WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Some Purdue students are diving in for a cause. The Purdue swim team, along with students from various sororities and fraternities took part in the? Breaststroke 4 Hope swim-a-thon Saturday.
30 teams hit the lanes to swim for one consecutive hour in exchange for pledges from the community for each lap completed. The teams collected donations from different businesses and organizations before the event. Those donations will be put toward breast cancer awareness.
The event took place Saturday at the Boilermaker Aquatics Center.
Purdue student Taryn Gerson founded Breaststroke 4 Hope. She said swimming and breast cancer awareness are two things she's always been passionate about.
"Events are either walk-a-thons or run-a-thons and so I thought something unique would be a swim-a-thon," Gerson said. "Nobody really pulls from the swimming community. So I thought it was a unique way to raise awareness for a great cause."
Gerson hopes to host the event at Purdue again next year. She said she even wants to expand Breaststroke 4 Hope to other schools, like Indiana University and the University of Michigan.
Source: http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/students-swimming-for-breast-cancer-awareness
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