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Stoughton High Students Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

American Cancer Society recognizes Stoughton High students for helping to "create a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays."

Press Release from the American Cancer Society:

Students from recently attended the kickoff breakfast for the 19th annual American Cancer Society in Boston.

They were joined by emcees Dylan Dreyer of 7News on 7-NBC/CW56 and Candy O’Terry of MAGIC 106.7.

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Stoughton High School is participating in the Making Strides High School Challenge, which provides students an opportunity to grow their leadership skills and encourages healthy competition between participating schools, while raising funds for the fight against breast cancer.

Students from Stoughton High School will be among 40,000 people making strides to end breast cancer on Sunday, October 2 at the DCR Hatch Shell in Boston.

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Julia Quattrucci, Corie Brookshire, Gabby Medina, Lauren Carmichael, Emma Zuk, Malykah Lopes, Katherine Chlus, and recently retired teacher and current SHS volleyball coach Kenneth Gay represented the Stoughton High community at the kickoff breakfast.

Making Strides in Boston, the largest one-day walk to fight breast cancer in the nation, is an inspiring event that unites the entire community to honor and celebrate breast cancer survivors, educates women about prevention and early detection, and supports the Society’s mission to save lives and create a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back against breast cancer.

2011 media partners are 7News on 7-NBC/CW56 and MAGIC 106.7. 2011 Flagship Sponsors are al fresco all natural, AstraZeneca, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc., The Cumberland Gulf Group of Companies, MFS Investment Management, Inc., Siemens, and WeGotSoccer.

For more information on Making Strides in Boston visit cancer.org/stridesonline.


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