PICTURED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
TOP ROW: COACH KIM CALKINS, KATE S, ANNA K, MCKENZIE E, KATEY R, CLAIRE J, KE`ALA L, MEGAN D & STEVE
BOTTOM ROW: GENEVA E, MEGAN B, RHIANNON H, CAITLIN L, MARIAH O, DARLENE FANUS, RYAN R, BIANCA L, MEREDITH T & JOCELYN B
I love it when I get reports like this one from Michelle Riley, manager of the Girls 96 Blue team.... Congratulations, girls. Well done!!
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As most of you may remember, in the fall, the team pulled together over the course of a weekend to put together a fundraising effort in honor of Coach Kim and her late sister, Lisa. As a result of their week long effort of selling baked goods, pink ribbon tattoos, friendship bracelets and shoelaces, the team raised over $700 with another couple hundred dollars in company matching funds! They decided to donate the money towards the Swedish Mobile Mammography Program
Last night before practice, Coach Kim and the team presented the check to Darlene Fanus, the Director of the Swedish Mobile Mammography Program. Not only did Darlene come in person to receive the check, she brought along one of the Breast Care Express Digital Mammography Clinics.
Yep, you read it correctly - the 18-wheeler rolled into Preston, driven by Steve (the father of a long time Seattle club soccer playing college aged daughter) just before 6:00pm. The team had a chance to go into the clinic, see the digital mammography technology, hear from Darlene why the program exists (one particularly memorable anecdote: the woman in Neah Bay area who requested a visit because her husband wouldn’t drive her to a medical facility to have a mammogram!), and most importantly, how early detection of breast cancer can help make it a survivable disease.
Darlene also brought the team some swag in the form of a cool water bottles, cupcakes (oh yes-their eyes lit up when they saw those!) and bottled Athena water. Oh - and if the team wants to plan on something for next October, with enough advanced notice, Darlene and Steve can come out to Preston to help with further fundraising efforts! You can see Darlene talk about the program here:
Personally, it was nice to see the girls recognized for their efforts and to hear that what they did makes a difference. Before the team came to the clinic, Darlene told me that when Kim called her, it was a call out of the blue and one they don’t get often and she just had to meet the team. Prior to leaving, she further told Coach Kim that this type of donation means quite a lot because it comes from the heart and wasn’t part of a large corporate campaign or a wealthy family making a large in the family name donation.
Quite frankly, Coach Kim and our girls ROCK!!
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