This week, Arrowhead parents are selling pink clothing during fifth, sixth, and seventh hour in the cafeteria to support the Pink Out Breast Cancer Awareness theme for Friday’s home football game.

This group of breast cancer advocates sells pink t-shirts, sweatshirts, and socks with the breast cancer ribbon logo on them in efforts to spread awareness to Arrowhead students. Socks are $15, sweatshirts are $20, and t-shirts are $10. The proceeds are going to Gators, but the parents are having another board meeting to determine if they can also donate some of the money to a local breast cancer foundation.

Sophomore Maiya Whelan says, “Supporting breast cancer [awareness] is something that should be contributed to by a huge population and Arrowhead is great for that because of the size. I know a ton of people that have bought pink clothing from the cafeteria and I hope some of the proceeds goes to a breast cancer foundation.”

In spirit of breast cancer awareness month, Arrowhead’s Friday football game is themed as a pink out. Students and staff are asked to dress in all pink to show Arrowhead’s support for the cause. Friday’s game is at 7:00 PM at AHS against Waukesha South.

“I think this will be a great turn out. I can’t wait to look up at the stands and see a flood of pink at the game,” says junior, Austin Konen.

Not only are students and staff asked to dress in pink to show support from the bleachers, but Hawkette Whelan also says the dance team will be dressing in all pink to show their support when they perform during halftime.

“The Hawkettes are dressing up in all pink so we can show our support too. The entire team was so for it and we’re all really excited to perform in our modified pink uniforms,” says Whelan.

“My grandma had many cancers but breast cancer was one of the biggest struggles for her. She battled with it for a while until she passed away, so in honor of her, I am more than excited to rep pink at the game,” says teacher John Hoch.

Whelan and junior Emily Parr both lost family friends to breast cancer and both said they will be thinking of them at the pink out football game.

“My friend’s mom had breast cancer in middle school and it wasn’t just hard on her, but it was hard on everyone. Cancer is a terrible disease and it affects more people than just the family so I’ll be thinking of the family and everyone else affected on pink out Friday,” said Parr.