Deacons Participate in 'Pump Up For Piccolo'
4/27/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football
On Wednesday, April 27, members of the Wake Forest football and volleyball teams participated with the men of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and other WFU fraternities, sororities and student organizations to compete in a weight lifting and strength event to raise money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research 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 start who died of cancer at the young 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 raise (over $2 million for 35 years). The monies raised are donated to the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University. In this, the 19th year, the “Pump Up For Piccolo” event alone has set a goal of $3,000 in the fight against cancer.