By Mark Huard
FAIRFIELD — Lawrence High School’s girls basketball teams held the second annual Box Out Cancer event Jan 29. The money raised at this event is donated to the Alfond Cancer Care Center. This starts off with the Lawrence girls Basketball Boosters group selling pink ribbons hung on the gym walls the night of the event.
On the night of the game, the cheerleaders and players from both Lawrence and Mt. Blue are given pink “Box out Cancer” shirts to be worn during warm-ups. These shirts were donated by Hometown Veterinary Care.
Additionally, the group sells 50/50 tickets, pink ribbons and T-shirts during the JV game and the start of the varsity game. This helps to raise more money for the cause. Participants said they are very excited to take part in an event that will help so many, noting it’s a way for the community to give back and help people out during a very trying time in their lives.
The committee tries to think of ways to make this process fun. The Shopping Cart Frenzy is a fun-for-all game played at halftime of the varsity game. Fans can purchase a bag of 3 tennis balls for $5. These balls are numbered and the fans’ names is written on a chart next to their ball number. At halftime, a volunteer teacher throws on a helmet and cruises around the gym as fans try to throw the tennis balls into the shopping cart. Number landing in the cart are awarded a locally-donated prize.
This year Lawrence girls basketball raised $1,300 for the Alfond Care Center. A member of the center comes to the game and is presented with a check. Many people have been impacted by cancer and the havoc it creates in families. This event is meant to give our youth and their families hope. It creates a way to come together and fight this horrible disease.
PHOTO: Brooke Lambert, Keegan Alley and Savannah Weston lead the Lawrence girls basketball team onto the court for their Box-Out Cancer Fundraiser. (Missy Brown/Central Maine Photography photo)
