Dig Pink Volleyball Game

Sammi Springer 

Staff Reporter 

Volleyball has a "Dig Pink" game
in honor of breast cancer awareness month.
Photo credit Sammi Springer. 

 A Dig Pink volleyball match is being held at the high school against Waukee tonight to raise awareness for cancer. The volleyball team has been raising money for the event by selling t-shirts, and will continue to raise money at the event tonight through different activities and things for sale.

            “It’s important to beat them because it’s another step in going to state. Since we are hosting it we do want to win, and since so many people are going to be there to support breast cancer,” said Meghan Welsh, a senior and varsity volleyball player who helped organize this year’s match.

            “This year we’re doing different events, like pie in a coach’s face. We’re doing extra games and stuff in between games and matches to raise money,” Welsh said. Last year’s game was at Waukee and only consisted of a varsity game.

            This year will include tons of activities for people to do, from airplane tosses to a Dig Pink jail, along with freshman, sophomore, junior varsity and varsity games.

            “It’s nice to be a part of it; to raise money. Especially since my grandma died of it and my aunt was diagnosed a few years ago so it’s nice to raise awareness,” said Welsh.

            The topic of breast cancer is personal to lots of people, which is why an event like this is so important in bringing a community together even through a rivalry like the one between SEP and Waukee.