Thanks to all coaches, teams, schools and dedicated community members who have participated in the sixth annual IBCA initiative against cancer.
Your contributions to support the fight against cancer are much appreciated. As the e-Newsletter goes to press, with some schools not yet reporting, participating schools have reported raising $71,849 -- many schools through the American Cancer Society’s formal Coaches vs. Cancer program and some schools raising funds and donating to other cancer-related charities such as Susan G. Komen Foundation, the Sharon L. Bassett Foundation or other local hospitals or agencies.
This year’s efforts by Indiana coaches brings the six-year total of money raised to fight cancer to more than $680,446 through the 2013-14 season.
Those coaches who got their teams involved in the fight against cancer are teaching their players something more important than offense or defense. Coaches are teaching their players a skill that will carry on throughout their lives and into the communities where they will work and serve. Please continue to be a positive influence on the youth of our great state, and help them become productive citizens of tomorrow.
The following is a list of schools that have informed the IBCA and/or the American Cancer Society about their participation in an event to raise funds for cancer charities:
IBCA INITIATIVE AGAINST CANCER EVENTS
School – Amount raised (donated to American Cancer Society, unless noted)
Adams Central girls -- $325
Barr-Reeve boys -- $497
Batesville boys -- $297
Beech Grove boys -- $1,233
Bethany Christian boys -- $120
Bloomington North boys -- $164
Bloomington North girls -- $299
Bloomington South girls -- $1,208
Brownsburg boys -- $600
Brownstown Central girls -- $3,278 (donated to cancer center in Seymour)
Cardinal Ritter girls -- $175
Carmel boys -- $1,073
Cascade boys -- $143 (donated to former coach in their program who has cancer)
Clinton Prairie girls -- $280
Covenant Christian (Indianapolis) girls -- $256
Columbus North girls -- $3,320
Crown Point boys -- $1,500
Eastern Greene (boys, girls ?) -- $332
Eastern Hancock boys -- $587
Edgewood girls -- $337
Fairfield boys/girls -- $1,344 (donated to Susan G. Komen Foundation)
* Forest Park boys -- $1,133 (donated to Tecumseh H.S. senior who has cancer)
Forest Park girls -- $904
Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian girls -- $234 (donated to fan with leukemia)
Fort Wayne Concordia boys -- $1,185
Franklin Central girls -- $300
Hanover Central girls -- $375
Hauser boys -- $546
* Heritage Hills boys -- $1,622 (donated to Tecumseh H.S. senior who has cancer)
Highland girls -- $942
Jac-Cen-Del boys -- $320
Jasper boys -- $376
Kouts girls -- $849
Lakeland boys -- $1,000
Lanesville boys -- $1,208
Lebanon girls -- $1,500
Linton-Stockton boys -- $1,120
Loogootee boys -- $801
Madison boys -- $550
Marquette Catholic girls -- $80
Martinsville boys -- $500
Martinsville girls -- $1,100
Mooresville (boys, girls ?) -- $2,343
Mt. Vernon (Posey) girls -- $800
Munster girls -- $200
New Palestine boys -- $2,405
North Putnam (boys, girls ?) -- $109
Northeast Dubois boys -- $647
Oregon-Davis girls -- $750
Perry Meridian boys -- $3,280 (donated to PM staff member with cancer)
Rossville boys -- $1,500
Rushville boys/girls -- $699
SIAC schools -- $1,287
South Central (Elizabeth) boys -- $250
South Spencer -- $1,400
* Southridge boys -- $1,953
Southwestern (Shelby) girls -- $3,150
Tri girls -- $506
Triton Central girls -- $10,000 (donated to Sharon L. Bassett Foundation)
Union County boys/girls -- $317
* Tecumseh boys -- $800
Tri-West boys -- $811
Twin Lakes cheerleaders -- $750
Waldron boys -- $245
Whiteland boys -- $1,665
Wood Memorial boys -- $1,469
Zionsville girls -- $500 (Anna's Fund, a fund founded in memory of local girl who died from cancer)
* Forest Park, Heritage Hills, Southridge and Tecumseh boys combined to raise about $5,500 for a Tecumseh High School senior who has cancer ($1,133, $1,622, $1,953 and $800)
