WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT:
Volleyball to host Dig Pink National Breast Cancer Awareness
event
Rocky
Mount, NC
- This fall, hundreds of volleyball teams will be
participating in and/or hosting Dig Pink National Breast
Cancer Awareness events throughout the month of October.
Both high school and college teams from around the country
will be promoting breast health by raising funds to help
eradicate cancer. Head Coach Robin Pietryk is pleased to
announce that North Carolina Wesleyan has joined this
initiative by designating the Bishops' game versus Chowan
University as “Dig Pink” night in Everett Gymnasium.
Battling
Bishop players will show their support by wearing pink
shoelaces and using pink towels. Dig Pink attendees are
encouraged to wear pink in the stands and can contribute
monetarily to the cause by making donations in the Everett
Gymnasium lobby. Those who are unable to be in attendance
can make donations online site at
http://www.sideoutvolleyball.org/mainevent/minievent/NCWesleyanColle/.
The
proceeds from all donations will benefit the Side-Out
Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) located in the Washington
DC Metropolitan Area. Side-Out has raised hundreds of
thousands of dollars for Breast Cancer research nationally
through volleyball tournaments, clinics, and rallies. Funds
are currently devoted to targeted therapies and molecular
profiling.
Their
name underscores the purpose of the organization –
“Side-Out” in volleyball occurs when one team wins a point
while its opponent is serving, thereby regaining serve or
control of play. Likewise in the war against breast cancer,
the Side-Out Foundation will support health care
professionals in their pursuit of practical solutions for
women and men with this dreaded disease thus enabling those
affected to regain control of their lives and living them to
the fullest.
For more
information about the event, please contact Rikki Rich, NCWC
Sports Information Director at
rcrich@ncwc.edu or 252-985-5271.
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