FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Athletes holding pink balloons wiped tears from their eyes as breast cancer fighters and survivors in the community walked across the Fair Lawn High School soccer field.
Fair Lawn soccer players wipe tears from their eyes as they walk survivor Bearn Vargas across the field at the ceremony Thursday.
Photo Credit: Cecilia LevineAthletes prepare to honor loved ones.
Photo Credit: Cecilia LevineCoach John VanSoest made pink corner flags for the Breast Cancer Awareness game.
Photo Credit: Cecilia LevineAthletes pose before the ceremony.
Photo Credit: Donna TaylorThe VanSoests take the field.
Photo Credit: Donna TaylorCoach John VanSoest accompanies his mom, Nancy, and aunt, Joan, down the field with his two sons.
Photo Credit: Cecilia LevineThe athletes formed a ribbon on the field before...
Photo Credit: Donna TaylorLetting go.
Photo Credit: Cecilia LevineJoan and the coach embrace following the ceremony.
Photo Credit: Cecilia LevineVanSoest and his mother.
Photo Credit: Cecilia LevineLast to walk at the inaugural Thursday ceremony launched by coach John VanSoest were his mother, Nancy VanSoest of Totowa, and aunt, Joan VanSoest of Parsippany, alongside him and his two sons.
"They’re fighters," the coach said of all of the survivors who walked the field, including Fair Lawn mom Bearn Vargas, this year's Santa Boone recipient.
"They deserve to be recognized."
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