The support was visible on Oct. 16 at Berner Middle School in the Massapequa School District, as students and staff donned pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Additionally, the student council held a fundraiser for a pair of organizations.
Berner’s Think Pink Day has been a tradition for more than a decade, bringing the school community together to support breast cancer patients. During lunch periods, student leaders sold Berner Think Pink T-shirts, bracelets, lollipops and stickers, with proceeds of about $1,800 going to the Side-Out Foundation and Babylon Breast Cancer Coalition.
The student council members, led by advisers Teresa Ferreira and Denise Robertson, also made announcements and hung up fliers to promote the sales. One of Berner’s hallways was covered in large posters with messages such as “Hope,” “Give Cancer the Boot,” “Tackle Cancer” and “Think Pink.”