Ribbons sold at the event will hang on a volleyball net placed on the wall of the commons area at Cranberry High School. (Photo by Mackenzie Redfield/Student contributor)
By BETHANY NOVICKI and MACKENZIE REDFIELD
Student contributors
Cranberry High School Volleyball Boosters is hosting a cancer awareness and benefit game Oct. 12, 2023, to raise money for local families receiving cancer treatments. The theme of the night is “Nobody Fights Alone”.
Melissa Redfield, volunteer coach of the Cranberry volleyball team, organized the benefit game with the help of Kathy Rembold and the Cranberry Volleyball Booster Club.
The proceeds benefit the Kirtland Cancer Foundation to support local families in need of financial assistance for cancer treatments.
The Kirtland Cancer Foundation provides charitable assistance to cancer patients and their families in Venango County and surrounding areas regardless of where treatments occur.
“Hosting this game is a way for us to give back to our community and help others,” said Melissa Redfield. “Our family is dealing with cancer. We have an amazing support system of friends and family. Not everybody has this. Patients and families need to know that ‘Nobody Fights Alone’.”
There will be other ways to donate at the event, including a Chinese auction and paper ribbons to write the name of a loved one who is battling or has battled cancer. There will also be a limited number of T-shirts sold at the game.
The game against Keystone High School will be held at 6 p.m. at Cranberry High School.
Bethany Novicki and Mackenzie Redfield are students at Cranberry High School and members of Cranberry Chronicles, the school’s journalism/publications class.
Ribbons will be sold at the event for $1. Those purchasing ribbons can write a name of someone who is battling or has battled cancer. (Photo by Mackenzie Redfield/Student contributor)
