Welcome to our new web site!

To give our readers a chance to experience all that our new website has to offer, we have made all content freely avaiable, through October 1, 2018.

During this time, print and digital subscribers will not need to log in to view our stories or e-editions.

Fayette raises more than $5k for Friebe family on Pink Out Night

Justin Addison, Editor/Publisher
Posted 1/28/25

Fayette High School raised more than $5,000 for Kathy Friebe at last week’s Pink Out Night held on Tuesday, January 21. She is currently battling thyroid cancer.

Pink Out Night was held in …

This item is available in full to subscribers.

Please log in to continue

E-mail
Password
Log in

Fayette raises more than $5k for Friebe family on Pink Out Night

Posted

Fayette High School raised more than $5,000 for Kathy Friebe at last week’s Pink Out Night held on Tuesday, January 21. She is currently battling thyroid cancer.

Pink Out Night was held in conjunction with that night’s high school home basketball games. Dozens of donated items auctioned off throughout the event raised $4,735. T-shirt sales pushed the total amount raised to more than $5,000.

Mrs. Friebe resides in the Springfield, Mo., area. She is the mother of Fayette High School boys’ basketball coach Brandon Friebe and Fayette Board of Education member Wes Friebe. Her grandson, Kaleb, is a starting senior for the Falcons.

Her thyroid was removed in December, and she has undergone an aggressive radiation treatment. Doctors are optimistic about her recent scans.

Mrs. Friebe and her husband, Larry, are from the Springfield area, where they still reside.

“The student council and the students here really wanted to do this for our family,” said Coach Friebe. “It’s been an incredible blessing to all of us. It really makes you feel loved and appreciated because they care about people in your family. We’re grateful for that.”

The funds raised will help to offset expenses related to treatment.

“Anyone who has ever battled with cancer knows there are a lot of accumulated expenses,” Coach Friebe added. “Travel expenses, doctor bills, being off work during treatment. The proceeds will go to those efforts.”

The first Pink Out was held at Mt. Lebanon High School in Western Pennsylvania to raise money for the Young Women’s Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation. It was invited by senior high school cheerleader Ellese Meyer to honor her mother, Terri, who passed away from breast cancer. Since then, schools across the nation have regularly held Pink Out events to raise money for various cancer-related causes.

Comments

No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here