Athletes support Cure
Published: October 1, 2004
City run, C-USA volleyball promote fight against cancer.
Students looking to get involved in fund-raisers that benefit the cure for cancer research can join the cause, as spectators or as participants in athletic events for October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Saturday, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation is hosting a five-kilometer run in downtown Charlotte and is working with the Niners’ volleyball team in a match against Tulane on Oct. 23.
Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. in Founders Hall, and the race begins at 8 a.m. The starting line is at Tyron and Fourth Streets.
The event is open to teams and individuals.
Students who are unable to attend the race or who don’t want to wake up early Saturday morning can still support the cause by pledging and sleeping in for the cure.
It is the second year in a row the Niners’ volleyball team is spearheading an effort to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Through the “Dig for the Cure” program, the 49ers helped to raise nearly $3,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Charlotte affiliate last year. This year, Head Coach Lisa Marston and the 49ers have gotten 10 of the 14 Conference-USA volleyball programs involved in the effort. The program’s goal is $30,000 total, or $3,000 per school.
Each C-USA school has designated one home volleyball match in October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Individual sponsors can pledge money per dig earned by their team in the match. The money raised by each team will go directly to the Komen Foundation’s local affiliate in their community.
Charlotte’s “Dig for the Cure” match will be Oct. 23 vs. Tulane, at 7 p.m. in Halton Arena.
“My mother was a breast cancer survivor,” said Marston. “We started this program to honor breast cancer survivors around the world. Almost every person has been affected in some way by breast cancer, and so many people responded last year that we decided to expand it and get the rest of the Conference-USA schools involved. This is a great way to show that we care about our communities.”
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36.
Today, the Foundation is an international organization with a network of more than 75,000 volunteers working through local affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease.
The Foundation fulfills its mission through support of innovative breast cancer research grants, meritorious awards and educational, scientific and community outreach programs around the world. Together with its Affiliate Network, corporate partners and generous donors, the Komen Foundation has raised more than $740 million for the fight against breast cancer.
The cost of Saturday’s race is $35. Registering online at www.komencharlotte.org/race brings the cost down to $30.
For more information about breast health or breast cancer, visit the Foundation’s Web site at www.komen.org or call their Toll-Free Helpline at 1-800-IM-AWARE.
Anyone who is interested in pledging money or making a donation in the Niners’ “Dig for the Cure” can contact Marston via e-mail at ermarsto@email.uncc.edu.
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