Union Catholic SMAC Hosts Event to Fight Cancer

Scotch Plains NJ, April 4, 2025 - The Union Catholic High School Student Movement Against Cancer (SMAC) will host its Movers, Shakers, Change Makers: Fun, Fitness, and Fighting Cancer event on Saturday, May 10, 2025, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Union Catholic, 1600 Martine Avenue, Scotch Plains. The event is open to current students from all schools with active SMAC chapters as well as present and past members of UC SMAC. To purchase tickets, sponsor the event, honor a cancer survivor, or remember a loved one who lost their battle with cancer, visit https://www.supportsmac.org/mscm.

The event will feature friendly competitions with exciting prizes, music, a chance for SMAC leaders to meet and mingle, and most importantly, an opportunity to raise money and awareness for this year's honoree, Comfort Project 360. Comfort Project 360 is a nonprofit organization that helps to create supportive and healing environments for local cancer patients and their families within the Cancer Centers at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.

This day of fun, fitness and fighting cancer will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the founding of SMAC at Union Catholic by members of the Class of 2007. SMAC Executive Board member Chloe Morett, Class of 2025, said, "I look forward to uniting all the SMAC chapters, promoting movement and a healthy lifestyle, and making this our most successful Movers Shakers Change Makers event yet in support of Comfort Project 360.”

UC SMAC ANNIVERSARY CHALLENGE – DOUBLE YOUR DONATION

UC SMAC invites anyone from the community whose life has been touched by cancer to honor a cancer survivor, or remember someone who lost their battle with cancer, by making a $20 donation in recognition of UC SMAC’s 20th Anniversary. If Union Catholic can raise $1,000, an anonymous member of the UC Community pledged to match that amount, doubling the impact of donations to Comfort Project 360! Once a Digital Commemorative Tribute donation is made, donors will receive an email with directions on how to upload a photo and/or tribute message. Photos and tributes will be proudly displayed on-screen for the duration of the Movers, Shakers, Change Makers event. To make your Tribute donation today, visit https://shorturl[1] .at/gXqAX.

SMAC was founded in 2001 at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School by friends supporting a friend who was diagnosed with cancer. SMAC has chapters in schools across New Jersey and beyond. This student-led movement has raised more than $5 million for local hospitals, cancer research initiatives, and nonprofit awareness organizations. To learn more, visit https://www.supportsmac.org/who-we-are.