Park Terrace “goes pink” and raises $600 for breast cancer awareness

During a “Pink Day” assembly on Wednesday Oct. 28, Park Terrace students and staff presented a $600 check to a representative from Mountain Valley Hospice of Gloversville in memory of the sister of a Boulevard Elementary School teacher who died Sept. 30 after a long battle with breast cancer.

When Terry Brindle died, her sister — third grade teacher Barbara Coupas — and other family members requested that in lieu of flowers, any donations be made to Mountain Valley Hospice.

Leading up to the assembly during the final week of October Park Terrace students and staff made donations to raise money in honor of Terry’s fight against cancer. During the assembly, everyone donned pink clothing and sat in the shape of a breast cancer awareness ribbon in the gymnasium.

Park Terrace has previously hosted the yearly Relay for Life event to raise money for cancer research, and Terry was an active participant for several years. Each Gloversville school has a Relay for Life team and spends the majority of the school year raising money for the springtime cancer walk, which not only raises money for cancer research, but awareness as well.