Four more FHS Pink Out senior shave guys speak
Stephanie Thompson, a volunteer for the American Cancer Society and a Farragut High School booster, started Pink Out at FHS as part of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, in memory of her late sister, Ashley Slagle Roback (FHS Class of 2000) in 2018.
One year later, Thompson started the tradition where a handful of FHS senior boys annually volunteer to collectively raise money, this year at least $10,000, for the American Cancer Society. If they succeed, they all agree to have their heads shaved during the third quarter of an October FHS football game.
What follows are various quotes from four of the 13 male seniors who will have their heads shaved during the third quarter of FHS Pink Out Night in Eddie Courtney Stadium, as the Admirals varsity team hosts rival Hardin Valley Academy Friday, Oct 25. (Five of the other eight were quoted on page 6B in last week’s Oct. 16 issue). Simply put, why are you doing this?
• Trey Slagle is Ashley’s son: “I wanted to spread awareness; cancer affects everybody. Everybody showing support and making it a big thing really means a lot to me. I thank all my friends.”
• William Dodson: dating back to the eighth-grade, “back then I always knew I was going to do this for Trey — and that’s kind of my plan.”
• Zach Locke: “I’m really doing this because one of my friends, his mom also has been through it, so that gave me a good reason to do this. Ever since my freshman year I’ve wanted to do this.”
• Parker Akins: “I thought, ‘since so many people are impacted by this, I thought it would be a great and fun way to get the community involved in it.”
Yet another part of this October effort, Thompson makes and sells T-shirts for $10 each — from which $4.50 goes to American Cancer Society. “Over the last seven years, there have been more than 4,000 pink shirts sold,” she said.
