On Friday, December 5, the Covington Catholic community, led by the CCH class of 2015, will come together to raise awareness for DIPG, a very rare form of brain cancer that usually afflicts children.
The Colonels will be raising money and awareness for Operation Grace White. Grace White is the daughter of CCH alum Scott White '93 and NDA alum Amy Cobble White '94. Grace was diagnosed with the terrible disease after a nasty fall while attending Mass with her family in North Carolina. Her father Scott, is a Lt. Colonel in the United States Army and was brought back home to Northern KY from serving in Afghanistan. The family has re-located to Northern KY, to be closer to Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
T-shirts will be available to the CCH student body during the week of Dec. 1 for $10 with all proceeds going to Operation Grace White for DIPG research. The T-shirt will also serve as the student's ticket for entrance to the opening home basketball game on Dec. 5, against Holy Cross. T-Shirts for the general public will be made available at a later date.
The goal of the senior class is to show a unified front from the Colonel Crazies for Grace and her family against DIPG.
Donations for Operation Grace White will also be accepted during the triple header in the lobby of the CCH gym.
Doors will open at 4:00pm for the Freshman game at 4:30, the J.V. game will follow at 6:00 and the Varsity game is scheduled for a 7:30 tip off. Tickets at the door will be $6 for adults, $4 for students and $4 for seniors.
For more information on Operation Grace White, click in the following links.
http://www.helpfightdipgforgrace.org/
https://www.facebook.com/OperationGraceWhite
https://twitter.com/OpsGraceWhite
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