Provided by the Bristol Township School District:
To honor the memory of teaching assistant Geri Marell, affectionately known as “Ms. Geri,” Neil A. Armstrong Middle School in Bristol Township holds Breast Cancer Awareness Week every October.
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The week raises money for the Susan G. Komen organization in memory of Ms. Geri, who lost her battle with breast cancer in March 2007.
The culminating event of the week was an hour-long Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on October 6. Decked out in pink attire, hundreds of Armstrong students and staff members, who donated and signed up, walked around Armstrong’s track and the perimeter of the school.
Breast Cancer Awareness Week, held October 2-6 this year, raised $1,680 and the school will continue to raise money throughout the month of October.
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The Susan G. Komen organization addresses breast cancer through research, community health, global outreach and public policy initiatives.
“The Armstrong students and staff are amazing. It warms my heart to see the school pull together for one common cause and be united to make a difference,” said teaching assistant Kathy Cook-Lyle, one of the main organizers of the fundraising effort.
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To raise awareness, students participated in a kick-off assembly, ribbon signing and essay writing. Additionally, students donated $1 to participate in the walk and staff donated $4 to wear jeans for the week. Tape race could also be purchased for 25 cents per foot or $1 for 5 feet, and breast cancer awareness bracelets were on sale for 50 cents.
This marks the 15th year Armstrong celebrated Breast Cancer Awareness Week.
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