Basketball Team’s Fundraising Effort Helps Give Back to Cancer Patients

Posted on January 23, 2018
Author Anita Goodan, WKVI

Thanks to the hard work of local basketball and cheerleading teams Starke County cancer patients will have some financial relief.

The North Judson-San Pierre basketball team, both boys and girls, and the cheerleading team sold pink t-shirts and chances to win pink, autographed basketballs in order to raise money for the effort.

The shirts and basketballs were sold on Dec. 30 during a boys and girls doubleheader. More than $1,000 was raised for the Christina Rotering and Ashley Derrickson Memorial Fund for Starke County Cancer. This donation allows the continuation of legacies of these students to help Starke County cancer patients with lessening the burden of bills.

The funds are within the Starke County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Northern Indiana Community Foundation. For more information, call Sarah Origer at the Starke County Community Foundation at 574-772-3665.