John Cooper’s Dig Pink efforts seek to spike previous records

THE WOODLANDS – The John Cooper School volleyball team is once again pairing up with the Side-Out Foundation/Dig Pink® to help raise money to fight breast cancer. The 2014 volleyball team raised over $15,100 for breast cancer research, ranking them the #3 high school in the country for amount of funds raised and #1 in Texas for the third consecutive year. The 2015 team hopes the amount raised for this important cause will spike even higher. The Fifth Annual “Pink Week,” includes a week of activities for all students during the week of October 5-9 in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Students are encouraged to purchase Dig Pink t-shirts to wear during special “dress down days” and at the "Dig Pink®” games against Concordia Lutheran on Friday, October 9. There will be pre-game activities for all ages at 5 p.m. prior to the spirit-filled games that will begin at 6 p.m. in the Middle/Upper School Gym.

Last year, the efforts and generosity of many individuals and organizations allowed us to not only achieve our goal but surpass it by a huge margin, to support this tremendous cause,” said Cooper’s Athletic Director Mike Cooper. “The team is very excited to part of another Dig Pink campaign. Funds raised will go toward a clinical trial specifically for patients with stage 4 breast cancer, the most advanced form of the disease and the least funded area of research.”

The Side-Out Foundation is an organization that coordinates fundraising events for volleyball. For more information or to make a donation, please visit the team’s webpage. The John Cooper School is a PK-12 independent, college preparatory school.