News Release
Local foundation benefits from Penn State Harrisburg student efforts
May 6, 2009
Boobies Ball chairman and Penn State Harrisburg Lion Ambassador
member Jennifer Imparato, third from left, presents a check for $1,521.81
to Leigh Hurst, founder of the Middletown-based Feel Your Boobies Foundation.
Also shown, left to right, are Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
Laurie Dobrosky, Lion Ambassador president John Beckett and
treasurer Michelle Farkas, and Lion Ambassador co-adviser Kristen Brannen.
A regional fight against breast cancer has received another financial boost from Penn State Harrisburg students.
For the fourth year in a row, the student Lion Ambassadors hosted a “Boobies Ball” with all proceeds going to the Middletown-based Feel Your Boobies Foundation founded by Leigh Hurst. This year’s event netted more than $1,500 for the charity and brings to nearly $6,000 the total raised in the four dances.
The foundation targets women under age 40 with breast cancer awareness efforts, Hurst points out. “That audience often doesn’t realize they are at risk for breast cancer and may not think of self-exams.”
Ball Chairman Jennifer Imparato says, “The Lion Ambassadors must complete a community service project each year and four years ago we chose the Feel Your Boobies Foundation. While the proceeds fund cancer awareness, it is equally important that the money stays right here in the Middletown community.”