Here is Brooke Strobino at an award ceremony for the winners of a March Madness essay competition held in the state of Connecticut. Brooke was the winner for her grade. She had written an essay about breast cancer and how it affected her, in her life with and without her grandmother. She asked that her winnings ($600 combined with the schools Grand prize winner) be donated to the “Susan G. Komen for the Cure” foundation! It was announced that the contibution of this money would allow five needy women in Connecticut to afford mammographies that they might not have receivedotherwise! YAY, BROOKE!!