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"Paint the Place Pink" event raises $20,000!

David Saint-Onge, second from right, President and General Manager of the Marquette Rangers Junior A hockey team, presents a $20,000 check to Terry Reser, third from right, Program Director of the Marquette General Cancer Center, and Pam Benton, far right, Operations and Special Events Manager of the Marquette General Foundation.

The money was raised during the inaugural “Paint the Place Pink” fundraising hockey game held Oct. 25 in Marquette. The $20,000 raised was a result of game ticket sales, the jersey auction,
T-shirt sales, 50/50 drawing and other gifts.

Also pictured, from left, are Walter Scanlon, Nurse Manager of Radiation Oncology; Barb Massie, Nurse Manager of Oncology; Judy Mixter, secretary in the Marquette General Cancer Center; and Tami Leblanc, a Social Worker in the Cancer Center.

Terry Reser, second from right, Program Director of the Marquette General Cancer Center, proudly accepts a check for $20,000 from Rich Tegge, far right, and David Saint-Onge of the Marquette Rangers Junior A hockey team. The check was a result of the “Paint the Place Pink” fund-raiser, held on Oct. 25 at Lakeview Arena. Tegge is the Director of Hockey Operations for the Rangers, while Saint-Onge is the President and General Manager. At left is the Rangers’ mascot.

David Saint-Onge, president and general manager of the Marquette Rangers, addresses the audience during the press conference to announce the Paint the Place Pink event.