Student Athlete Advisory Committee's and teams from across the Empire 8 Athletic Conference will participate in various promotional activities throughout the fall season, primarly the month of October, to raise awareness and funds for Cancer research in their local areas.
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Institution |
Date |
Event |
Sponsored Organization |
Money Raised |
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Alfred University |
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PINK 5k (like a color run but it's all pink ) run, selling PINK bracelets at football games and a baked goods sale. |
Susan G. Komen |
$640 |
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Elmira College |
Oct. 5 |
Kick it to Cancer
Women's Soccer v St. John Fisher
Wearing pink jerseys.
Selling baked goods, holding a silent auction and collecting donations. |
Susan G. Komen |
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Oct 22 |
Spike for Life Game (Volleyball v Cortland)
All gate money will be donated. There will be bracelets, ribbons, and baked goods for sale as well as a serving game for prizes. |
American Cancer Society |
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Hartwick College |
Oct. 24 |
Dig Pink Volleyball Tournament |
Sideout Foundation |
$645.18 |
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Month
of
Oct. |
Field Hockey Team |
Medical Oncology Research and Education Fund |
$1917 |
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Houghton College |
Oct. 5
Oct 25-26 |
Selling bracelets, ribbon pins and knit/fleece headbands.
Make your own bracelet with a donation, at a table.
Donation buckets will also be around campus. Dig Pink Volleyball Tournament.
Silent Auction |
Allegany County Cancer Services |
$819 |
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Oct 26 |
Field Hockey “play for a cure”, dedicating their game to a current players mother. |
National Foundation for Cancer Research |
$2100 |
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Ithaca College |
Oct 20 |
Field Hockey races in Cornell 5K (all donations from Sept 29 game). |
Lung Cancer Foundation |
$600 |
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Nazareth College |
Oct 18-19 |
Selling 50/50 raffle tickets at the home Swim Meet, field hockey game and women's soccer game. |
Wilmot Cancer Center |
$360 |
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St. John Fisher College |
Oct. 12 |
Pancreatic Cancer Soccer Game in memory of Mike McCabe, the late brother of our head women's coach Jill McCabe, who passed away from the disease in 2009. More Information |
Lustgarten Foundation |
$1500 |
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Oct 5. |
Sold t-shirts and bracelets at the Fisher field hockey vs. Washington and Jefferson game and the Fisher football vs. Frostburg State game. The committee also sold raffle tickets, selecting three participants who threw a football 15 yards into a target before the football game. |
American Cancer Society |
$1821 |
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Stevens Institute of Techonology |
Oct 9 |
Dunk your Coach!
Athletes and students will have a chance to dunk their coach for $1 a throw.
(All money raised is in honor of Stacy Norkus - mother of a WLAX player who passed away from breast cancer). |
Susan G. Komen |
$1200 |
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Utica College |
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Dig Pink Volleyball Tournament |
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Field Hockey Team
Perfect Fit supplies wigs and other things for women battling breast cancer. |
Perfect Fit Boutique |
$175 |
2012 Breast Cancer Events