal was to collect $1,000 and place a pink flag around the school to represent each dollar collected. The original goal has been surpassed with over 1,900 flags currently on campus. Fry’s new goal is to raise $2,000 by Thursday, Oct. 28.