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Pink flooded the halls of Riverview Elementary Thursday, as students dressed in all different shades of the pretty color.

Photo by Ashlee Kieler

Riverview Elementary School fifth-graders Cooper Kaife, left, Paul Giefer, Zach Snider and Mason Taulbee show their support for Breast Cancer Awareness on Thursday. The entire school participated in the day by wearing pink clothes, accessories or even hair dye.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Riverview's PTA Character Council asked students to wear pink.

The day coincided with the kindergarten's pink day. Each month the kindergarten class selects a day to wear a chosen color. October was designated Pink, said Lisa Bergeron, PTA president.

The council wanted to do something to highlight breast cancer awareness, a cause that is very dear to Bergeron's family. Her mother was diagnosed with the disease early in the year.

"We decided to tie in the color with the kindergarten color day that was already happening," she said. "Last week, I came and talked to the classes about wearing pink today (Thursday). I told then they could wear anything that was pink. It could be Silly Bandz or shirts."

The students took the color and ran with it. Many sporting shirts, but some going to the extreme.

Zach Snider, fifth-grader, wore a shirt, leggings under black shorts, nail polish and even sprayed his hair pink in honor of the day.

"We did it to make people aware of breast cancer," he said. "I had a lot of fun finding things to wear."

Mason Taulbee, fifth-grader, said it was a fun way to be active.

"I think we should do it for other causes, too," he said.

Bergeron said she was pleased with the number of students that participated in Pink Day.

"I've been to almost all the lunch periods so far this afternoon and there's only been about six or seven students that didn't have some type of pink on," she said.

Students who wore pink received a piece of candy during their lunch period.

"It's fun to see the kids involved," she said. "A lot of kids and families are impacted by breast cancer."

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