Wake Forest Athletics
Pump Up For Piccolo Scheduled for April 25
4/25/2012 12:00:00 AM | Football
April 25, 2012
On Wednesday, April 25th, Coach Jim Grobe and members of the Wake Forest Football Team will join with the men of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and other WFU fraternities and sororities to compete in a weight lifting and strength event to raise money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive.
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 $1.4 million for 32 years). The monies raised are donated to the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University. In this, its 15th 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, two fraternity members and a sorority member will compete against each other in a series of weight lifting and strength events. Prizes will be awarded to the "strongest" teams. Sororities will be competing among themselves in a strength/fitness event.
Student-athletes and Pi Kappa Alpha brothers will raise money for the Piccolo Cancer Drivethrough individual and business sponsorships of the competition. The Wake Forest Athletic Department is a proud sponsor of "Pump Up For Piccolo" to help find a cure for cancer.
For more information, contact Mike Ford, WFU Campus Life, at (336) 758-5921.
