Number of Participants: 17
Hours Donated: 400
Value of Time Served: $57,460
Event Amount Raised: $24,836
Event Type: Civic & Community
Sport: Girls Soccer
School: Cohoes High School
Date: October 21, 2022
Location:
1 Tiger Circle
Cohoes, NY
USA
About:
THE COHOES GIRLS’ SOCCER TEAM ONCE AGAIN SPEARHEADED THE “REAL KIDS WEAR PINK” CAMPAIGN IN THE ALBANY CAPITAL REGION.
STARTED IN 2017 BY A MEMBER OF THE VARSITY SOCCER TEAM- WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING KIDS INVOLVED IN RAISING FUNDS AND AWARENESS, THIS ANNUAL INITIATIVE WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY HAS NOW SPREAD NATIONWIDE! THE REAL KIDS WEAR PINK EXECUTIVE TEAM ARE ALL COHOES VARSITY SOCCER TEAM MEMBERS.
IN ADDITION, THE TEAM VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH VARIOUS FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR THE INITATIVE. INCLUDING HAVING A “PINK GAME” AND RUNNING A BOOTH AT THE MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER WALK. THIS YEAR THE RKWP TEAM RAISED $24,836 OF THE $60,000 COLLECTED.
CITY OF COHOES MAYOR WILLIAM KEELER AND NYS ASSEMBLYMAN JOHN MCDONALD PROCLAIMED OCTOBER 21ST AS “REAL KIDS WEAR PINK DAY.”
TO DATE, REAL KIDS WEAR PINK HAS RAISED OVER $250K FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO RAISING AWARENESS AND SUPPORT.