Group gathers to fight cancer The Courier, July 10 Posted:07/12/08
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A new group has emerged in the fight against cancer in the county and supporters can be recognized by a simple slogan on a T-shirt: "Save The Boobs."
The Next Generation Foundation's (NGF) mission is to inspire young men and women to become involved with philanthropic endeavors by raising awareness, fundraising or educating themselves on cancer.
"It got started by just throwing something in the air and hoping it works out and it is actually working," NGF President Deanna Fumando said.
One way the group has reached out to youth is through a peer leadership program at Middletown High School North, she explained.
Recently, NFG awarded three $1,500 scholarships at the high school in hopes of creating a pay-it-forward effect, Fumando said. The idea is to inspire the young people to follow NFG's example in the fight against cancer.
The hope is for the scholarship program to be added to other schools until NFG is influential across the county, Fumando said.
NFG also funds mammograms and donates money to further medical equipment to treat and identify cancer, she said.
However, the group initiated in its goal to participate in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in a different city each year. This year a group of 33 women will be participating in the walk in New York City from Oct. 4 to Oct. 5, the president said.
The not-for-profit organization has raised $170,000 since 2006 and hopes to add another $100,000 this year, Fumando said.
NFG will hold its fourth annual Save The Boobs fundraiser on Saturday, July 12 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Mad Hatter, Sea Bright.
A percentage of the sales from that night will be donated to the group as well as any proceeds from the raffle, dunk tank or merchandise sales, Fumando said.
