From left to right are: Kelsey Carpenter, Student-Athlete Advisory Board member; Lauri Scott-Smith, program coordinator of the Springfield area Cancer House of Hope; Zack Madera, Student-Athlete Advisory Board member; and Nancy Bals, Westfield State associate athletics director. (Courtesy of Westfield State Sports Information Department)
WESTFIELD -Westfield State University student-athletes presented a check in the amount o $1,229 to the Cancer House of Hope during halftime of a recent basketball game.
The money was collected by student-athletes at ‘Think Pink’ games sponsored by the Westfield State varsity sports teams.
“We are very proud of what our student-athletes do to promote awareness and raise money for breast cancer,” said Bals. “Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. According to the American Cancer Society, due to dramatic improvements in research and early detection, millions of women are surviving breast cancer.”
