Canfield Students Raise $8K for Salem Regional Medical Center

SALEM, Ohio – The Canfield High School Teen Health & Medicine Society Club recently presented a check for $8,000 to Salem Regional Medical Center.

The club raised the funds, which will go toward Salem Regional’s breast cancer program, through its inaugural Pink Out Pickleball Tournament.

The effort was led by Nick Folsom and Hadley Moser, the president and vice president of the club. According to Heather Moser, Hadley’s mother, the club was looking for a way to give back to the community. Once the idea was proposed at a Canfield City Council meeting, it took off with immense support.

The club members were assigned businesses and groups to contact for sponsorships, and enough money was raised to give out $2,800 in prizes and still donate $8,000 to the hospital. The students organized the event and recorded all the donations.

“It became a lot bigger than Hadley and Nick expected,” Heather Moser said. “Just so many people from the school, our ADs and the kids – the club grew. … And the families supported it. It was phenomenal.”

She said people came from Pittsburgh and Columbus to play in the tournament.

The club intends to make the tournament fundraiser an annual event. Folsom and Moser recorded in a binder how they organized the fundraiser to provide a pathway for the club’s future leaders to continue the event long after they graduate. Heather Moser said both students are planning to go into the medical field after they graduate.

“Funds raised through the Pink Out Pickleball Tournament will be used to support breast cancer prevention and early detection through walk-in mammogram screenings at Salem Regional Medical Center’s ARC Medical Imaging facilities in Canfield and Columbiana,” said Amy Reed, director of development at Salem Regional. “We’re honored to be the recipients of the proceeds from this event.” 

Salem Regional is recognized for providing high-quality breast care by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, an accreditation program of the American College of Surgeons. It’s also recognized as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology.

The 3D mammogram technology at ARC Medical Imaging in Canfield and Columbiana is accredited by the American College of Radiology.

Pictured at top: In the middle row, from left, are Dr. Peter Apicella, SRMC chief radiologist and ARC medical director; Nick Folsom, Teen Health & Medicine Society Club president; Hadley Moser, club vice president; and Amy Reed, SRMC director of development. Also pictured are other club members.

Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.