Legacy’s Teen Leadership classes will host the seventh-annual Pink Fest on Oct. 26. The walk, along with the games and food, is designed to honor cancer survivors, create community awareness and raise money to aid stopping the disease.
Kimberly Brown, mother of Parker Brown, 10, and a teacher at Ben Barber/Frontier, survived breast cancer and participated in Pink Fest last year.
“I think that Pink Fest is a very worthy cause,” Brown said. “It not only brings awareness to the community but also gives survivor’s something to be a part of. I remember thinking to myself how proud I was of the teens that took part in the awareness.”
A woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes. Every 13 minutes, the disease takes someone’s life. To raise awareness and money, Pink Fest organizers put on the annual “Pink Fest” walk. The money raised by this walk is donated directly to Moncrief Cancer Resources Mobile Mammography Unit who uses the money to provide free mammograms to people in the Mansfield area. Brown’s news came as a shock.
“Little did I know that I would become part of the statistics,” Brown said. “It is so important for women to have mammograms and to just be aware to catch things early.”
This year’s goal, raise $45,000, represents the 40,000 plus lives that will be lost this year to breast cancer. This is the seventh year of the annual walk and so far the program has raised $155,960 over the last six years for free mammograms to women.
“Legacy High School does a fantastic job helping out such a meaningful cause that can truly save lives,” Brown said.
