PHOTOS: Armstrong Students Wear Pink At Football Game

Some kept warm in pink Snuggies. Others wore pink flannel or pink pajamas. All of them wore their heart on their sleeves.

Last night Oct. 19 Armstrong High School students gathered at a football game at Park Center High School for the first-ever "Pink Out," to show support for breast cancer awareness.

"So many women out there are without support," said Armstrong senior Katlyne Duffey. "I had a family friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer and passed away earlier this year."

Duffey, who has participated in the Race for the Cure in 2010 and 2009, was at the Pink Out football game with friends to show people they care about finding a cure and informing people about breast cancer.

The Pink Out was organized by the Students Activities Board and namely senior student Parker Stinski who designed pink "Armstrong Cares" T-shirts sold to the student and school population in preparation to be worn at the Pink Out game.

The $10 shirts were sold to raise money for the Breast Cancer Awareness Fund with the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Stinski said more than 100 shirts have been sold and she will know how much total funds were raised next week.

A male AHS student who was at the Pink Out game was there for personal reasons.

"My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer a while back, but the tumor went away without treatments," he said.

Though not everyone diagnosed is that fortunate, students wanted to get the word out about supporting breast cancer awareness.

"There are a lot of people suffering out there and a lot don't know about the support out there for them," he said. "We are here to show our appreciation for them."