Think Pink for Breast Cancer Day
School/Community Name: Sullivan Heights Secondary, Surrey, BC
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Brief description/summary of project: To achieve awareness of breast cancer, as well as raise some money for the cause. In act of raising awareness, the goal was to get the whole school to wear pink.
What age range did this project/initative target? It targeted students in Sullivan Heights Secondary school.
What cost, if any, was involved? No money was needed; however through student connections, breast cancer jewelry was sold at school on that day, had those connections not existed, we would have had to pay for the jewelry to be sold.
What approval had to be obtained for the project/initiative to be carried out? The project had to be approved by the school principal.
What problems was this project/initiative designed to address? The project was designed to make people become more aware of breast cancer, as well as what you can do to help find a cure.
Who organized/ran this initiative? It was run by the Global Issues Club, which is a group of approximately 15 students who organize different ways to raise money and awareness for different causes. One of the teachers from our school is the leader of the group, however the students mostly run the projects on their own; the teacher is more of a supervisor.
What were the main responsibilities of the leaders/organizers? The main responsibilities of the group was to make sure that everyone knew about the day well in advance, to run the jewelry stands, and to make sure that everything ran smoothly.
What were the short-term goals? The short term goals were to get the whole school involved in wearing pink for the one day.
What were the long-term goals? The long term goals were to make people more aware of breast cancer, and to raise money for the cure.
Were these goals achieved? These goals were achieved, and each year Think Pink Day is held and is always affective.
How did the initiative achieve these goals? These goals were achieved because once the school realized just how many people get breast cancer, people started to get even more passionate about the whole thing. And by getting the whole school to partake it really had a great effect. Because just by wearing a pink t-shirt people could feel like they had already contributed, it made a really good start to a greater involvement. When it’s so easy to contribute, more people are convinced to partake, and once they start contributing, it’s easier to make bigger contributions.
How did this initiative benefit the school or community? The school was benefited by learning about breast cancer, as well as how you can help causes like this. As well, since around half of our school are girls, is was good for us to learn what to look out for, and what we can do.