Special Events

North Greene High School Breast Cancer Awareness Program,

Tell Your Mom. Save A Life, hosts a Pink Tea to honor breast cancer survivors

North Greene High School senior girls have participated in the Breast Cancer Awareness program, Tell Your Mom. Save a Life, sponsored by a grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation through Laughlin Memorial Hospital since September. During the course of the year, various monthly activities took place including the following guest speakers: Barbara Southerland, a breast cancer survivor, and Ashley Head, dietician at Laughlin Memorial Hospital. The final activity culminated in a Pink Tea honoring breast cancer survivors who are in some way connected to the northern part of Greene County.

The Pink Tea was held at the fellowship hall of Ottway United Methodist Church. Rev. Donna Waddle welcomed the group and opened with prayer. Cheryl Youland, Executive Director of the Tri-Cities Susan G. Komen Foundation spoke briefly about the role research has played in the breast cancer survival rate. Registered mammographer, Sheila Carter, set up an educational table and shared what the Women’s Center of Laughlin Memorial Hospital offered in terms of detection and screening for breast cancer. Betty Weemes, Executive Director, Laughlin Health Care Foundation, who wrote the grant Tell Your Mom. Save a Life, provided information about the breast cancer awareness program which was made available to all city and county high school senior girls. Brittany Bolton, senior student representative for the program at North Greene High School shared what has been done in the breast cancer awareness program at North Greene including participation in the “Race for the Cure” and what it meant to her as her grandmother is a breast cancer survivor. Valerie Walters, Health Coordinator for Greene County Schools, commended North Greene for their activities and involvement in the breast cancer awareness program.

Breast cancer survivors registered and enjoyed the refreshments. All survivors received a door prize. Phyllis Roberts, the most recent breast cancer survivor (2 months) received a prayer shawl made by Joy McGuffin while Jean Peek received a pink ribbon blanket, made by Karen Hasenauer, for being the longest breast cancer survivor (28 years).

Assistance at the tea was provided by Moira Ledgerwood, family and consumer science teacher at North Greene High School and FCCLA member Autumn Lowe. Brittany Bolton and Lindsay Harbin student breast cancer awareness representatives also assisted in serving. Charlene Kaufmann and Faye Wills are the teacher sponsors of the program.

Following the program, a check for over $600 was presented to the Tri-Cities Susan G. Komen Foundation. Money was raised by various fund raisers and donations collected at North Greene High School, by Virginia Cooter’s BEST Club of Baileyton Elementary School, and Ottway Elementary School faculty pink and denim day.