University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina To Collect Donations For Red Cross At Wisconsin Game
September 13, 2005 | Football
Sept. 13, 2005
Chapel Hill, N.C. ------ University of North Carolina student-athletes and campus volunteers will be collecting monetary donations on behalf of the Red Cross to give to those affected in the Gulf Coast region by Hurricane Katrina at Saturday's football game against Wisconsin. Collections will occur at all gates from pregame through the first quarter.
Members of the North Carolina football program have already donated more than $10,000 to the Red Cross. Last week, Tar Heel football players donated approximately $3,500, a figure that was matched by Head Coach John Bunting. Players donated their game day per diem and made cash donations. Carolina's football staff contributed another $3,300 and approximately 40 boxes of supplies and clothing were sent to the LSU Athletic Department to be distributed throughout the region.
"I'm really pleased with what our kids did and it shows you the kind of people we have in our program," said Bunting. "I'm excited that we'll be doing something this weekend at the game. I'm hopeful that all of our fans will participate in a very big way. This is an on-going situation and and we've got to do whatever we can to help those people."
