with Mondays at Racine

At the request of seven Fifth-grade students, Cherry Avenue Elementary School held a Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser during Breast Cancer Awareness month.

On a Friday in October, the Cherry Avenue Elementary School Community utilized the outreach services of Racine Hair Salon (Islip), renowned for their “Mondays at Racine” Day-of-Beauty for cancer patients. Three salon specialists, including owner Cynthia Sansone, visited the school and met the children who signed up—with a $10 contribution—for a pink natural hair extension. Others selected commemorative purple and white bracelets with their donations of $5.

The same seven Fifth-grade girls (Natasha Yajadda, Molly Schollenberger, Juliet Wessels, Ava Eriksen, Olivia Massey, Nicole Reina, and Kate Cassidy) also offered thank-you gifts for those who participated which included pencils, pink ribbons, and handmade duct-tape bracelets. By the end of the visit, the pink look was everywhere in the school as a show of support for this worthy cause, and Cherry Avenue had collected nearly  $1,200 for Breast Cancer Research.