Shoot for the Cure back for sixth year
OTTAWA (CIS) – The CIS Women’s Basketball Coaches Association proudly announced Friday its fundraising initiative to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - and other related charities - is up and running for a sixth straight year.
The Shoot for the Cure campaign has proven an overwhelming success since it was launched in the fall of 2007 with over half a million dollars in donations ($512,394.58). For the first time last season, all CIS women’s basketball programs participated in the campaign.
At the 2012 CIS championship last March in Calgary, the WBCA presented a cheque for $98,706.92 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, while an additional $22,541.78 was amassed by schools that elected to donate their fundraised money to local or provincial organizations, bringing the 2011-12 Shoot for the Cure overall total to $121,248.70.
In the first four years of the initiative, the WBCA had presented cheques of $50,320.87, $81,512.96, $94,650.96 and $104,763.53 to the CBCF, with another $82,439.34 going to local organizations.
Once again this year, CIS schools will raise money through regular season games, non-conference matches, tournaments and special events.
The Bishop’s University Gaiters kick off the 2012-13 activities this weekend in Sherbrooke, Que., with their Reebok Shoot for the Cure tournament. The four-team competition runs from Friday to Sunday.
“We are excited to be back to do our part to fight this brutal disease,” says Jeff Speedy, University of New Brunswick head coach and Shoot for the Cure project manager. “It was great to push our total over half a million dollars last year and it was also great that for the first time, all CIS women’s basketball teams participated. The goal is to keep our level of support at 100% and do everything we can to raise awareness and money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.”
The 2012-13 Shoot for the Cure schedule is currently comprised of 45 events on 40 campuses across the country. More events will be announced over the next few weeks. A total of 44 universities compete in CIS women’s basketball.
The fundraising initiative was the brainchild of Rod Gilpin, the long-time bench boss of the Bishop’s women’s program now in his fifth season as head coach of the Gaiters’ men’s team.
SHOOT FOR THE CURE YEAR-BY-YEAR DONATIONS:
2011-2012: $121,248.70 ($98,706.92 to CBCF)
2010-2011: $143,596.25 ($104,763.53 to CBCF)
2009-2010: $104,715.80 ($94,650.96 to CBCF)
2008-2009: $92,512.96 ($81,512.96 to CBCF)
2007-2008: $50,320.87 ($50,320.87 to CBFC)
TOTAL: $512,394.58 ($429,955.24 to CBCF)
SHOOT FOR THE CURE 2012-2013 SCHEDULE:
Date – Time (all times local) - Host - Event
October
12-14 - Bishop’s Reebok Shoot for the Cure tournament
19-21 - Manitoba Shoot for the Cure tournament
November
1 18:15 Regina Regular season vs. Saskatchewan
2 18:00 Thompson Rivers Regular season vs. UNBC
3 18:00 UBC Regular season vs. Trinity Western
16 18:00 Waterloo Regular season vs. Ryerson
16 18:00 Alberta Regular season vs. Lethbridge
17 18:00 Waterloo Regular season vs. Toronto
17 18:00 Alberta Regular season vs. Lethbridge
23 18:00 Carleton Regular season vs. Lakehead
24 17:00 Trinity Western Regular season vs. Manitoba
30 18:00 Wilfrid Laurier Regular season vs. Ottawa
January
5 13:00 Western Regular season vs. Brock
10 17:00 Queen’s Regular season vs. York
11 18:00 Acadia Regular season vs. Dalhousie
12 12:00 McMaster Regular season vs. Western
12 16:00 UPEI Regular season vs. Saint Mary’s
12 17:00 UBC Okanagan Regular season vs. Lethbridge
19 18:00 Memorial Regular season vs. Dalhousie
19 18:00 York Regular season vs. Ryerson
19 18:00 Laurentian Regular season vs. Toronto
19 18:00 Lethbridge Regular season vs. Fraser Valley
19 18:15 Saskatchewan Regular season vs. Thompson Rivers
20 18:00 Memorial Regular season vs. Dalhousie
25 18:00 Dalhousie Regular season vs. UPEI
25 18:00 Ottawa Regular season vs. Laurentian
25 18:00 Winnipeg Regular season vs. Calgary
26 17:00 Fraser Valley Regular season vs. UNBC
26 18:00 Lakehead Regular season vs. Wilfrid Laurier
26 18:00 Toronto Regular season vs. Queen’s
February
1 18:00 Cape Breton Regular season vs. UPEI
1 18:00 UNB Regular season vs. Dalhousie
1 20:00 Calgary Regular season vs. Regina
2 15:00 Windsor Regular season vs. Brock
2 17:00 UQAM Regular season vs. Bishop’s
2 17:00 Calgary Regular season vs. Regina
7 18:00 St. Francis Xavier Regular season vs. Acadia
7 18:00 Laval Regular season vs. McGill
9 13:00 Guelph Regular season vs. Brock
9 17:00 Mount Royal Regular season vs. Victoria
15 18:00 Saint Mary’s Regular season vs. Dalhousie
15 18:00 Brandon Regular season vs. Regina
16 17:00 Brandon Regular season vs. Regina
16 17:00 Victoria Regular season vs. UBC
16 18:00 Ryerson Regular season vs. Toronto
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