For the past 25 years, the month of October has been a time for special focus on awareness, education, and cures for breast cancer. Last year, the HS Student Council took on a project that is now known as “Stangs for the Cure”. Our goal was to start small, selling a few T-shirts, and raise a little money to send to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for this cause. We chose a home football game during October to gear our focus, not only to football, but to a bigger issue. Many of the participants in the game supported the cause by wearing their shirts as they performed, the cheerleaders made a special pink run-through sign, the Starz danced with pink pom-poms, and the football players even showed their support by wearing pink sweatbands. Instead of the home side being flooded with red and black, it was flooded with pink!
The response by our wonderful community was AMAZING! It is not uncommon to run into someone from Hughes Springs, or one of our surrounding communities, wearing a “Stangs for the Cure” shirt. From T- shirt sales alone we were able to donate $2,500 last year.
This year we are not only selling T-shirts, but we are also taking donations for honorary/memorial flags that will line Mustang Drive on the night of the game…October 2nd.
Let’s make this year even “pinker” than last year! Please come out and support, not only the MIGHTY MUSTANGS on October 2nd, but wear your pink and support “Stangs for the Cure”!
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