Members of the women’s basketball and hockey teams show off their new look as they donate portions of their hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths Program. Photo by Steve Brooks.

Think Pink campaign raises the bar

A news release from the Athletics department

The Waterloo Department of Athletics is pleased to announce that the fourth annual Think Pink campaign has raised a total of $25,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Ontario Chapter, and online donations will continue until the end of the month.

Over a span of four years the Warriors have donated $57,258.85 ($4,137.39 in 2008, $8,745.33 in 2009 and $22, 376.13 in 2010) to the CBCF Ontario Chapter.

The Think Pink campaign originated from the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) women’s basketball coaches association and has now expanded to a department wide initiative that runs on a yearly basis. Many schools across Ontario (and Canada) have taken on this initiative and have provided thousands of dollars in donations to the CBCF. In its fourth year, Waterloo set a goal of $20,000 in donations, which was exceeded after their Think Pink weekend, thanks to online donations, T-shirt sales and sponsor events.

Throughout the past weekend, the Waterloo promotions and events team put on a series of events to attract fans and donations to varsity games and campus recreation events. Fans and students were treated to seven different varsity games, a spin-a-thon, pink zumba, a dance show, and a 3-on-3 indoor soccer tournament to help raise money for the campaign.
The promotional team and campus recreation staff in the department should be commended for their hard work and dedication to the cause. Additionally, 13 different varsity teams were an integral part of money raising efforts.

The women’s basketball team played a significant role in helping the department surpass the $20,000 mark. They were the largest fundraisers bringing in a grand total of $10,433.00.

Eight different women’s basketball players (and two women’s hockey players) donated at least eight inches of their hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program. This program encourages women and men to grow, cut, and donate their hair to make real hair wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments.

“It’s phenomenal. We had complete buy-in from the students, staff and sponsors,” said women’s basketball head coach Tyler Slipp. “I am very proud of how much the girls raised this year.”

Joining the efforts of the women’s basketball team was the women’s hockey squad who raised a total of $2,740.70 for the cause. Additionally Andy Smith of the men’s hockey team shaved his head for awareness during the first intermission of their game against Western. Smith was the third highest individual fundraiser with $790 raised. Laura Bossers of the women’s basketball team was the top fundraiser, raising a total of $1,560, while teammate Vivian Milliken was second at $1,200.

Marketing and events coordinator Jenny Mackay was thrilled at the overall result of the event and the support received uWaterloo, the community and Warrior sponsors. “There were many different hands on board to make the campaign such a success,” mentioned Jenny. “I would like to thank everyone involved and especially our sponsors and the local businesses that helped make the campaign a huge success once again.”

Those businesses include Holiday Inn Kitchener, Boston Pizza Waterloo, Campus Pizza, Kimberly Rau and Associates, McGinnis Front Row, Caesar Martinis, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation-Ontario Region, First Impressions Hair Salon Kincardine and KW Nightlife.

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Bookstore features Tina Roberts recipes

Tina Roberts, Waterloo’s director of marketing and undergraduate recruitment, will show her culinary side today as she’ll be in the bookstore to sign copies of her new Two Sisters Cookbook.

“Many people are not aware that Tina has won many recipe awards,” says May Yan, director of retail services, in announcing today’s event. ”Tina self-published the cookbook. New Media Services printed the book and the Bookstore is selling the book online and in-store.”

She adds that food samples from recipes in the book will be available during today’s event, which runs from 4:30 to 6:00.

The bookstore’s web site tells more, in Roberts’s own words: "It all began a couple of summers ago when my sister, Audrey, was entertaining quite a bit. We often discussed menu ideas with our morning coffee so I thought, Why not pull together ten complete menus and give them to Audrey as a gift? Well, ten menus turned into 35 menus, and The Two Sisters Cookbook was born.

“Most of the menus include an appetizer or two, a main dish, side dishes, a salad, and a dessert. All of the recipes are relatively quick and easy to prepare, represent dishes from many cultures, and serve about eight people.

“I hope that The Two Sisters Cookbook makes menu planning easier for you and that it inspires you to create your own memorable menus. I also hope it helps you prepare many wonderful meals for the people you love most."

Roberts is the winner of five recipe contests — one of her most talked-about recipes is her Marinated Barbecued Brie, featured in Cottage Life magazine and Cottage Life's Summer Weekend Cookbook. She began cooking at an early age and has studied at culinary schools in Canada, the United States and Italy.

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