UCLA's Sixth Annual Dribble for the Cure to be Held Oct. 20UCLA's Sixth Annual Dribble for the Cure to be Held Oct. 20

UCLA's Sixth Annual Dribble for the Cure to be Held Oct. 20

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The sixth annual Dribble for the Cure will be held on the UCLA campus on Sunday, Oct. 20. Start time and other event details will be released later this summer. Last year's Dribble for the Cure, held

May 21, 2013

The sixth annual Dribble for the Cure will be held on the UCLA campus on Sunday, Oct. 20. Start time and other event details will be released later this summer.

Last year's Dribble for the Cure, held Oct. 21, 2012, set a donation record in the continuing effort to help find a cure for children's cancer. The event totaled approximately 540 participants with a record net revenue of $155,395.74. UCLA's women's and men's basketball teams and the UCLA Athletic Department once again joined forces with Bruin basketball great John Vallely, the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF) and the Cancer Research Program at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA. Dribble for the Cure has grown every year with a five-year event total of over 3,500 participants contributing over half-a-million dollars ($531,395.74) in the fight against children's cancer. The previous donation high ($115,000.00) was set in 2011. Proceeds will help support the treatment for pediatric cancer patients at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA.

Last year's event started at Drake Stadium and finished at Collins Court in the Wooden Center, as participants dribbled basketballs on a 1.2 mile course across the Bruin campus. At the conclusion of the event, entrants were given a unique opportunity to meet and pose for photographs with and obtain autographs from the UCLA women's and men's basketball teams. UCLA student-athletes from other Bruin women's and men's sports were also present to work and participate in the Dribble.

"It is very inspiring to witness the tremendous outpouring of support in the effort to find new therapies for children with cancer," said Dr. Theodore B. Moore, Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA. "We at Mattel Children's Hospital are deeply grateful to the teams at UCLA Athletics, the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation and Team Vallely for the formidable effort that goes into putting this event together to fund cancer research and treatment and to increase the quality of life for our young patients."

For more information on the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, Cancer Research Program at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and the Oct. 20, 2013 Dribble for the Cure, please visit pcrf-kids.org.