BELIEVE

In the beginning….    It all started with Coaches vs Cancer being announced at a Gonzaga Basketball game and as a Zag fan wanting to be a part of a worthy cause and supporting a Basketball team that we enjoy following during the season. I thought to myself how cool would it be to see if some of the staff at school would be interested in participating because of our love for basketball and to support the cause to cure cancer.  I also thought it would be cool if our Basketball Coaches and Players could be involved and see if we could paint our gym white with the Believe shirts. It could be our way of showing support.

After the first email the response was great with staff members wanting to be a part of such a great cause. I offered to organize the orders and to pick them up. I contacted Sarah Michaelson who is heading up Coaches vs Cancer for the Spokane area and made arrangements for our shirt orders.

First day I sold 40….by the next morning I had 70 orders. I asked Scott Carlson if he thought I could sell 100, by days end I sold 130. Next morning he asked me what my goal was and with hesitation I said 150 thinking NO WAY will I get that many orders… by days end I was at 171. The next morning I told Scott not to ask me what my goal was because I couldn’t imagine selling more that what I had done….. back in my mind I was thinking 200. By days end I had over 200! 212 to be exact (this was last Friday). I had to stop taking orders because the printing company couldn’t keep up with our order… I needed a cut off. Monday morning rolled around with my phone ringing off the hook for orders, I had to turn staff away until Wednesday when I had all my shirts and had my orders filled. I ended up with 82 extra shirts to sell, mainly Larger sizes to date I have sold 246 shirts leaving me with 48 more to sell.

I hope to get more shirts… smaller sizes after the Gonzaga game tonight. I will be selling what I have left at the Basketball Game Friday night when we play Cheney HS at home.

From DPHS Staff …
Kristi did an outstanding job promoting the “BELIEVE” Coaches vs. Cancer T-Shirt benefit.  She definitely exhibited energy, enthusiasm and passion from the “get-go” to promote the awareness of cancer.  We are extremely proud of Kristi for taking this on and all the hard-work and effort she put forth.  Way to Go, Kristi – We are Proud of you!