RALLY

By The Numbers

UVM CANCER CENTER RAISED: $10,828

MASCOMA BANK MATCHED: $10,000

TOTAL RAISED: $20,828

WOMEN’S HOCKEY:

495

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL:

1,187

MEN’S HOCKEY: 3,071

MEN’S BASKETBALL:

2,287

TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS:

7,040

Rally Against Cancer

ATHLETIC SPIRIT BRINGS AWARENESS TO CANCER PREVENTION

February is Cancer Prevention Month and the UVM Cancer Center and UVM Athletics in partnership with Mascoma Bank teamed up to draw attention to cancer prevention and raise money for cancer research through the annual Rally Against Cancer men’s and women’s hockey and basketball games.

This year, over 7,000 fans attended the four match ups, with 300 patients, caregivers, and Cancer Center affiliates in attendance at the men’s hockey game on February 18. Tickets to this special night of hockey were generously donated by UVM Athletics and gifted to patients and caregivers through the patient newsletter.

In addition, Mascoma Bank pledged a $10,000 matching donation through the month of February, totaling $20,828 in gifts related to the Rally cause. The largest donation came from the Essex and Mount Mansfield Union girls basketball and dance teams whose Pink Zone initiative contributed $4,224.

The gift hit close to home for Kimberly Laroche whose daughter, Ellie, plays on the JV team and who is the practice supervisor for Hematology/ Oncology and Surgical Oncology at the UVM Medical Center, keeping all operations in the UVM Cancer Center’s outpatient clinic running smoothly. She sees first-hand the impact of breast cancer on patients and caregivers and the critical care they receive close to home at the UVM Cancer Center.

“The amazing support that our community provides by holding these fundraising events has a direct impact on cancer patients,” said Kimberly. “I am immensely proud and humbled by such generosity.”