Rock for the Cure raises money for breast cancer
Amanda Smith | Staff Writer
Issue date: 10/28/09 Section: Lifestyles
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Rock for the Cure, a benefit concert designed to raise money for breast cancer and hosted by the UNCW Communication Studies Society, was held Friday at the Reel Café in downtown Wilmington for its third consecutive year. The concert topped its previous year by raising $3567 to go towards the cause.
"Rock for the Cure is a way of getting students and faculty to come together to enjoy music and make a difference in the community at the same time," said senior Ashton Young, president of the Communication Studies Society.
The benefit concert featured the music of The Schoolboys, a band composed entirely of UNCW faculty members. Members of the UNCW Alumni arranged for the items that were auctioned off at the benefit.
"We always try to do a few pro bono events each year that are connected with UNCW or other great causes. This was both," said Dr. Richard Olsen, one of the five members of The Schoolboys.
All of the proceeds from the concert, as well as the auction held at the benefit, will go to the Pink Ribbon Project-a charity run by the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation. The Pink Ribbon Project provides comfort bags that contain items to help women in the process of dealing with breast cancer. The charity also helps uninsured women in the Wilmington area receive mammograms through the Coastal Care Van, a mobile cancer screening van.
"The money for the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation's Pink Ribbon Project stays local, so it helps area women, and that is why we choose it," said junior Nishtha Sharma, co-coordinator for Rock for the Cure.
Nearly one in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer and, according to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer, next to skin cancer, among women.
Brest cancer survivor and guest speaker Joyce Glicker was also present at the benefit. Glicker has spoken at previous Rock for the Cure events and provided insight to the crowd about what it is like living with breast cancer.
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