High School Students Raise Funds, Awareness for Breast Cancer

PALM COAST, Fla., November 9, 2016 On Oct. 28, Flagler Palm Coast High School students, faculty and staff wore pink to show support for breast cancer awareness.

During October, the high schools Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club raised awareness and funds to support local breast cancer efforts.

The students made signs with different facts about breast cancer and posted them around the school. Additionally, they raised $500 with a pumpkin decorating contest, sold cookies, bracelets and shoelaces, as well as a silent auction this week.

I am proud of my FBLA students for their continued commitment to show their support for the Florida Hospital Flagler Foundations breast cancer awareness program, said Jodee Soltes, Flagler Palm Coast High School FBLA advisor and career and technical education teacher. I teach these business students the importance of giving back to the community in which we work and live in.

About Florida Hospital Flagler

Florida Hospital Flagler is a member of Adventist Health System, a faith-based health care organization with 46 hospital campuses and nearly 8,200 licensed beds in 10 states. With 99-beds, Florida Hospital Flagler is one of the six Florida Hospitals in Volusia and Flagler counties that composes the Florida Hospital East Florida Region. As the largest hospital system in the area, the Florida Hospital East Florida Region has 923 beds and more than 6,000 employees. With a mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ, the Florida Hospital East Florida Region collectively contributed nearly $120 million in benefits in 2015 to the underprivileged, the community's overall health and wellness and spiritual needs, and capital improvements.