North Carolina State University Athletics
ACC Coaches Unveil ?Chow 4Yow? Initiative
10/28/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
GREENSBORO, N.C. The Atlantic Coast Conference head women’s basketball coaches have banded together in support of their colleague and NC State head women’s basketball coach Kay Yow to develop the “Chow 4Yow - Dinner with the Coach” initiative.
The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund is the sole charity beneficiary of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). With 100 percent of the league’s women’s basketball coaches and administrative staffs supporting the initiative, each school will conduct a “Dinner with the Coach” fundraiser this upcoming 2008-09 season at his or her institution. All proceeds will be pooled together as a single donation to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.
"It is not surprising that the ACC women’s basketball coaches want to show their support for Coach (Kay) Yow,” said ACC Associate Commissioner Nora Lynn Finch. “It is heart warming to see them unite through such an intimate fundraising effort as the “Dinner with the Coach” theme! While Chow 4Yow is not an ACC sponsored initiative, it certainly is an initiative that the conference applauds and supports in any way that we can. Our coaches are excited about engaging others from their athletics department and coaching staff in ways that will bring positive attention to their basketball programs and Universities, while honoring one of their own!”
“It is a great thing when we as coaches can step out and use our notoriety to help promote fundraising for curing cancer,” said Virginia head women’s basketball coach Debbie Ryan, who battled pancreatic cancer in 2000. “Through this initiative, we will have the opportunity to get strong community involvement and reach out to so many people.”
Specific parameters were identified by the league’s women’s basketball committee, which is comprised of a representative from all 12 ACC institutions. Each head coach, with assistance from their marketing staffs, will select a fundraiser and/or promotion (for example, a raffle or an auction) to allow the winner(s) to enjoy a private dinner with the institution’s head coach.
The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund is the sole charity beneficiary of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). With 100 percent of the league’s women’s basketball coaches and administrative staffs supporting the initiative, each school will conduct a “Dinner with the Coach” fundraiser this upcoming 2008-09 season at his or her institution. All proceeds will be pooled together as a single donation to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.
"It is not surprising that the ACC women’s basketball coaches want to show their support for Coach (Kay) Yow,” said ACC Associate Commissioner Nora Lynn Finch. “It is heart warming to see them unite through such an intimate fundraising effort as the “Dinner with the Coach” theme! While Chow 4Yow is not an ACC sponsored initiative, it certainly is an initiative that the conference applauds and supports in any way that we can. Our coaches are excited about engaging others from their athletics department and coaching staff in ways that will bring positive attention to their basketball programs and Universities, while honoring one of their own!”
“It is a great thing when we as coaches can step out and use our notoriety to help promote fundraising for curing cancer,” said Virginia head women’s basketball coach Debbie Ryan, who battled pancreatic cancer in 2000. “Through this initiative, we will have the opportunity to get strong community involvement and reach out to so many people.”
Specific parameters were identified by the league’s women’s basketball committee, which is comprised of a representative from all 12 ACC institutions. Each head coach, with assistance from their marketing staffs, will select a fundraiser and/or promotion (for example, a raffle or an auction) to allow the winner(s) to enjoy a private dinner with the institution’s head coach.
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