Video: 2010 Pump Up For Piccolo
4/29/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
April 29, 2010
Watch Video of Pump Up For Piccolo
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Members of the Wake Forest football team joined with the men of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and other WFU fraternities to compete in a weight lifting and strength event to raise money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive on Wednesday.
To watch video of the event, click here.
The Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive was established by students in 1980 in memory of a great Wake Forest athlete/alum and Chicago Bear football star who died of cancer at the age of 26. The inaugural year of the drive brought in $3,500 and each successive year has seen increases in both community involvement and monies raised (over $1 million for 29 years).
The monies raised are donated to the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University. In this its 13th year, the Pump Up For Piccolo event has set a goal of $2,000 in the fight against cancer.
Ten teams comprised of two football players and two fraternity members competed against each other in a series of weight lifting and strength events. Prizes were awarded to the "strongest" teams.
Student-athletes and Pi Kappa Alpha brothers raised money for the Piccolo Cancer Drive through individual and business sponsorships of the competition. The Wake Forest Athletic Department is a proud sponsor of Pump Up For Piccolo.