Number of Participants: 20
Hours Donated: 6
Value of Time Served: $1,014
Event Type: Health & Medicine
Sport: Field Hockey
Date: October 10, 2022
Location:
Hudson High School
Brigham Street, Hudson
MA
About:
Every year my team wants to do a Pink Game in October. And every year I ask them to make it about more than simply wearing a pink ribbon in their braids – they’ve got to take part in some kind of action that makes the game about more than just breast cancer awareness.
We typically do a bake sale and send the proceeds to the UMASS Memorial Cancer Center at Marlborough Hospital – it’s not necessarily a dedicated breast cancer facility, but I think the local connection makes the donation feel more real. This year, instead of selling individual baked goods, we had baked goods available and suggested that fans at our game make a cash donation. We also posted a QR code with a link to the Cancer Center’s donation page.
Also every year we have a practice that ends with a campus clean-up. The girls split up, put on some gloves and grab a trash bag, and head to a different area of our grounds.