A FLOOD of pink shirts, shorts, skirts and shoes washed through Cressy District High School as pupils showed their solidarity for breast cancer awareness.
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The school's primary student representative council and primary liaison leaders joined forces last month to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation.
The inaugural event was a result of the pupils' studies into breast cancer, according to advanced skills teacher Anna Goss.
"They had seen things on TV and asked more questions and did research," Mrs Goss said.
"When we talked about having breast cancer, someone had a grandmother who had it, and many knew of people who had it.
"Some are quite young, so it's hard to go into the ins and outs, but it certainly provided more information and opened communication about breast cancer awareness."
Mrs Goss said Cressy-based breast cancer nurse Marianne Smith visited the school to talk to the children and also judged their "dress pink" competition.
"She decided if anyone was game enough to wear their sister's pink shoes to school, they deserved to win," Mrs Goss said.
"She said a nurse not only cares for the patient with breast cancer, but for the family as well."
The pupils raised $410 for the foundation, which will help fund another breast cancer support nurse.