Students are supporting breast cancer awareness as athletes do their “Dig Pink” games and students wear pink throughout the month of October. A huge percentage of the student body wore pink this month to show their support.

Breast cancer forms in the cells of the breast and is becoming more and more common for women to get it.

Fashion Couture Club sponsor Theresa Phillips feels it is important for students to be educated and made aware of what new treatments are out there for breast cancer. “Someone’s mother here in Watkins Mill suffered with breast cancer, and I had to watch that student go through seeing her mother suffering with this disease during her junior year,” Phillips said.

“I’ve had friends who have had breast cancer over and over, and I think [breast cancer] is something both men and women need to be aware of because [breast cancer] is not just a female thing,” PE teacher Kauri Martin said.

Senior Riley Maclaren supports the cause through her field hockey team’s “Dig Pink” games and by helping out with fundraisers. Maclaren supports it because both her grandmothers had breast cancer and survived it.

Senior Madeline Rodriguez-White thinks it is important to support breast cancer because breast cancer “is a big deal.  A lot of women are diagnosed with [breast cancer] in their lives, and it is important to show [women with breast cancer] that other women are there for them even though they have not gone through it.”

“We had a very good friend who passed away from breast cancer, and it was hard to see her go through the process and live with all that pain,” White added. White plans to participate in the Avon Walk in some point in her life.

The girls volleyball team also supported the cause by wearing pink during this month and through their “Dig Pink” game on October 19, where people paid one dollar and the proceeds went to charity.

IB Math Studies and geometry teacher Temidayo Adia donates to various Breast Cancer Associations and completed a local walk for breast cancer as well. Adia’s mother passed away from it in 2012 after battling for nearly five years. “Cancer is ugly. No one deserves to suffer from this illness,” Adia said.  

“I am supporting the cause for breast cancer because I’m helping to sell badges with little ribbons that represent the breast cancer awareness foundation, and all the money we make by selling the badges go to donations for the breast cancer foundation,” junior Serena Spickler said.

“I believe that people who have breast cancer deserve to have some sort of recognition for all the hardships that they have overcome through their life and disease,” Spickler added. She encourages people to donate their time to help the cause and raise awareness by spreading the word.

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