Glen Cove’s Connolly Elementary School looks to expand annual breast cancer walk-a-thon

Now in its 14th year, Connolly Elementary School is looking to expand the reach of its annual breast cancer walk-a-thon.  The event began more than a decade ago with Susan Stanco, who’s taught at Connolly for 26 years and serves as a co-adviser on the student council and said she was inspired to start the walk-a-thon after a librarian at the school was diagnosed with breast cancer. [caption id="attachment_378640" align="alignnone" width="700"] Students raise a banner of hope. (Glen Cove City School District)[/caption] “Since we've started, she's passed, but it was initiated because of her,” Stanco said. “Throughout the years, we've had several other colleagues become affected by it. So we just figured it would be a great way to join a community and help out those who needed it the most.” The walk-a-thon began as a small event for the librarian, with only students and the local community walking around the building, student council co-adviser Nancy Gorman said. Then, abou