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Pine Creek urges all to ‘Think Pink’
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By Ryan Boldrey
On Jan. 15 the Pine Creek High School boys and girls basketball teams will be hosting a “Creek vs. Cancer” event when the two teams play host to Sand Creek High School.
Beginning with a pair of junior varsity games starting at 3:30 p.m., there will be a silent auction outside of the gym to raise money for cancer research. The auction will run through both junior varsity games, the girls varsity game, which begins at 6:30 p.m., and up until either the conclusion of halftime or the third quarter of the boys varsity game, which begins at 8 p.m.
Some of the items that have been donated for auction include an autographed Carmelo Anthony jersey, a basketball signed by Nuggets players and coaches, lower bowl tickets to three different upcoming Nuggets games, courtside tickets for an Air Force basketball game, a signed Todd Helton baseball, a night’s stay at the Hampton Inn in Colorado Springs, a free chiropractic exam and some Pampered Chef items.
Players from both the boys and girls teams will also be auctioned off for service projects such as babysitting, snow removal or yard work.
Girls head basketball coach Kelley Stewart is encouraging all fans to show up in pink to represent the fight against breast cancer, and for those that do not own a pink T-shirt or forget, there will also be pink “Creek vs. Cancer” T-shirts available at the door for $5, with all proceeds going directly to the Komen Foundation for breast cancer research.
Boys coach Dick Castle said that he and Stewart came up with the idea as a chance to do something different that would make a difference in the community and to get the kids involved as well.
“Everybody is always raising money in one way or another for their teams, and we do that too, but we figured it would be nice to do something to give back to the community and do something that would raise money for a worthy cause,” Castle said.
Stewart, when watching a WNBA game, also got the idea of wearing pink jerseys to make a statement in support of breast cancer research and the girls will be donning pink jerseys for three consecutive home games, Jan. 13, 15 and 17.
Twenty-five percent of the gate from all three nights will go to cancer research and the proceeds of the silent auction will be split between the Komen Foundation and Coaches vs. Cancer, to which Castle elected to donate.
According to Stewart, there will also be little pink inflatable basketballs for sale in the lobby, which for $1 people can write “in honor of” or “in memory of” someone they know who has been stricken by the disease.
“It’s something that has touched almost everybody in one way or another,” Stewart said of breast cancer. “So many women have been affected by it, including a couple students whose families have been touched… and I thought being a women’s sports team and that it is something that has affected women so much it would be a good thing to do.”
Beginning with a pair of junior varsity games starting at 3:30 p.m., there will be a silent auction outside of the gym to raise money for cancer research. The auction will run through both junior varsity games, the girls varsity game, which begins at 6:30 p.m., and up until either the conclusion of halftime or the third quarter of the boys varsity game, which begins at 8 p.m.
Some of the items that have been donated for auction include an autographed Carmelo Anthony jersey, a basketball signed by Nuggets players and coaches, lower bowl tickets to three different upcoming Nuggets games, courtside tickets for an Air Force basketball game, a signed Todd Helton baseball, a night’s stay at the Hampton Inn in Colorado Springs, a free chiropractic exam and some Pampered Chef items.
Players from both the boys and girls teams will also be auctioned off for service projects such as babysitting, snow removal or yard work.
Girls head basketball coach Kelley Stewart is encouraging all fans to show up in pink to represent the fight against breast cancer, and for those that do not own a pink T-shirt or forget, there will also be pink “Creek vs. Cancer” T-shirts available at the door for $5, with all proceeds going directly to the Komen Foundation for breast cancer research.
Boys coach Dick Castle said that he and Stewart came up with the idea as a chance to do something different that would make a difference in the community and to get the kids involved as well.
“Everybody is always raising money in one way or another for their teams, and we do that too, but we figured it would be nice to do something to give back to the community and do something that would raise money for a worthy cause,” Castle said.
Stewart, when watching a WNBA game, also got the idea of wearing pink jerseys to make a statement in support of breast cancer research and the girls will be donning pink jerseys for three consecutive home games, Jan. 13, 15 and 17.
Twenty-five percent of the gate from all three nights will go to cancer research and the proceeds of the silent auction will be split between the Komen Foundation and Coaches vs. Cancer, to which Castle elected to donate.
According to Stewart, there will also be little pink inflatable basketballs for sale in the lobby, which for $1 people can write “in honor of” or “in memory of” someone they know who has been stricken by the disease.
“It’s something that has touched almost everybody in one way or another,” Stewart said of breast cancer. “So many women have been affected by it, including a couple students whose families have been touched… and I thought being a women’s sports team and that it is something that has affected women so much it would be a good thing to do.”
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