Wednesday, October 5th was the Volley For Hope at Western high school. A fundraiser to raise money and awareness for breast cancer, Western raised over $2,000 for Henry Ford Allegiance woman's Health Center, winning every volleyball game, raffles and much more brought our community together.
"We wanted to make sure it was a special event for the survivors and the people that are suffering and struggling with cancer right now. So we had free Tshirts for them, we had flowers for them, we had a moment of silence for those that were lost. We also had people stand up who were suffering. It was nice to see what we were doing contributed to them and helping them," said Mrs. Pack, a volleyball coach at western.
On the day leading up to Volley for Hope, the halls of the school were riddled with pink. Students and players decked out in pink outfits, hair, and facepaint.
The money was raised by collecting donations, selling wristbands, headbands and more. The event was successful in raising money and giving back to the community as well.
"We had raffles outside, so people could buy tickets and put them in the baskets. We had gift cards available, coolers with Michigan state volleyball tickets, blankets, pizza gift cards. We had all these different prizes that people could win. We also had places set up so people could take pictures and hashtag the event. We had 50/50 raffles. So that was all going on in between the games," said Mrs pack.
There was success all around. The teams, the hospitals, and with the turnout of volunteers. Countless parents, teachers, coaches and more helped out.
"We had a lot of parents and volunteers and the teams helped a lot, it was very successful in terms of volunteers, it was very successful in terms of wins for all 3 teams. But most successful for breast cancer and the Henry ford allegiance woman's health center. We raised around 2,000 dollars to support the, (the totals still being calculated) so that's awesome, very successful," said Mrs. Pack.
"Our role as coaches was to organize everything. Our girls had to get donations, raffle prizes, setting up, coaching the game and then making sure things are running smoothly. We had a lot of great parent volunteers that were helping. They took charge of the organizing and flow while we were coaching," said Mrs. Pack.
Mrs. Clawson, Kelley Mulnix, parent volunteers, our players, Mr. Hackworth, Mrs. Basset, Mrs. McCarrol are also credited for helping organize the event.
Westerns Volleyball Players always play hard. But on the night of volley for hope, the cause effected their playing.
"It was a big crowd, so that definitely changed the atmosphere in the gym. It was also all decorated and all pink. Even the other team coming in, we're kind of impressed with what the gym looked like. I think it just made it a community feel that the whole student section was there, a lot of people wearing the same Tshirts. It just felt like we brought everyone together. So they played really well because of that. We also had posters around that people were playing in honor or memory of someone who had suffered," said Mrs. Pack.
The students and players had a good time at the game as well.
"Really fun, I love how into it everyone was. I'm glad we won," said Anna Rauch.
"We won, all our teams won. The varsity game was really exciting because (the score) kept going back and forth," said Ethan Dillay.
Overall, Volley for Hope was a great fundraising event for breast cancer and raised both money and awareness for the Henry ford allegiance women's health center.
-By Sophia Wood
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