Badminton Club Thinks Pink

"Think Pink" merchandise available for sale at the Jennifer Montgomery
Breast Cancer Awareness (JMBCA) kickoff event on Wednesday, Oct. 2nd.
(Photo by me)

For the seventh consecutive year, the Athletics department at Adelphi University athletics is doing its part in the month of October with the Jennifer Montgomery Breast Cancer Awareness events.

The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has held Jennifer Montgomery Breast Cancer Awareness (JMBCA) month every October since 2007. The event is held in honor of Jennifer Montgomery, the wife of former Associate Athletic Director/Head Men's Soccer Coach Robert Montgomery, who was diagnosed with breast cancer and is now in remission.

Every October, the Adelphi community comes together to participate in a walk to kick off the event and raise money and awareness; in addition, raffle tickets, prizes and "Think Pink" t-shirts and merchandise are available for purchase in support of the cause. The department sells raffle tickets and merchandise for the entire month of October, as well as at select athletic events throughout the month; all prizes are donated by Adelphi's varsity athletic teams and other members of the Adelphi community.

Each club team is required to complete a community service event throughout the year. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, 15 members of the badminton team registered for the run/walk event held on the indoor track at the Center for Recreation and Sports. For a student registration fee of $5, each club member received this year's t-shirt in commemoration of the event and signed up to run or walk a measured distance on the track in 20 minute blocks.

"The breast cancer walk was such a powerful movement," junior Daylynn Wu said.

Badminton team members Ashley Worthey,
Jillian Peters, Danielle Medina and
Evelyn Rivera (l to r) show off their
t-shirts. (Photo credit: Daylynn Wu)

Wu currently serves as the club's secretary and co-captain.

"To see that many people come out and support was really touching. Seeing everyone [from the team] come and participate made me so happy. I hope we can continue to fight against cancer!" she added.

In addition, the team sent a smaller contingent to the main run/walk event, which was held as a part of Family Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 5.

All of the money raised during both events, and during all of the Breast Cancer Awareness events during the month of October, will go to support the Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Awareness Hotline and Support Service. Last year, athletics and campus recreation contributed $6,500 to the university-wide campaign that raised over $27,500.

You can find more information regarding the university's breast cancer awareness campaign for the month of October and the New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline on Adelphi's website. If you want to learn more about JMBCA, log on to http://aupanthers.com/ and underneath the "Support Athletics" tab, click on "Breast Cancer Awareness Month."