How One Lacrosse Team Honors A Dad’s Fight Against Cancer
Event History
Last year, Rebecca Vozzo was working with Quinnipiac University as their Athletic Trainer for the men’s lacrosse team. Her dad had recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and she wanted to fight back in a way that would honor his struggle and ultimate survivorship. She turned to her team and together they created an awesome fundraising event that culminated in a massive event around the QU vs. Notre Dame game. Alone, QU raised over $16,000 in one day.
After three great years with her team, Rebecca recently made the move to work with men’s lacrosse at the University of Virginia. Ken Clausen, a senior defenseman for the Cavaliers, had an idea for his team to do a fundraiser benefiting cancer research. And not only UVA men’s lacrosse, but why not get all the schools’ lacrosse teams involved in a national event?
Rebecca and Ken turned once more to the team, and they were all for it… and they had this wacky idea about growing some funky facial hair. And thus, Men’s Lacrosse Mustache Madness was born.
Prostate Cancer Statistics
* 1 in 6 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
* Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America.
* A man is 35% more likely to develop prostate cancer than a woman is to develop breast cancer.
Every dollar raised by this event will go directly to funding prostate cancer research. Your donation is 100% tax deductible.
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Curious if you have a way for other men’s teams to join or if you have to be lacrosse affiliated? Men’s volleyball at Princeton is very interested!! Let me know how we can be a part of it all!!
Thanks,
Sam
Nice job.
Hey, Sam!
Yeah, I have a men’s hockey team that might want to join in, too… I say, join us! Register your team and throw away your razors!
Or… if you want to support the Princeton team that already exists, you could help your school get that much closer to winning the Mad Stache Trophy. Why divide and conquer when you could win the war? Just select to “join an existing team”, select “Fans of Princeton Men’s Lacrosse” and you’re golden!