Great Success for Pink Out

By: Arianna Fragiacomo

On Saturday February 20, 2010 Mount Saint Mary College hosted its first ever “Pink Out. The event was held in the Kaplan Lobby during the Men’s and Women’s Basketball games. The event was being held to raise awareness for breast cancer research.

Fundraising tables lined the walls of the Kaplan Lobby. Baskets full of donations were given to “Pink Out” to be raffled off to raise money that will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Monetary donations were also being accepted at the table in the center of the lobby.

“Pink Out” was a great success! So far $3800 has been raised with monetary donations still being accepted 

and this number will grow!  There were many companies that donated to this event: Classic tents out of 

Newburgh, NY contributed the white and pink linens for the tables, American Industrial out of Fort Lee, NJ 

gave the women's warm-ups, Implus Footcare out of Durham, NC donated the men's shoe laces, and Judy 

Horvers from Kingston, NY gave the women’s laces.  

Teachers, students, and parents raved about “Pink Out.”  The reactions of everyone walking through those doors

 were nothing short of amazement.  The goal of this event was to raise awareness about breast cancer and it did 

just that.  People came together for a common cause and really showed their support by donating and contributing

to this cause.

The organizer of this event is a senior here at the Mount.  Gianna Cesa, a Public Relations Major, put on the event as her senior thesis project.  When I asked her about her feelings about the success of the event you could hear the excitement in her voice as she said "The hearts were captured of every person who walked into that lobby on Friday."  She exceeded her goals in creating something great that will hopefully be continued for years to come.