Wake Forest Athletics
Deacons To Dig For a Cure This Weekend
10/27/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 27, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - The Wake Forest volleyball team is proud to announce its fourth annual Susan G. Komen Dig for a Cure volleyball match, which will be this Friday night at 7 pm against Maryland.
In partnership with the North Carolina Triad Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the Wake Forest volleyball team will be soliciting donations from sponsors to either pledge money per dig recorded by the Deacons Friday night or make a flat donation to the cause. There will be a table setup in the lobby of Reynolds Gym for supporters to make donation, buy T-shirts or enter their names for a various number of raffle prizes.
The volleyball team has raised almost $35,000 for the Susan G. Komen fund in the previous three years. The Deacs recorded 67 digs in both 2006 and 2007, raising $12,067.05 in a three-set win over NC State in 2006 and $11,805.50 against Virginia Tech in 2007. The money raised in 2006 was the highest amount by any participating volleyball program in the country.
Last year, the team collected a total of 52 digs in a three-set sweep of Maryland on Oct. 25, raising almost $11,000. Megan Thornberry led the team with 15 digs on the night while Sally Fischer chipped in 12.
"We have had the privilege of working with the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the past few years with our Dig for the Cure match," said head volleyball coach Heather Kahl Holmes. "This disease has affected each and every one of us in one way or another. What an honor it is for our players to be able participate and to give something back for such an important cause."
The Deacons will also take on Boston College Saturday evening at 7 pm. All kids that come dressed in a Halloween costume will receive free admission to the match.
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.
A global leader in the fight against breast cancer, 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 $900 million for the fight against breast cancer.
For more information about breast health or breast cancer, visit the Foundation's award-winning Web site at www.komen.org or call the Foundation's National Toll-Free Breast Care Helpline at 1.800 I'M AWARE® (1.800.462.9273).
