Number of Participants: 23
Hours Donated: 10
Value of Time Served: $1,944
Event Amount Raised: $1,375
Event Type: Children & Youth
Sport: Girls Basketball
Date: January 25, 2024
Location:
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School
Cook Street, Billerica
MA
About:
Our Girl’s Basketball program wanted to get involved in supporting a charity that our players could relate to and St. Jude hits very close to home for a few of our players and their families. Our players, team parents, and JV coach, Katie McGinness, were so helpful and had tons of involvement in the fundraiser’s success. I’m excited to continue the event and hopefully increase the funds that we can give to St. Jude each year. As a coach working with high schoolers, I think it’s important to provide my players with knowledge and exposure to things greater than basketball. Being able to give to those who are less fortunate can be a real eye opener to how lucky many of us are.
Our players are still individually raising money for St. Jude through our online fundraiser team, but on Tuesday alone we raised $1375 through basket and 50/50 raffles, an enter to win knockout game at halftime, and monetary donations. — Coach Sam St.George, Shawsheen Girl’s Basketball Varsity Head Coach