Local “Dig Pink” Volleyball Game Reaches Fundraising Goal; Bel Air and Patterson Mill High School Teams Raise $5,000 for Side-Out Foundation

From Bel Air High School Girls Volleyball:

Bel Air High School was overflowing with pink on Tuesday night when the girl’s volleyball teams played Patterson Mill High School in their annual “Dig Pink” game for breast cancer awareness month. Both teams are proud to announce that they met their fundraising goal of $5,000 for the Side-Out Foundation.

Throughout the past week both schools held pre-sales of their Dig Pink T-shirts and memorial pink ribbon tributes and the proceeds from those sales were added to the total fundraising amount. At the event the teams were also successful in selling additional Dig Pink T-shirts, pink awareness bracelets, and hundreds of raffle tickets for terrific prizes including a Pandora bracelet, autographed footballs and hats from the Ravens, spa and massage certificates, and more. With the help of business sponsorships, private donations, and a pre-game fundraiser at Chili’s, the schools raised $5,000 to benefit the Side-Out Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) organization located in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.

“We would like to thank all of the attendees of the event, our business sponsors, and parents for helping us to reach our goal,” said Bel Air Head Coach Tim Markland. “Tuesday night was a special night for both teams. Everyone involved did such an amazing job and the girls felt great getting into the “pink” spirit and raising money for such a good cause.”

The schools would like to thank the following business sponsors for their support of this event:

T-Shirt Sponsors: The Baltimore Ravens, TriLife Foundation, Bel Air Lions Club, Rory G. White with Edward Jones, Shiflett & Horn, Klein’s ShopRite, Buontempo Bros., College Funding Smart, Adamo Construction, Dawn Bever-Stewart with Prudential Carruthers, Chili’s and Bayland Risk Services.

Raffle Donors: MovieNoodle.com, Gold Medal Physical Therapy, The Bever-Stewart Family, The Baltimore Ravens, BAHS Boosters Club, The Wireless Doctor, LLC, BAHS School Store, Turkey Hill, Bel Air Athletic Club, Saxon’s Diamond Center, Gus’s Deli Mart, Jordan Thomas Salon & Spa, the US Ski & Snowboard team, and Flavor Cupcakery.

Program Sponsors: HarfordNeighbors.net, Klein’s ShopRite, Bel Air Lions Club, Qadry Ismail Missile Training, Ruta Scribner, DDS, and Elite Spine & Wellness Center. Special thanks to Coca-Cola for donating banners for the event and to the American Cancer Society and Franklin Square Hospital for providing breast cancer education materials for the event.

For more information about the Dig Pink event or to find out how you can donate to the Side-Out Foundation, please contact the Bel Air Girls Volleyball team’s Head Coach, Tim Markland at timothy.markland@hcps.org or call the school at 410-638-4600.