Thursday, 29 January 2009| Lance Madigan - North County Staff - Daily Herald | |
Jumping, flipping and tumbling, a group of about 30 athletes competed last Friday in a meet dedicated to fighting breast cancer. The Think Pink Advanced Women's Gymnastics Competition was for girls level seven through nine, and had participants from all over Utah County."The Think Pink theme came up because my and my cousin's grandmother died of breast cancer," said coordinator Janene Lay. "We were going to host a meet anyway, and so we decided to come up with a Think Pink theme to bring about breast cancer awareness." Lay said they teamed with the Huntsman Cancer Foundation to raise awareness of as well as money for breast cancer research. "We are very excited," Lay said. "All of the proceeds will go to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation." "We have wonderful third-party events that really help us," Murano said. "It is wonderful that people want to give locally, which is what we are really trying to do. If you have breast cancer, you are treated locally. It is wonderful. These events are the bread and butter of what we do." Murano added that there was a similar event also going on at the University of Utah the same evening. Lay said they also had prizes, raffle and silent auction items donated by Costco, DK, Fantastic Sam's, Kneaders, the Legacy Center, Olive Garden, Pioneer Party, Smoothie King and Textile Team Outlet and Design. "Both of our girls are wearing a DK leotard that have the ribbon insignia for breast cancer," Lay said. Entertainment was also provided by the American Fork Twisters Squad. "We have had a really good response," Lay said. Five teams competed at the event. "We are very glad to be able to do it, and plan to do it every year." |
