Albert Leonard Middle School students, teachers, and parents put their best foot forward in the fight against breast cancer at the school’s second annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on Oct. 17.
With every step, they raised awareness, honored those affected by the disease, and demonstrated that even the youngest advocates can make a difference. About 75 people participated, raising $2,786 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, according to school Counselor Tiauna Washington, who organized the event.
As a child, Washington said, she began walking in breast cancer walks with her mother in White Plains.
“My mother always stressed the importance of women supporting each other in this battle. From that walk, I walked every year in various Breast Cancer Walks,” she said. “Then in 2018 my husband and I lost his mother to breast cancer, and it was at that moment I knew I needed to do more to bring awareness to this disease and build community at Albert Leonard.”