KINGSTON, Ont. (January 7, 2014) – The Queen's Gaels women's basketball team will host their annual Shoot for the Cure game this Friday against the Nipissing Lakers at 6pm at the ARC Main Gym. Funds will be raised for breast cancer awareness with donations being accepted throughout the game while five members of the Gaels team will be cutting their hair for donations prior to the men's game at 8pm.

Abby Dixon, Andrea Priamo, Emily Hazlett, Gemma Bullard and Nicole Morse are the five Gaels players who will be cutting their hair following the game and donating the locks for the making of wigs. 
 
You can donate to an individual player by selecting their name below, or, if you wish to support all of them, you can donate to the team by selecting that name below. 

Donate:
Dixon
Priamo
Hazlett
Bullard
Morse
Team

Donations are being accepted online click here or visit www.gogaelsgo.com/cutsforthecure to donate. 

The Shoot for the Cure campaign has proven an overwhelming success since it was launched in the fall of 2007 with over $760,000 in donations. This season, for the fourth year in a row, all 47 CIS women's basketball schools are set to participate in the program.

At the 2014 CIS championship in Windsor, last March, the WBCA presented a cheque for $112,898.03 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, while an additional $25,462.55 was amassed by universities that elected to donate their fundraised money to local or provincial organizations. The overall Shoot for the Cure total of $138,360.58 in 2013-14 made it the most successful edition to date.
 
Overall donations since 2007 now stand at $761,309.12, including $633,303.89 to CBCF.

The fundraising initiative was the brainchild of Rod Gilpin, the long-time bench boss of the Bishop's women's program now in his sixth season as head coach of the Gaiters' men's team.

SHOOT FOR THE CURE YEAR-BY-YEAR DONATIONS:
 
2013-2014: $138,360.58 ($112,898.03 to CBCF)
2012-2013: $110,553.96 ($90,450.62 to CBCF)
2011-2012: $121,248.70 ($98,706.92 to CBCF)
2010-2011: $143,596.25 ($104,763.53 to CBCF)
2009-2010: $104,715.80 ($94,650.96 to CBCF)
2008-2009: $92,512.96 ($81,512.96 to CBCF)
2007-2008: $50,320.87 ($50,320.87 to CBFC)
TOTAL: $761,309.12 ($633,303.89 to CBCF)