From pinks socks to headbands, the students at Monroe High show their support to breast cancer awareness during the month of October. The Trojans hosted a pink out volleyball game. Even though it was a hard-fought loss, the Trojans raised large sums of money for breast cancer awareness.

“My aunt had breast cancer; you have to get numerous MRI’s and cat scans and go through many other tests; it’s just such a complicated process and a hassle to deal with,” said freshman Skyler Browning.

A large number of women develop breast cancer in their lifetime; every one in eight women develop this cancer (aicr.org).

“It affects you because it stops you from doing the things you want to do. My grandma had it and it’s too scary sometimes even to put into words,” said sophomore Tessa Zorn.

There are many cases of breast cancer; over 226,000 cases of invasive breast cancer have been found each year. Out of those 226,000 cases, 2,200 men get diagnosed each year (aicr.org).

“I hope that it can be found earlier than most are in the future because it could prevent a lot of unneeded struggle,” said Zorn. Only 5-10 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer get it through genetics. The risk for breast cancer increases with age (webmd.com).

“They are mostly scared it’s going to come back, it woke them up for them to see that they need to live their life now and not wait because you never know how long you have,” said senior Ashley Puruleski, whose grandmother is in remission for her cancer.