Sunday, February 10, 2013

Think Pink: Giving Back

“Do all the good you can.  By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.”

- John Wesley

Sometimes as student-athletes, we get caught up in all the things we have to do; assignment due tomorrow, midterm in two days, practice tonight, workout sometime today... and the list goes on and on. Post-it notes with lists of things to do seem never ending most weeks. Our focus often becomes narrow-minded and we forget that there is a world outside of the gym and the classroom.

We often complain about being tired and not having enough hours in a day but what we not take into consideration is that other people have the same feelings but do not attain them by practicing what they love. Yes, sometimes it sucks to stay up late studying and wake up for an early morning workout, however this is a choice. 

Cancer patients do not have that luxury. 

This is precisely why it is so essential to give back in any way you can, any time you can and by all means you can.

Think Pink weekend (Shoot for the Cure, Dig for the Cure and Pink in the Rink) aims to raise funds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Our donations are used to improve breast screening programs, advance research and raise awareness. This year, we were able to raise over 10 000$. We did so by organizing volleyball tournaments, bake sales, 50/50's, organizing a raffle, selling loads of pink paraphernalia and collecting individual donations. Additionally, five ponytails (or over 40 inches of hair) were donated to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program. 

I believe it is extremely important that as student-athletes we take the time to give back to the community; whether it is simply going to read a book to class of eager kindergarteners or organizing major events such as a Think Pink or a Right to Play event. We often do not realize to what extent we are seen as role models in the community and the impact we can have on those around us. 

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I am sorry for not posting quite as often as I would like to but here is an update on how our season is going:

We are now ranked fourth in the league and this will be our final ranking going into the AUS championships. We will face StFX on Friday night and hopefully come out winners. If we do so, we will meet Dalhousie University in the semi finals. I am almost certain that our games will be webcast (the link can be found on our schedule on the AUS website). 

Cheers,

Jodie :)


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