Student Athlete Advisory Committee's and teams from across the Empire 8 Athletic Conference participated in various promotional activities throughout the fall season, primarly the month of October, to raise awareness and fund for Breast Cancer research in their local areas.
A total of $11,317 dollars was raised by Empire 8 student-athletes.
PHOTO GALLERY
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Institution |
Date |
Event |
Sponsored Organization |
Money Raised |
|
Alfred University |
Month of October |
Pink Out games for fall teams. Sold pink hair strands ($200), T-shirts sold ($2500). |
Susan G. Komen for the Cure |
$2700 |
|
Elmira College |
Oct. 17 |
Volleyball v Penn College
Raffle items, selling pink ribbons and bracelets and donating gate money |
Local Southern Tier Group |
$273 |
|
|
Oct. 20 |
Kick it to Cancer
Women's Soccer v Houghton
Wearing pink jerseys. Selling pink items and collecting donations. |
Twin Tiers Komen for the Cure |
$400 |
|
Hartwick College |
Month of October |
Fundraising at all Code Blue Events |
Susan G Komen |
$581 |
|
Houghton College |
Oct. 6 |
Selling T-shirts, pink cotton candy and pink ribbon cookies and collecting donations. Teams will wear pink to show support. |
Allegany County Cancer Services |
$710 |
|
Ithaca College |
Oct. 13 |
Softball team participated in Walkathon & 5K run. |
Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes |
$3000 |
|
Nazareth College |
Sept. 8 |
Golden Challenge: women's soccer game v Brockport
|
Wilmot Cancer Center for breast cancer research |
$1500 |
|
|
Oct. 13 |
50/50 raffle at all home games on Oct. 13 including a swim meet, volleyball tournament, field hockey and mens & women's soccer games. |
Wilmot Cancer Center for breast cancer |
$442 |
|
St. John Fisher College |
Saturday, Oct. 20 |
Men's Soccer v Stevens at 12pm
Football v Ithaca at 4pm
Pie in the face - $5 per pie
Selling Pink Ribbons and collecting spare change around campus. |
American Cancer Society in honor of a former SJFC athlete who battled breast cancer. |
$708 |
|
Stevens Institute of Techonology |
Friday, Oct. 12 |
Students were given a Stevens SAAC pink t-shirt that stated “26 sports = 1 sport” and wore on campus for our PINK OUT day.
For any donation students were given a pink wristlet as well. |
Susan G. Komen |
$25 |
|
Utica College |
Oct 20-21 and Oct 27 |
Volleyball Cross Over Weekend (DIG PINK)
Bake sale, 50/50 raffle, Basket raffle, selling cotton candy and popcorn
50/50 raffle at Football game v Alfred 2pm |
Sideout Foundation |
$978 |