Cabrini University’s Mitch Kline Cav-A-Thon was nominated 3rd out of 23 nominees in the One-Time Activity/Project Category for community service. The award was presented by the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA).
Cav-A-Thon is where Cabrini athletics work together to fundraise money to better the community. Last year, all of the money went to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cabrini students raised over $19,000 and plan to do even better this year.
“I think it is a great honor not only for our athletic department, but for the entire campus,” Jessica Huda, women’s soccer coach and assistant director of Cabrini athletics and recreation, said. “It’s the first ever community award that the department has won and the event was started by student-athletes but there are definitely non-student-athletes that were heavily involved in it last year.”
How does the event work?
The Cav-A-Thon fundraiser has dancers who have to raise $50 for the event. To be a dancer, you do not have to just dance. A dancer can be anyone who is trying to actively fundraise during the event.
“We have a lot of activities going on,” Huda said. “So whether you are standing around playing a game or standing listening to music, the reason behind it is if a dancer stays for the whole event they do that because others can not.”
All of the money goes to Philadelphia Children’s Hospitals.
Who is Mitch Kline?
Last year Cabrini honored former Cabrini softball coach, Mitch Kline, who lost his battle against cancer on Sept. 15, 2016. He only coached at Cabrini for a few years, however, his impact on the Cabrini community will never be forgotten.
Kline teamed up with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training to raise money in memory of his wife Sandee, his mom Dottie and his mother-in-law Miriam.
In honor of Kline’s work against cancer, Cabrini named what would be their annual event after Mitch Kline.
What is Cav-A-Thon currently working on?
Currently, Cabrini’s Cav-A-Thon is having a fundraiser online. Their goal is to raise over $10,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The fundraising started in October and it is still going on today.
So far, the fundraiser has raised over $3,500 you can help Cav-A-Thon by donations to their website.
Where can you find Cav-a-thon?
Cabrini’s Cav-A-Thon has a Twitter page where they post very frequently about the latest news and events that they plan to do. Cav-A-Thon also has an Instagram page and a Facebook page for more information about the event.
“Every Thursday, from now to the event we have an email that goes out called Thon-Thursdays,” said Huda. “It gives you the link to the website if you wanted to donate.”
This year’s Cav-a-thon will be on Saturday, March 23, starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 10 p.m.
