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SHS Hosts "Pink Out" To Aid
LCHS Cancer Patient
LCHS Cancer Patient
From Channel 2
SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. -
Cheerleaders at a Mid-State
high school are hosting a "Pink
Out" during a basketball game
Tuesday night to help raise
money for a student battling
cancer.
Summertown High School
cheerleaders sold hundreds of
pink t-shirts leading up to game
against Wayne County High
School in an effort to raise
money for Colt Perry who
attends nearby Lawrence
County High School.
"It is a student that a lot of our
kids know and it is a family that
a lot of our families in the
community know and it has really
turned out quite special,"
Principal Brent Long told
Nashville's News 2.
SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. -
Cheerleaders at a Mid-State
high school are hosting a "Pink
Out" during a basketball game
Tuesday night to help raise
money for a student battling
cancer.
Summertown High School
cheerleaders sold hundreds of
pink t-shirts leading up to game
against Wayne County High
School in an effort to raise
money for Colt Perry who
attends nearby Lawrence
County High School.
"It is a student that a lot of our
kids know and it is a family that
a lot of our families in the
community know and it has really
turned out quite special,"
Principal Brent Long told
Nashville's News 2.
Many of the students who purchased pink "Join the Fight" breast cancer awareness shirts will
meet the Perry family for the first time during the game.
"Summertown is really tiny, but we all draw together to help one person out. We are really
close here. It is a close knit family," senior Brooklynn Malugin told Nashville's News 2.
The cheerleaders also planned to collect donations during the basketball game.
"All the proceeds are going to the Perry family to help fund their traveling expenses," student
Taylor Franks said.
Summertown High School students issued a challenge to the other Lawrence County high
schools to match or beat the money they raised for the Perry family.
meet the Perry family for the first time during the game.
"Summertown is really tiny, but we all draw together to help one person out. We are really
close here. It is a close knit family," senior Brooklynn Malugin told Nashville's News 2.
The cheerleaders also planned to collect donations during the basketball game.
"All the proceeds are going to the Perry family to help fund their traveling expenses," student
Taylor Franks said.
Summertown High School students issued a challenge to the other Lawrence County high
schools to match or beat the money they raised for the Perry family.