Stanford's Play For Her campaign continues raising money for breast cancer research

Anne Walker wanted to capitalize connected nan opportunity.

Three years ago, her Stanford women’s play squad had possibly nan astir group paying attraction to it arsenic immoderate women’s squad ever successful assemblage golf. With stars for illustration Rose Zhang, Rachel Heck and others, nan Cardinal were a focal constituent of nan sport, and thousands of group were pursuing their each movement.

Walker wanted to make judge nan squad wasn’t only putting a bully merchandise connected nan people and excelling astatine tournaments, but besides making a quality wherever it genuinely mattered.

Enter nan Play For Her campaign. The arena was tied to nan Stanford Intercollegiate, 1 of nan longest-running tournaments successful assemblage golf. The goal? To support bosom crab investigation and helping effort to eliminate nan disease.

“That first year, you know, nan full extremity is conscionable to bring consciousness to these young women that it’s not an aged person’s disease, that it’s an each female disease,” Walker said. “No matter really aged you are. And nan earlier intervention, nan amended nan outcomes.”

Last year, Walker’s assemblage coach and idol, Nancy McDaniel, was backmost successful nan infirmary fighting crab for nan 2nd time. That’s erstwhile Walker wanted to do more. Play For Her became a fundraiser, pinch each proceeds going to McDaniel’s oncologist, Dr. Hope Rugo, and her investigation astatine nan University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

They raised $290,000 for bosom crab research.

“It’s not truthful overmuch connected nan therapies to forestall recurrence aliases conflict it aliases imperative, but if we really want to move nan needle, it’s connected nan investigation connected nan beforehand extremity astir prevention,” Walker said. “And little money gets fixed to that investigation conscionable for a assortment of reasons, and 1 of nan champion ways you tin do that is to springiness straight to doctors.”

And this year, Stanford is again moving to raise nan barroom for bosom crab research.

Last week, nan Cardinal shared medalist honors pinch USC astatine nan Stanford Intercollegiate, which is hosted by Dr. Condoleezza Rice, who mislaid her mother, Angelena, to bosom crab successful 1985. This year, Play For Her honored Arizona State women’s coach Missy Farr-Kaye.

Farr-Kaye’s sister, Heather, died of bosom crab astatine property 28, and Missy was diagnosed pinch bosom crab astatine property 30 and again astatine property 40. In November of 2020, astatine property 53, she was diagnosed pinch colon cancer. Her begetter battled colon cancer, too.

TaylorMade made a civilization pinkish Play For Her container that each subordinate astatine nan Stanford Intercollegiate signed for Farr-Kaye.

This year, nan proceeds from nan fundraiser will use Dr. Allison Kurian and nan Stanford Breast Cancer Center. Her investigation successful crab genetics intends to place women, for illustration Heather Farr, much efficiently and accurately, astatine precocious consequence of disease.

“That’s wherever her area focuses, successful nan dream that we tin amended place genes, conscionable done humor activity that will show america nan young group aliases young women who are susceptible to this disease, and then, successful turn, hopefully suffice them for amended screening astatine a overmuch earlier age, amended and much screening,” Walker said.

The fundraiser remains unfastened until Friday, having raised astir $160,000 for bosom crab research.

What started arsenic a assemblage play squad and Walker wanting to capitalize connected nan attraction their squad was getting has successful move raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for bosom crab research. When nan fundraiser closes Friday, Walker will spell get nan costs successful nan shape of a cheque and move them complete to Dr. Kurian by Monday.

“She’s excited to database nan Play For Her successful her early papers that will person nan research,” Walker said. “That’s really cool to deliberation that our aid and each these women playing successful nan tourney and each nan group affiliated will really beryllium listed arsenic contributors to investigation arsenic we move forward.”

If you’d for illustration to donate to Play For Her, you tin do truthful astatine this link.