Campus
groups raise money for breast cancer awareness and research
Rachel Duff, posted Nov. 8, 2006
Each
year more than 200,000 women are affected by breast cancer
in North America, according to the American Cancer Society.
It has become the most prevalent cancer for women and the
second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
On the MU campus, many different organizations took part in
Breast Cancer Awareness Month which is October.
In many of the residence halls, fundraisers were held. They
sold t-shirts or had penny wars for the different floors.
Jones Hall raised $1,074.64 to benefit breast cancer research,
according to Rebecca Hix, Residence Hall Coordinator for Jones
Hall.
The External Affairs Committee of the Residence Halls Association
in conjunction with Lathrop Hall sold t-shirts for Paint It
Pink Day on Oct. 6, according to Justin Ginter, president
of the Residence Halls Association. Over 700 t-shirts were
sold, raising $6,450 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for
Breast Cancer Relief and Research. RHA incurred the costs
of producing the t-shirts, and they matched $2,000 of the
raised donations.
Zeta Tau Alpha held their annual Royal 21 Washers Tournament
and barbecue, which raised over $4,000 for breast cancer education
awareness and research, according to Shannon Ferguson, president
of Zeta Tau Alpha. The sorority also sells out their parking
lot for the home football games to benefit breast cancer research.
They raised close to $3,000 this year.
“The issue of breast cancer awareness is very important
to our sorority as a whole because it affects a large number
of women across the world,” said Ferguson.
