A great thing about sports is the potential they have to do good things in a community. That is exactly what MC Knoll is doing as they begin their drive to sell 200 pink MC Knoll basketball t-shirts to support breast cancer research as part of their 2012-13 basketball season.
Coach Mark Schendel has been doing fundraisers for his basketball program the past two years via a shootathon pledge drive and this year decided to go the route of selling t-shirts with breast cancer research as the focus.
"Everyone knows a story of cancer affecting someone they know and one of the things I love about sports is that it teaches you life lessons and one of those is giving back," said Schendel. "We got 200 t-shirts printed off and will be selling them at fifteen dollars a piece with the costs of the shirts being covered by local businesses," explained Schendel who mentioned the t-shirts are not just for basketball fans, but for anyone who wants to donate and support a worthy cause in the community.
Another way to promote the campaign is Valentine's Day Battle of the Genders game where the MC Knoll Basketball team will play the YRHS Jr. Girls team at MC Knoll and there will be a "Pinkout" day to promote the t-shirts and breast cancer awareness. Donations and pledges can also be made to the MC Knoll Basketball program for those who want to further support the campaign.
D's Signs and Designs donated $1000, Schmidt Homes and Heartland Fuels each donated $500, as well as McDonald's and Fox FM who also donated $500 a piece to cover all of the costs of printing the shirts.
The slogan on the back of the t-shirt says "One Team. One Dream" something Schendel believes is fitting to the cause their program is fighting for in breast cancer research.
T-shirts and donations can be purchased from MC Knoll school for those who want to join MC Knoll's fight with breast cancer and support a local community project.
