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November 25, 2024
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The annual charity basketball game between engineering and commerce students has raised nearly $500,000 for cancer research since it began. (Jack Shanlin)
The student-run Tri-Colour Classic is quickly becoming a beloved fall-term tradition in the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and Kingston communities. Through the third edition of the annual game, which was recently played in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,800 at downtown Kingston카지노 게임 컬렉션s Slush Puppie Place, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s students raised more than $250,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.
The annual charity basketball game was started by students in 2021 and pits engineering and commerce students against each other in friendly competition and has raised nearly $500,000 for cancer research since it began.
카지노 게임 컬렉션It카지노 게임 컬렉션s amazing to see how much the support we카지노 게임 컬렉션ve received from the community has grown since the Tri-Colour Classic began,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Mark Novakovic, Co-Chair of Tri-Colour Classic and fourth-year commerce student. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We set out to raise $250,000 this year, and we were able to reach it thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and supporters and the dedication of all the students who worked so hard to bring this together for the cause of helping children and families fighting against cancer.카지노 게임 컬렉션

More than sixty students worked for six months to plan for the game, which drew a sold-out crowd of 4,800. (Jack Shanlin)
The funds raised by the Tri-Colour Classic support the lab of Donald Mabbott at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Dr. Mabbott researches a new method for boosting cognitive function and improving quality of life for children whose brains have been affected by treatment for medulloblastoma, a brain cancer most commonly diagnosed in children that requires aggressive treatment for survival.
More than sixty students dedicated approximately 5-10 hours or more of their time each week for six months to plan for the event, serving on the executive team, as brand ambassadors helping with promotion, as players or coaches on the two teams, and in other roles.
As a new feature for this year카지노 게임 컬렉션s event, all students involved in the Tri-Colour Classic created fundraising webpages that highlighted their personal motivations for fighting against cancer. These pages were added to the two other primary sources of fundraising: sponsorships from various businesses and organizations and also ticket sales for the game itself. The student who raised the most donations, Andreas Berganza-Kovacevic, was presented with the Most Impactful Player (MIP) award at Slush Puppie Place.
The MIP award has been presented at each edition of the Tri-Colour Classic, but this year it was named in honour of Kathryn Stewart, a first-year Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s student who passed away in 2022 at the age of 19 after battling cancer since the age of five. The idea to name the award after Kathryn came from a group of students at Toronto Metropolitan 카지노게임사이트 (TMU) who, as part of a practicum for a course at TMU, collaborated on media products for the Tri-Colour Classic, including a about her experience with cancer. Kathryn카지노 게임 컬렉션s parents Heather (ArtSci카지노 게임 컬렉션92) and Greg Stewart were on hand to present the award.
카지노 게임 컬렉션It was really meaningful to have the Stewarts at the game and to find this new way of honouring the memory of Kathryn and others who have fought against cancer,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Logan Baranieski, Co-Chair of Tri-Colour Classic and fourth-year commerce student. 카지노 게임 컬렉션That카지노 게임 컬렉션s something that카지노 게임 컬렉션s really exciting about the Tri-Colour Classic. Since it카지노 게임 컬렉션s a relatively new club there카지노 게임 컬렉션s a lot of room for students to come up with new ideas and there카지노 게임 컬렉션s a lot of opportunity for growth.카지노 게임 컬렉션

The student-led event raised more than $250,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. (Jack Shanlin)
The Tri-Colour Classic executive team found many new ways to expand the club카지노 게임 컬렉션s operations and enhance the game this year. They introduced a March Madness-style basketball tournament played on campus at the Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) this past spring that raised approximately $14,000. They created five $1,000 scholarships for students in Canada who have been impacted by cancer. And the group of TMU students assisting with media worked with CBC Sports to have the engineering vs. commerce game streamed live on YouTube, which reached more than 4,000 viewers across the country.
The executive team also found ways to get more members of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s community involved in the game itself. The Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Bands performed during the opening ceremony at Slush Puppie Place, and six professors from Smith Business and Smith Engineering took part in a halftime basketball skills competition.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Going forward the Tri-Colour Classic is going to keep finding new ways to engage the campus and Kingston communities and continue working to raise more funds for the Canadian Cancer Society,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Novakovic. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We카지노 게임 컬렉션re hoping to expand so that more people from across Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s can take part and maybe even people at other universities. Nothing카지노 게임 컬렉션s confirmed yet, but we have some ideas in the works.카지노 게임 컬렉션
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