Pink prevailed Thursday, Oct. 25 at
Elon University School of Law as students, faculty and staff
donned the color for Passionately Pink for the Cure, an event
to raise money and awareness about breast cancer and research
to help find a cure for the disease.
The event was sponsored by
the Women's Law Association at Elon, staffed a table in
Cemala Commons on the second floor. The group handed
out bookmarks with breast cancer awareness information
and pink ribbons, courtesy of Belk and Estee Lauder at
Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh. Panera Bread of
Greensboro provided cranberry bagels baked in the shape of a
ribbon, and students also brought an assortment of cake,
cookies and cupcakes decorated with pink icing. The group
also received $182 in cash donations, which will go to
the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. In several
classes Thursday, professors granted students
"immunity" from questioning if they wore pink.
"This was a fun way for us to
support women's issues and raise awareness about breast
cancer at the same time," said 2L student Lauren Reeves,
co-president of the Women's Law Association.
"It's exciting to see so many people wearing pink
today." In addition to Thursday's event, Reeves said
the association is collecting pink lids from Yoplait yogurt
containers through December. For every lid collected, the
Komen Foundation donates 10 cents to breast cancer research.
Lids can be placed in a specially marked pink box at Legal
Grounds on the second floor.
October is national Breast Cancer
Awareness Month. Passionately Pink events can be held on any
day during October by organizations across the
country.
