Melanoma Awareness Graduation Project

My grandfather lost his battle to Metastatic Melanoma in 2010. He was my inspiration to start a Campaign this year for my 10th grade graduation project: My goal was to raise awareness and inform student athletes and coaches about the dangers of Melanoma and UV radiation by providing the spring sports with donations of Sunscreen. (I would've done all sports-but the project was assigned in the winter-and early spring and I could only get through to the spring sports). I provided 5 bags full of sunscreen to each spring sport, handed out brochures and flyers, and hats & t-shirts to the coaches. I also had a trifold poster-board in a display case at school and a (8'x3') banner titled Sporting Sun Safety (the logo I came up with) and under it titled Athletes Against Melanoma hung up on a fence near the football field. My project has been a huge success and the coaches have been influencing some of the athletes to use the sunscreen. I hope that even if one teen reduces their Melanoma risk because of my project, it will have been worth every effort.