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Westies Nutrition Supports Breast Cancer Scholarship Fund

The money will benefit the scholarship fund in honor of Susan Ruickoldt, a third-grade teacher who died of breast cancer in 1997.

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The fund was founded in March 2003 to raise breast cancer awareness in honor of Susan Ruickoldt, who taught third grade at Savin Rock Community School before dying of breast cancer in 1997.
The fund was founded in March 2003 to raise breast cancer awareness in honor of Susan Ruickoldt, who taught third grade at Savin Rock Community School before dying of breast cancer in 1997. (City Photo/Stephanie Maddern)

WEST HAVEN, CT — (Pictured): West Haven Breast Cancer Awareness Program Chairwoman Beth Sabo, center, receives a $266 check for the program’s Susan A. Ruickoldt Scholarship Fund from co-owners Amanda Forst, left, and Mandy Hutchinson of Westies Nutrition at 153 Sawmill Road on Thursday.

The fund was founded in March 2003 to raise breast cancer awareness in honor of Ruickoldt, who taught third grade at Savin Rock Community School before dying of breast cancer in 1997.

Each spring since 2003, scholarship organizers have awarded $2,000 in Ruickoldt’s memory to a female high school senior from West Haven who plans to continue her education.

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