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“The event went really well,” Walsh said after the event. “We had a perfect day for the tournament which helped our turnout tremendously.” According to Walsh, 9 teams competed. Walsh had cited previously that their ultimate goal for this year’s event was to break their goal of earning $1,000, and after all the funds were totaled, it was just over $1,000! Walsh and the sorority were ecstatic. “The event exceeded our expectations,” Walsh said. “We expected a lot of people to come out and support but the amount that came out was more than we imagined!”

Previously, Walsh had explained that the t-shirt design was inspired by the philanthropy. The baseball player expertly ties the cause to the event with the added heartbeat feature in the design. “Everyone LOVED the shirts, we had people who weren’t even playing in the tournament asking to purchase the shirts!” Walsh said. “Both the baseball and softball teams liked the shirts and I have seen people already wearing them throughout campus, which is always a good sign!”

After such success, we had to ask Walsh about their plans for next year: “We do plan to host this event again as it is our annual spring philanthropy event. When hosting next year, it would be great to have a team from every organization on campus to allow us to have an even bigger turnout than this year!”

Congratulations, ladies! We’re so happy to have helped contribute to an amazing cause and we wish you the best of luck in your future philanthropy endeavors. Keep up the great work!

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Jennifer Walsh, a sophomore studying Speech Pathology at Elmhurst College, helped work with VarCity Apparel to help design shirts for their event. Walsh is one of the philanthropy chairs in Alpha Phi and is responsible for organizing and running events like Home Runs for Heart Health. “Last year was very successful, so we are hoping for an even better turn-out this year!” Walsh said, as Home Runs for Heart is in its second year.

With the aid of the Elmhurst College baseball and softball teams, each team will have about 10 players. Walsh explained that many organizations around Elmhurst College campus will be participating. All participants will receive free food for playing as well as the t-shirts designed by VarCity Apparel. Walsh cites the inspiration for the t-shirt design stemming from their philanthropy. The baseball player expertly ties the event with their philanthropy, as evidenced by the heartbeat feature. Walsh is confident the event will exceed expectations.

“Our goal for the event is to beat our profit of last year which was just under $1,000,” Walsh said, citing their advertising and marketing as a major confidence boost that the ladies will surpass their goal.

On Monday, April 18th, the ladies and the other teams will be hitting the field at Elmhurst College. Hopefully someone will hit a homer!

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Lincoln Middle School is located in Berwyn, IL, surrounded by several other middle schools within a 5-mile radius of one another. Each year, the middle-schoolers compete in school sports. The majority of the basketball season is during October, with two match-ups between schools per season. “The sports between the schools are very competitive and we thought the girls’ basketball teams would love wearing some sort of pink t-shirt jerseys while raising awareness for Breast Cancer for the game,” Mucha said.

Mucha explained the Breast Cancer Awareness Game started by asking their rival school Unity Junior High in Cicero if they wanted to have a Breast Cancer Game at each school. Each team would get to make their own t-shirts printed for the game. “For [Lincoln], our mascot is a Wildcat,” Mucha said when explaining the inspiration behind the printed t shirts. “We used the breast cancer logo for the “I” in LINCOLN and then we put a logo of a paw to dot the “I”,” Mucha said.

Mucha explained that the sale was opened up to the entire school community and all proceeds from the t-shirts were donated to breast cancer research. 3 years since picking up on the pink trend and the Breast Cancer Awareness game is in its third year. Four schools in Lincoln Middle School’s conference have bought the t-shirts and all wear them during the matches, according to Mucha. They have been switching the designs to keep things unique from year to year!

But the game has also evolved into a night of multiple activities. Admission is free with a purchase of a t-shirt, and donation jars are placed at entryways for direct donations. Mucha said they had attendance around 300 people (which is a lot for a middle school!) and had to make a large order of concessions to be sold by the Pep Club during the game. The team plays with pink basketballs, pink nets, with Breast Cancer logos, Breast Cancer Balloons, and student-made pink posters and banners all around the gymnasium to create “an electric atmosphere.”  The night features a 3-point shot contest, and anyone could enter for .50 cents. There were over 180 contestants and winners received a mini pink basketball with the Lincoln Wildcats logo. Before the real game begins, Lincoln Middle School’s choir comes out to sing the National Anthem.

During half-time of the first game, Mucha explained there was a half-court shot competition to win 2 Lexus Club Chicago Bulls Tickets, courtesy of VarCity Apparel. “After about 60 people shot and missed we had an eighth-grade boy who hit the shot and the crowd went nuts,” Mucha said. “[The students] actually picked him up like in the movie Rudy. It was such a great moment for him and for the game.”  At half-time of the second game, people shoot half-court again for the mini basketballs for $0.50.

“In the end, we raised over $1,700.00,” Mucha said.

At the conclusion of another successful year, Mucha says they want to continue making it an annual event. Not only that but getting all twelve teams in the school’s conference to participate in the event. Though the biggest goal for next year’s event is to bring in Breast Cancer survivors and “honor them at our game,” according to Mucha.

We’re excited to see what you guys do next year, Lincoln Wildcats! Keep up the amazing work you guys do to raise awareness on this potentially life-threatening disease. VarCity in Chicago provides t-shirt printing services for all occasions in the US.

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