Friday Night Fight, Pink Out raise money for Snyder Cancer Fund

The annual Friday Night Fight and Pink Out celebrations were held this week to raise awareness about cancer, celebrate those who have beaten cancer and raise money for the Snyder Cancer Fund, which helps Snyder-area families financially when a loved one is fighting cancer.
Snyder High School Athletic Department Secretary Rhonda Ward, a breast cancer survivor herself, was in charge of the sale of Pink Out T-shirts. The proceeds went to the Snyder Cancer Fund.
Before Friday night’s football game, a tailgate party was held behind the indoor practice facility with pink coffee tumblers, Pink Out shirts and other pink merchandise available.
Ward said the Friday Night Fight festivities, as well as the national attention on October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, have helped raise awareness levels.
“It’s just creating more awareness about cancer,” Ward said. “We use this as a way of celebrating surviving. This isn’t just about breast cancer either. We want to raise awareness about all cancers.”
At the Snyder High School pep rally Friday afternoon, breast cancer survivors were asked to stand up and be recognized.
Amy Lewis and Kathy Hall are both breast cancer survivors and were at the pep rally. Both said the level of breast cancer awareness across the country is far beyond what it was even a decade ago.
“There is definitely more awareness,” Lewis said. “The word is getting out.”
Lewis was battling breast cancer at this time last year. She said she is happy to see more people becoming aware of it and said her faith has been fortified since her battle.
Hall has been cancer-free for more than two years and said the main factor in beating cancer was having a good support system.
“Probably the three worst words you can hear are ‘you have cancer,’” Hall said. “But having that support system of friends and family is so important.”