Volleyball Digs for a Cure
For the third consecutive year, the Swarthmore volleyball team will join the other ten schools in the Centennial Conference in a fund-raising effort to fight breast cancer during the 2008 season.
Each of the participating schools designate one home volleyball match in October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to count each dig registered. Individual sponsors pledge money per dig earned by their team in the match, or can make a flat donation to the cause. The money raised by each team goes directly to Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC). In the last two years, the Centennial volleyball teams have raised over $13,000 in the fight against breast cancer.
Swarthmore has designated its October 11th match with the Dickinson Red Devils for counting digs. As of Sept. 18, the Garnet rank in the top-50 in the nation with 18.2 digs per set (second in the Centennial).
The Garnet volleyball team will also hold a skills clinic on October 12 in Tarble Pavilion in an effort to raise more funds to support the fight of breast cancer. The clinic starts at 10:00 a.m.--click here to download an informational PDF.
About LBBC: Based out of Haverford, Pa., LBBC assists women at all stages of diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Their mission includes offering specialized programs and services for the newly diagnosed, young women, women with advanced breast cancer, women at high risk for developing the disease, and African-American and Latina women. They also offer programs for caregivers and health care professionals to help them better meet the needs of women affected by breast cancer. To learn more, visit the LBBC web site.
The donations will be collected at the end of October and the total amount raised by the eleven schools will be announced at a check presentation during the Centennial Volleyball Championship on November 8, 2008. Thank you for joining us in the fight against breast cancer!
2008 Designated Match Dates:
October 4: Bryn Mawr, Johns Hopkins
October 9: Washington, Muhlenberg
October 11: Dickinson, Swarthmore
October 18: Haverford, Franklin & Marshall
October 22: Ursinus, McDaniel, Gettysburg