The Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School's "Think Pink Society"
The students of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, an all-girls' high school in Washington, DC, instantly grasped the mission and goals of Evelyn H. Lauder, when she established The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in 1993--to spread awareness and fund research to find a cure in our lifetime. After years of dedicated awareness activities every October, the students have created a special shool club called the "Think Pink Society of Georgetown Visitation".
We are so proud to announce that during 2007, the Think Pink Society raised $13,000 in contributions to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation! The students at Georgetown Visitation continue to amaze us with their creativity and and hard work all year long, coming up continuously with new ideas. For example, two juniors decided, just prior to Mother's Day, to take everything they had not sold all year (pink-ribbon polos, key chains, tees, etc.) and set up a table, frosted in pink, in the school dining room during the lunch breaks. They packed everything and wrapped and bowed all purchases in pink...and they made over a thousand dollars selling to the students, who realized that a great Mother's Day gift was right under their noses!
How the Think Pink Society was born
Three students were instrumental in creating "Think Pink" in September 2004:
Anna Stoto Anna lost her grandmother to breast cancer. She wrote the Mission Statement and Philosophy for "Think Pink".
Jennifer McAndrew Jennifer lost her aunt to the disease. Founding co-chair of "Think Pink".
Sarah Stoycos When Sarah was 9, she lost her mother to the disease. Founding co-chair of "Think Pink".
The Think Pink Society has over 100 student members of determination, ideas and goals. As Georgetown Visitation's first association committed to the cause of breast cancer, it devotes all its efforts to raising awareness of the impact of breast cancer. Its ultimate goal is to help find a cure by supporting the research funding of BCRF.
There is no duty too big or too small for "Think Pink"--the Society is fully aware that touching someone's life in the smallest way can make an important difference. The Society's emblem, a pair of pink boxing gloves suspended from a pink ribbon, illustrates exactly what "Think Pink" represents: compassion towards the cause, as well as determination to fight breast cancer...and win!
Members of the Georgetown Visitation Think Pink Society (in image at top, wearing summer camp attire!), with mock-up of 2007 check contribution to BCRF
