North Penn girl’s volleyball teamed up with their counterparts from Methacton to take down breast cancer at their annual Dig Pink for Breast Cancer event on October 3.
$3 for students and $4 for others with all proceeds benefiting breast cancer research, this year’s event featured a 4-0 varsity squad in a game against Methacton, while a lively crowd, decked out in pink, cheered on.
“[Fan support] was fantastic. I wish they’d come out every night. That was great,” said head coach Brian Yost.
Senior Danielle Dungee, who was the event coordinator from North Penn raised the goal from last year when the first Breast Cancer fundraiser was held at Methacton: “We wanted to raise $2,500 because last year we got $2,100. So we wanted to up the ante a little bit, so hopefully we got that.”
“We tried to get as many people to help us out [as possible.] We got donors from Entenmanns, we got people from Arianna’s to donate gift cards, Distelfink Bakery donated cookies. It was really cool. We couldn’t have done it without them,” said Dungee about the great support they received during planning.
Key Club members also volunteered to sell raffle tickets for a silent auction of basket prizes, which was held after the end of the game.
“A lot of the parents [put the baskets together.] One basket, the seniors did with everything about breast cancer, so we all came together to do that,” said Dungee.
It was a hit with fans–they had nothing but great words to say about the fundraiser and the team.
“This is a very generous event. There was a lot of work put into this, and the outcome was great. I’ve never seen so many people at a North Penn Volleyball game before. Great job by the girls for supporting such an important cause,” said senior Brandon Rauch.
“It was so exciting. Seeing and cheering my friends and their teammates on was so fun. I’m pretty sure I won’t have a voice in the morning,” said senior Jena Auriemma.
Needless to say, all the hard work of Dungee, her teammates, and volunteers was worth it.
“I know people that suffer or survived breast cancer, so it’s really close to my heart,” said Dungee. “I loved doing it.”