PRESS RELEASE Submitted by Jennifer Altschuler of Durham
Coginchaug Regional High School Blue Devil football fans put aside their team colors to make way for “Pinktober”, an annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month fundraiser put on by the Coginchaug High School cheerleading team. The ambitious “team of twenty” cooked up a cauldron of pink chocolate covered popcorn to sell in the stands at home games during the month of October along with other pink treats. The event raised $745 for the Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center Breast Care Program.
Pictured:
(LEFT TO RIGHT)
Teddy Aribisala, Director of the Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center; Captains Jacquelyn Stevens of Middlefield, Ava Altschuler of Durham, and Katelynn Branciforte of Durham; Pat O’Brien, Breast Nurse Navigator, Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center
The Coginchaug Cheer team wore pink bows and used pink pom’s to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness month. With the support of the pep band, the cheerleaders show off there pink pom’s by performing there band dances.
