Big Pink Volleyball Tournament Scores Over $5200 for Breast Cancer Awareness & Local Cancer Center

The Trinity Foundation held its first “Big Pink Volleyball Tournament” on Saturday, March 15th at Sussex Tech High School in Georgetown, Delaware. This event, which is expected to be held annually, was made possible by sponsors such as Tri Gas & Oil, The Bank of Delmarva, Wilgus Insurance Agency & Financial Services, Sharp Energy, and the host sponsor, Trinity Logistics. The event was created in order to raise funds for breast cancer charities. The 2014 proceeds, which totaled to over $5,200, will be donated to the Nanticoke Cancer Care Center in Seaford, Delaware.

Fourteen teams competed to call themselves the champions of the Big Pink Volleyball tournament.  The team names were just as creative as the tournament “uniforms”, including “Breast Assured”, “Rack Pack”, and “Breast Friends Forever” to name a few. The champions of the day included Joe Cognetta, Mac Baldwin, Mike Gast, Kyle Boyce, Roxanne Williams, Crystal Twilley, John Dyson, and Grayson Williams from team Breast Assured.

The week prior to the tournament was declared the “Week of Pink” at Trinity Logistics, where freight consultants turned out in varying shades of pink, participated in games and trivia to promote the theme and excitement leading up to the big event! Check out all the photos in our Facebook album. On Saturday, the teams came dressed in pink or in costumes to embrace the theme and show their support of the cause, including tutu’s and princess crowns! Fans of all ages came to cheer on the teams and gained valuable knowledge about this prevalent disease. The Nanticoke Cancer Center and Delaware Breast Center were present to educate attendees about breast cancer awareness, early detection, and ways to help the cause.

Big Pink Volleyball tournaments got their start back in 2002 as a way for students attending Western Illinois University to raise money for breast cancer awareness and spread into a national network of events, mostly in the collegiate world. Several of our team members are graduates of WIU, and so the idea was born to bring the fun family-friendly event to Delmarva! Special thanks go out to Sharp Energy of Georgetown, DE for donating a pink beachcomber bicycle to be raffled off during the event. If you’re interested in being contacted regarding next year’s tournament, please contact the Trinity Foundation at [email protected] and watch our Facebook events.