SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's volleyball team's sixth annual “Dig for the Cure” event Oct. 12, 2011 raised $1,300 for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization, Rock assistant coach Erin Street announced this week.
With the proceeds from the 2011 event, which was co-sponsored by the Butler Health System and Microtel Inn & Suites in Grove City, SRU-hosted Dig for the Cure events have now raised more than $20,000 for breast cancer awareness projects.
Proceeds were generated through direct free-will donations and pledges for each dig recorded by a Rock student-athlete in the match vs. Wheeling Jesuit University, as well as from the sale of Dig for the Cure apparel.
The Dig for the Cure event holds a special place in the hearts of Rock volleyball student-athletes, Street said.
“We take great pride in being able to help the Komen organization because our program has had several players over the years who have been impacted directly by breast cancer,” Street said. “One of our current players has an aunt who is currently in remission and a few players from years past have had their mothers diagnosed with the disease.
“The team has seen how this disease impacts their teammates and themselves and they have been a support system for one another through any and all tough times,” Street added. “As prevalent as breast cancer is at this time, our athletes know how important it is to take notice and to take action as females.”
The “Dig for the Cure” project was founded in 2003 at University of North Carolina-Charlotte Head Volleyball Coach Lisa Marston after her mother was diagnosed with the disease.
