Presenting a check for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute are Mountain View basketball players (front, from left) Riley Turner, Leah Evans, Emma Barney, Rachael Gerfin (Captain), Taylor Neri (Captain), Adia Tompkins, Brooklyn Anderson, Cali Petts, Kelley Flynn, Paige Smith, (back) head varsity coach Bill Simons, Lilly Sedlak, Claire Getz, Paige Strickland, Vanessa Harvey, Kylie Barhite, Ryleigh Kilmer, and Mimi Sedlak. (Absent from photo were) team member Michaela Hammond, junior varsity coach Lauren Soden, fundraiser organizer Dawn Neri, and assistant coaches Ashley Kilmer and Bob Sedlak.
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The Mountain View Girls’ Basketball Team hosted a fundraiser on Jan. 31 during their basketball game. The event featured a memory board, a 50/50 raffle and a variety of raffle baskets.
This event raised $1,800 for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute. The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is a local nonprofit whose mission is to ease the burden of cancer in northeastern Pennsylvania. The Mountain View Girls’ Basketball team hopes to continue this event next year.
About the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute:
The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is a nonprofit community-based agency serving seven counties in northeast Pennsylvania with offices located in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Focusing on surveillance, community and patient services, and hospital and practice support services, the Cancer Institute invests 100% of its resources locally. The mission of the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is to ease the burden of cancer in Northeastern Pennsylvania.