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DSU Volleyball team supports hospice program
February 1, 2010
Members of the Dakota State University volleyball team were surprised at the success of their "Dig Pink" night.
DSU coach Amy Veenhof said that teams across the country participate in "Dig Pink" night, but most programs elect to send funds to the "Set Out Foundation."
This year, however, DSU's volleyball team passed on the $1,600 in proceeds to the Madison Community Hospital hospice program.
Team member Rachael Jensen said the local hospice program helped the spouse of someone within the university's athletic department.
"We wanted to keep it in the community," Jensen said. "I was surprised at how much we raised."
Student raised funds by seeking donations from local businesses, holding both a raffle and a silent auction, and selling pink T-shirts, pink suckers, pink lemonade and pink balloons. Pink flowers were given to people affected by breast cancer, and a breast cancer survivor was invited to serve the first serve of the game.
Tie-dyed warm-up shirts were also made for both the DSU and University of Sioux Falls teams.
"We did so many different activities," Veenhof said. "Everything we did was really successful."
Veenhof said that close to 50 Madison businesses contributed toward the team's fund-raising efforts in some way.
Picture above right - The Dakota State University volleyball team presents a $1,600 donation to the Madison Community Hospital hospice program from proceeds at the "Dig Pink" night. Hospice program representatives (front, left) Karen Logan and Lynn Landeen accepted the donation from (back, left) team member Erica Gall, coaches Amy Veenhof and Scott Ciukowski, and team members Stephanie Uher, Jenn Wepking, Ashley Schulte, Mollie Merriam, Margie Anthony, Shelby Tollefson, (front) Rachael Jensen, Stephanie Kruggel, Amy Pheneger, Katie Green and Tina Boldt (Photo by Elisa Sand)
Elisa Sand, Madison Daily Leader Reporter
