Broncos turn pink in support of breast cancer awareness

The school colors for McKinney Boyd have undergone a temporary change. The new shade: pink.

In support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the school’s student council has scheduled a host of activities and fundraising projects to take place this week and make Boyd a visible example of the wide-spread impact of breast cancer.

A few steps onto the campus and a glance up are all that’s required.

“In our rotunda, we have this big poster, and it’s called The Believers Wall,” said councilmember Kayleigh Johns. “On it we have a bunch of pink ribbons, and we gave all the students an opportunity to write the name someone they know who’s either passed away from breast cancer or who’s been affected by it.”

Johns said that the wall currently has around 500 names.

The campaign began Monday, as Dr. Lynn Canavan, the director of breast surgical oncology at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, spoke to junior and senior girls about breast cancer, and tonight the student council will host a public showing of “A Walk to Remember” at 8:30 p.m. at Boyd.

The week will culminate with the Pinking Out of the Boyd-Jesuit football game taking place at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ron Poe Stadium. Players from both teams will be wearing breast cancer ribbon decals on their helmets as well as pink sweatbands, and all attendees are encouraged to likewise sport the new school color. Bracelets sporting the phrase "THINK PINK" as well as men’s and women’s T-shirts will be on sale before the game.

Other fundraising efforts will allow students to temporarily bypass the school dress code by purchasing pink hair spray or a wrist band that allows them to wear a Halloween costume to class on Friday. Money raised will go primarily toward renovations to the chemotherapy room at the McKinney Regional Cancer Center, with the remaining amount donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

This week’s events will serve as the first of a series of student council projects known collectively as Face to Face.

“We’re trying to raise awareness about some of the issues that students have to face in their everyday life,” Johns said.

Next month the focus will be on homelessness. The council is arranging a night of simulated homelessness that will see students gather to spend a night camping on a football field with only two allowed items, neither of which can be a cell phone.

Other Face to Face issues will include diabetes, autism and drug and alcohol awareness.

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