Philadelphia Wings and Avon Grove Cancer Society
Fight Cancer through Jersey Auction Fundraiser Feb. 12
The Philadelphia Wings and the Avon Grove Cancer Society from Avon Grove High School have teamed up to do a second game-worn jersey auction fund-raiser this year to help fight cancer. The auction will follow the Feb. 12, 4 p.m. game against the Buffalo Bandits.
Last year, the Wings partnered with Avon Grove’s Rock the Cure group to do a jersey auction, which raised $11,836.50 for Rock the Cure/the Four Diamonds Fund.
This year, the Wings will auction jerseys that will feature the colors teal (representing ovarian cancer) and pearl (representing lung cancer). The jerseys are in memory of Joyce Perry and Cara Serpico, both of whom were longtime employees of Avon Grove School District.
Also, for the first time ever, the Philadelphia Wings are using Twitter names on the back of the jerseys. Use of the twitter handles on the jerseys has received national press coverage.
The money raised at this year’s Wings jersey auction will go to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.
Please see the following link for a rendering of the jerseys and more information: http://www.wingslax.com/article/73609
In conjunction with the jersey auction, the Avon Grove Cancer Society is selling 300 tickets to the Philadelphia Wings vs. Buffalo Bandits game scheduled Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 4 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Center. The tickets are $15 each. There are no refunds or exchanges.
Please contact teacher Tracey Happold-Brown (happoldbrown@avongrove.org) or teacher Casey Rurode (crurode@avongrove.org) for more information.
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Posted:
January 5, 2012 11:42 AM
