Belen Joins Bounce Back from Cancer
For over a decade, Belen Jesuit has partnered with Baptist Health to Battle Like a Wolverine. For 11 years, this event has been a family-friendly walk/run on our campus, raising awareness for breast cancer and over $100,000 to provide free mammograms. We are shifting the focus to cancer awareness and moving off campus, joining the Bounce Back from Cancer™ event as the Battle Like a Wolverine Team!
“The Belen basketball teams are ready to step up and lead the charge at this event,” said Head Basketball Coach Chachi Rodríguez. “We have always supported Battle Like a Wolverine, and this event will be no different. The team will help rally our Wolverines and are looking forward to battling cancer.”
Bounce Back from Cancer™ is a powerful collaboration between The Miami HEAT and Baptist Health Foundation. It is an annual grassroots event that unites our community with a common goal: to raise critical funds for Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute.
The Battle Like a Wolverine Team will be walking/dribbling a basketball for 2 miles from The Underline to the Kaseya Center on March 16 at 10 a.m. The Belen community is invited to join the team and help us battle cancer!
Steps to register:
- Click here to register and join our team. Students must select “student registration” to register and pay a $55 registration fee. Although a fundraising goal isn’t set automatically, we encourage all Battle Like a Wolverine team members to raise as much as possible. Please remember that the team will only be participating in the 2-mile event.
- Adults wishing to register as part of the Battle Like a Wolverine Team can follow the prompts to register as an adult. The registration fee for anyone over 18 is $55 and a minimum of $150 is required to be raised.
- If you can’t make it out to the event but still want to support the Battle Like a Wolverine team, please register as a benchwarmer and make your donation online.
- Volunteer opportunities will be available and shared at a later date through the volunteer information padlet. Stay tuned.
- Learn More: To find out more about the cause and get a glimpse of what the day of the event will be like, you are encouraged to visit the Bounce Back from Cancer™ website at BounceBackfromCancer.net You'll discover inspiring stories, event details, and more about the vital work they are doing.
It is important to note that this is a community event and that any money raised benefits the Miami Cancer Institute.
“We’re excited and grateful that the Belen Jesuit community is supporting Bounce Back from Cancer™ in 2024,” said Alex Villoch, CEO of Baptist Health Foundation. “The Battle Like A Wolverine team’s longtime commitment to Baptist Health and fighting cancer is an inspiration. With their support of Bounce Back, we can make an even greater impact on the groundbreaking research and clinical trials saving lives at Miami Cancer Institute.”
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
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500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.