UPDATED: Lexington Medical Center Wins Pink Glove Dance Contest

With about 15,000 votes, Lexington Medical Center has won the Pink Glove Dance Competition for the second year in a row.

Lexington Medical received 14,921 votes to win the grand prize of $10,000, which was donated to the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer.

The video also received more than 60,000 views on Youtube. 

Sue MacInnes, chief marketing officer for Medline — the contest sponsor, was on hand Friday to present the check to Lexington Medical Center. 

Catherine Hill, executive director of the Vera Bradley Foundation, was also present to receive the award. 

Hundreds of Lexington Medical employees, including those featured in the video, gathered for the special announcement. 

This year's video features about 1,000 Lexington Medical Center employees — with some being breast cancer survivors — dancing to Katy Perry's song “Part of Me."

The video follows the journey of nurse Amy Kinard of Lexington, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34. 

Kinard said participating in the production of the video and being able to share her story was a "tremendous experience."

Kinard was diagnosed after finding a lump during a self breast exam.

"It was just a tremendous experience getting to do it, to work with everybody and being able to share my story with other young survivors," Kindard said. 

"Being a five-year survivor, I hope that it was able to impact and inspire other survivors."

Mark Shealy, director of marketing at Lexington Medical and coordinator for the Pink Glove Dance, said what made the video special was that the focus stayed on the message of raising awareness for breast cancer. 

The dancing and music was secondary.

"I wanted to make sure we told a story in a creative and compelling way whose intention was to reach out to other breast cancer survivors and other cancer survivors," Shealy said. "[A story that] provided a sense of hope and encouragement."

"That they can see that others are walking in their shoes including the caregivers at our hospital."

In the video, viewers see images of Lexington Medical employees wearing pink gloves in the hospital and around the community – including Williams-Brice Stadium.

Cancer survivors wore pink T-shirts that said “Survivor from Day 1”, which was this year's theme.

The them notes the strength and courage of breast cancer patients from the time of their diagnosis, according to a release. 

This year, the hospital system competed against more than 260 health care organizations from across the United States and Canada. 

Medline, the medical supplies manurfacturing company that produces the pink gloves called "Generation Pink," donates a dollar for every case of pink gloves purchased to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.