Kristy LenoirEast Hamilton is hosting Notre Dame this afternoon in a high school volleyball match in which there will be two winners. One will be the Lady Hurricanes or the Lady Irish. The other will be the local chapter of the Breast Cancer Network of Strength.
Today’s match is one of three scheduled in Hamilton County this season that’s intended to raise money and bring about awareness of breast cancer.
The others are Walker Valley at Ooltewah next Tuesday and Soddy-Daisy at Hixson on Oct. 2, both set to start at 6 p.m. Proceeds from those matches will benefit the MaryEllen Locher Foundation Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarship money locally to students who have a parent who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
This is the third year for East Hamilton’s fundraiser. Coach Kristy Lenoir’s sister-in-law, Misty Dobson, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009.
“She’s doing great,” Lenoir said. “She was 34 at the time and had two young babies when she went through the whole gamut. That’s why we started doing it.”