Dynamo Dash Youth Club's 9th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign - New Caney
Dynamo Dash Youth Club's 9th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign - New Caney
Published: Dec 01, 2020, 11:30am
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Dynamo Dash Youth Club wrapped up its 9th annual Breast Cancer Awareness
campaign last weekend with a player education session at Lents Family
Park, while also recognizing the volunteers, parents, players and
coaching staff that made the program such a success during a challenging
year.
A check was presented for $10,000 to the Memorial Hermann
Foundation working alongside In The Pink of Health, which is
celebrating its 20th year of building awareness and raising funds for
breast cancer research. The program events were sponsored by Hunter
Family Orthodontics.
"The commitment of these young athletes
towards helping those struggling with ovarian and breast cancer is truly
amazing," said In the Pink of Health co-chairs Dee Gelsomini &
Debra Cooper. “Statistics show that many of these young women will be
faced with a loved one battling these diseases in their lifetime and it
is so encouraging to witness their compassion and support at such a
young age. We are all in this together and we are so grateful for this
continued partnership with the Houston Dynamo | Dash.”
“It is
such an honor and a privilege to be a part of the Breast Cancer
Awareness campaign with the Dynamo | Dash Youth Soccer Club,” said Dr.
Ross Hunter of Hunter Family Orthodontics. “They do a fantastic job of
raising awareness throughout the month of October in our community. My
mother is fortunately a breast cancer survivor, so it brings me great
joy to see all the pink shirts being worn by the athletes, knowing that
some of the proceeds go towards finding a cure!”
The fundraising
initiative began in 2012 to strengthen the Girls Academy by offsetting
annual program costs while also providing support for a local charity.
In addition to building great players, our club also aims to build great
people by teaching our Service core value through projects such as this
that raise awareness and donations for a worthy cause.
"The
breast cancer awareness campaign that Dash is a part of is important to
me because we are showing support to the many affected by breast
cancer,” said Girls Academy player Danielle Shannon. “We as a club want
to do our part and raise awareness to help find a cure."
"Breast
cancer affects so many people including members of our family, our club,
and our good friends,” said committee member and parent Trina Engels.
“I love that Dynamo | Dash young athletes are not only being taught to
be aware of the illness but how they can help and serve others through
their fundraising efforts. This year was especially hard for all
non-profit organizations and it is very satisfying to know how much
their efforts will be appreciated by so many women who can't afford
treatment."
The club would like to recognize all of our
internal committee members who helped our players make this program a
success: Yessenia Pirir (The Woodlands), Trina Engels (The Woodlands),
Michelle Gionnatti (The Woodlands), Fran Shannon (Kingwood), Darien
Morgan (South), Emily Faircloth (Beaumont) and Brooke Gemmell (graphic
design).
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