Report: Over $10K raised for Coaches vs. Cancer already

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January 20, 2012

Steve Woodhouse Journal-Express The Zope Gazette Fri Jan 20, 2012, 02:05 PM CST

Knoxville — Troy Hawkshead, Hormel Plant Manager and Coaches vs. Cancer volunteer/organizer, recently came into the Journal-Express office and reported that over $10,000 has already been raised for Knoxville's Coaches vs. Cancer event.

Hawkshead brought the news at approximately 1:30 p.m. Yesterday, prior to our print edition's deadline, Girls' Basketball Coach Jim Uitermarkt reported the total was over $8,000, over the $6,000 that had been raised as of last Friday.

At this stage of the event last year, when Knoxville raised over $24,000, making it the biggest Coaches vs. Cancer fund raiser in the Midwest in 2011, $7,000 had been raised.

The bulk of the fund raising, including the silent auction, basketball games and more, will not take place until tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 21. We have a full story on tomorrow's events, including a tentative schedule, in the Jan. 20 Journal-Express.

Look for more on Coaches vs. Cancer here at www.journalexpress.net and in the Jan. 27 Journal-Express.

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