St. John’s Prep in Astoria Basketball Teams Participate in BCANY Coaches vs. Cancer.

St. John’s Prep HS, Astoria, NY in a combined effort raised a significant amount of money which was sent to their local American Cancer Society.. Basketball Coaches – Boys Varsity – James Gatto, Boys JV – Darius Penikas, Boys Freshman – Robert Leone, Girl’s Varsity – Edward Flood, Girl’s JV – Denise Hillig. Coaches vs. Cancer Events Coordinator – Jennifer Cocchi. During the month of January St. John’s Prep held various events to raise money for the American Cancer Society in their Coaches vs. Cancer campaign. Listed are the events that were held: (1.) January 7th – January 21st – Container were placed in the cafeteria for a Penny Harvest. Students were asked to donate loose change to their Coaches vs. Cancer campaign. (2.) January 14th – A Bake sale was held that involved many teams in the building supplying baked goods. (3.) January 14th – Student Council sponsored a Theme day for Cancer Awareness and part of the money collected was donated to our Coaches vs. Cancer campaign. (4.) January 14th – A Coaches Basketball game was held after school. As part of the admission price to the game attendees were given pink, blue, or lavender wristbands with SJP Awareness with a ribbon embossed on the bracelet. (5.) January 16th – The Boys basketball program donated the admissions collected to their tripleheader against the local town rival Monsignor McClancy. Wristbands were also given out as part of the admission price. (6.) January 30th – The Girls basketball program donated the admissions collected to their doubleheader against league rival Fontbonne Hall Academy. Wristbands were also given out as part of the admission price. This total effort by the Boys’ and Girls’ Teams was terrific!