photo courtesy of Edd Cote
They might be competitors on the volleyball court, but athletes at Blackstone Valley Tech and several area schools have once again teamed up to serve a great cause.
This Labor Day weekend, the girls volleyball programs at Valley Tech, Blackstone-Millville, Sutton, Millbury, Bethany Christian, and Whitinsville Christian schools turned their annual exhibition jamboree into a benefit event for a local family. Funds raised by each team and proceeds from bake sales were pooled together to make a donation of $1,125 to help offset the costs of a pending kidney transplant for 12-year-old Megan Bernard of Millbury.
The donation was officially presented to the Bernard family at a September girls volleyball match between BVT and Millbury. Seen here presenting the donation to the Bernard family along with Millbury volleyball players and coach Mike McKeon are (left to right): BVT Dental Assisting senior Olivia Bianco of Uxbridge, Multimedia Communications senior Emma Helstrom of Douglas, Culinary Arts senior Rebecca Rose of Millbury; and BVT girls volleyball coach Barbara King.
Later this month, the Valley Tech and Millbury volleyball programs will also carry on their annual tradition of holding a “Dig Pink” match to benefit breast cancer awareness. This year’s “Dig Pink” matchup is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on October 21, 2015, at Valley Tech, with ticket and t-shirt proceeds benefiting the Side-Out Foundation’s mission of raising breast cancer awareness through athletics.
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