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Riverside, Oakland raised $1,260 for Coaches vs. Cancer. Pella Christian raised $1100 in their annual event
Southeast Warren- raised $1700 for coaches vs. cancer Sioux Center raised $1000 for our local Cancer Society through our “Warriors Care”. One small step closer to a cure. North Linn - The boys and girls teams sold pink T-shirts this fall to raise money and took donations at the gate and totaled $935 dollars. The girls team wore pink uniforms for their game. 
Lisbon -The girls wore pink uniforms and the boys wore pink warm ups. The boys coaching staff wore pink shirts and tennis shoes. Over $700 was raised through t-shirt sales, silent auction, and 50/50 raffle. Former Boys Assistant Coach Troy Anderson, who is currently battling rectal cancer, was honored in between games. 
Knoxville raised well over $12,000.00 through a variety of ways. Pink T-Shirt sales, Quilt Raffle, Silent Auction of over 100 donated items, Pink Ice Cream and Cookies, Paper Airplane Toss, $1 from each paid admission. A local Bank donated Pink Rally Towels and the Bank employees volunteered at the concession stand 
Cedar Rapids Washington weekend with City High generated $6,000 between the two schools The Algona girls basketball team and drill team raised over $1300 towards cancer research and the money was donated during the game on Jan. 28th, 2010. The Algona girls team wore pink uniforms with pink shoelaces, the Clarion girls team wore pink shoelaces, the Algona boys team wore pink shoe laces along with pink wristbands during warm-ups, the Algona cheerleaders wore pink uniforms, and the Relay for Life organization had a booth out by the concession stand with information about cancer. 
The Marion High School Boys Basketball Program raised $1,442.00 to donate to the Iowa American Cancer Society as a part of the national “Coaches vs. Cancer” fundraiser. They held a silent Auction and Paper Airplane Contest at the boy’s basketball games vs. Waterloo Columbus on Friday, January 29th, 2010. Dallas Center-Grimes reports that their CvC event raised $7000- Iowa City West Girl’s Basketball Program raised almost $1200 by selling t-shirts, having a bake sale, many raffles, and many other activities. Funds will be donated to the Hope Lodge in Iowa City. Dunkerton High School raised over $1170 towards Coaches VS Cancer. The money was raised using a loose change drive, raffle, and the cheerleaders sold pink and purple beads. The boys and girl’s teams wore pink t-shirts for warm-ups. Harlan Community raised $6200 at our pink out night. We sold t-shirts, raffled a television and had bake sale. Washington High School held a Coaches vs Cancer night in January versus Tipton. We raised $8,000 for the event.
Both teams wore pink jerseys... 5 players shaved their heads ... Awesome night
 The Audubon High School boys' and girls'asketball coaches Larry McNutt and Derek Sonderland, basketball team members along with the AHS Dance Team and coach Lynn Spies hosted an American Cancer Society "Coaches vs cancer" fund raiser on Thursday, Jan. 28. The Wheeler boys' and girls' basketball team's hosted the "Pink Out" facing off against the Villisca Blue Jays in hoops action. Coaches vs. Cancer is a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) that empowers basketball coaches, their teams, and local communities to make a difference in the fight against cancer.
Both Audubon basketball programs sold pink t-shirts with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. In addition the Audubon Dance Team sold a variety of "pink" items
including cookies, wrist bands and hair ties to add to the
donation.
Combined the Audubon coaches, basketball
programs and Dance Team donated
$644.73 to the American Cancer Society.
The Coaches vs. Cancer initiative
leverages the personal experiences,
community leadership, and professional excellence of
basketball coaches nationwide to increase cancer
awareness and promote healthy living through year-round
awareness efforts, fundraising
activities, and advocacy programs. Coaches vs. Cancer
provides critical mission outreach, while raising funds
in support of the Society's lifesaving cancer research,
education, advocacy, and community service
efforts.
This is the second year the Audubon
basketball program has hosted a
Coaches vs Cancer benefit. Last year Audubon basketball
coaches and basketball program donated $413.22
to the American Cancer Society.
Cutline info:
Pictured left to right: Larry McNutt, AHS boys' basketball
coach, Anna
Elmquist, American Cancer Society Representative, Derek
Sonderland, AHS girls' basketball coach
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 Garner-Hayfield high school held their Coaches versus Cancer event on January 29, 2010 against Lake Mills. We used this as a Cancer awareness event and raised over $2600 that is going to the American Cancer Society and the Hancock County Relay for Life. Our game was billed as a "White Out" night. We had many events going on: we sold white T-shirts with pink lettering, we had a soup supper that was served by the Methodist Church, the girls basketball team wore pink uniforms and the boys basketball team wore pink shoelaces, we had a silent auction sponsored by two of our local Relay for Life teams, our Student Council sponsored paper airplane contests at halftime of the varsity boys and girls games (our Industrial Technology department made the targets!), we passed donation buckets to collect pocket change donations, we had an informational table with resources for people sponsored by the American Cancer Society, and we had Jenny Smith, from the American Cancer Society office in Des Moines make an awareness presentation at halftime of the varsity boys game. Overall, a great night for a great cause!     
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