Originally published at Orange County Catholic

ST. JULIANA FALCONIERI students worked hard collecting funds to distribute to St. Jude’s Hospital in Fullerton during the month of October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

DR. MANUEL GONZALES JR., PRINCIPAL OF ST. JULIANA FALCONIERI CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN FULLERTON, TALKS TO THE KIDS DURING AN ASSEMBLY ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL RAISING $3,231 FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH BEFORE PRESENTING THE CHECK TO PROVIDENCE ST. JUDE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION. PHOTOS BY STEVE GEORGES/DIOCESE OF ORANGE

Pink shirts were sold to students at the school to help raise funds. These shirts can be worn on specific school days throughout the school year. A few parents who work at St. Jude Hospital helped coordinate this amazing service project.

REV. MICHAEL PONTARELLI, O.S.M. , PASTOR OF ST. JULIANA CATHOLIC CHURCH, ADDRESSES STUDENTS DURING AN ASSEMBLY WHERE THE SCHOOL DONATED A CHECK TO FOR $3,231 TO PROVIDENCE ST. JUDE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.

The school is very grateful to the parents at St. Juliana School and the staff at the hospital for coordinating this schoolwide effort to raise funds for breast cancer awareness. During morning assembly on Nov. 18, the school presented a check to St. Jude’s Hospital in the amount of $3,281. The school’s principal, Dr.

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