By: Stephanie Savage
Posted In: News
Photo credit: www.glennasfund.org
Newport, R.I. – By now most of us are familiar with the name Glenna Kohl; a 2005 Salve graduate who passed away in 2008 after a three-year battle with stage III melanoma. Kohl was only 26 years old.
While her story has touched so many lives, far too many college students continue to visit the tanning beds everyday despite its deadly consequence. In an effort to encourage people to stop tanning, the Salve Regina chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA), along with the university’s Student Nurse Organization (SNO), will be holding a Melanoma Awareness Night on Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2010 at 5 p.m. in Bazarsky Lecture Hall. As a special guest speaker, Courtney Caulfield from the Glenna Kohl Fund for Hope will be there to share her expertise as a health specialist. In addition to giving out door prizes, members of AMA will also be selling $10 raffle tickets with proceeds going to the Glenna Kohl Fund for Hope and a chance to win a $300 cash prize. Launched by her parents in 2008, the Glenna Kohl Fund for Hope is aimed at raising awareness about Melanoma and the importance of cancer screening and UV protection. Members of Salve’s Student Nurse Organization will also ask that attendees sign a pledge to stop using tanning beds. Following the presentation refreshments and a nacho bar will be available in the O’Hare Lobby. Just be sure to get there early, as the first 50 people to arrive will receive a free beach bag filled with sunscreens and other sun protection goodies, as well as information about skin safety! To find out more about the Glenna Kohl Fund for Hope visit her website at http://www.glennasfund.org/.
