Abington Senior High School’s TACKLE CANCER! Breast Cancer Awareness Football Game Raises Money to Fight Breast Cancer

When the football coaches from Abington and North Penn were talking several years ago, they realized that their mothers were both breast cancer survivors. Since the teams were playing each other - during Breast Cancer Awareness Month - they decided to develop activities and events to promote breast cancer awareness at the game in Abington at the Schwarzman Stadium with the theme "Score Big Against Breast Cancer." This year's theme was "TACKLE CANCER!" at the home football game played during Breast Cancer Awareness month. This year's event was a big success. In addition to raising awareness about breast cancer, the teams and service club raised $5,000 for cancer research. This week, the Key Club donated the proceeds of the event to the four partner organizations for cancer awareness, research, and treatment: a total of $ 5,000 ... $1,250 each to Abington Memorial Hospital's Rosenfeld Cancer Center, to the Breathing Room, to the Terry Hanifin Memorial Scholarship Fund, and to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Shown here, left to right: Sumner Sykes (Vice-President of Key Club); Gary Cummings, volunteer representing Susan G. Komen for the Cure; Celia Timbers (President of Key Club); Tommy Thornton (Key Club member, modeling the "Tackle for a Cure" game t-shirt); Christin K. Haggerty, Donor Relations Officer at the Office of Philanthropy of Abington Health Foundation; Betty Cummings, Cancer Navigator, Abington Jefferson Health; Christa Peters, Abington Senior High School Key Club Co-Advisor and mathematics teacher; Martin Hanifin, The Terry Hanifin Memorial Scholarship Fund; Michelle Ritterman, Abington Senior High School Key Club Co-Advisor and mathematics teacher; Angelo Berrios, Abington Senior High School Principal; and Mary Ellen Fitzgerald, the Breathing Room.