Guthrie Accepts Donation From Sayre Athletes

Coach Eileen Sparduti presented a check from the team’s annual Rally for the Cure/Pink Out Game which raised more than $3,500 to support Guthrie’s Breast Care Fund. The fund supports local women who are either uninsured or under-insured receive diagnostic tests and necessary subsequent treatment for breast cancer. 

For Coach Sparduti, it’s important that the team understand the importance of their efforts. “The focus of the Breast Care Fund is not cancer- it’s survivorship. Our donation connects us to a community of women who are also fighters – engaged in a battle with much higher stakes than a win or loss in a season record.  It provides a ‘bigger picture’ perspective to what we are about”. In the past, Coach Sparduti and the team have visited the cancer center so they could see firsthand where their dollars went. 

Since its inception in 2012, the Rally for the Cure/Pink Out Game has raised over $25,600 for Guthrie’s Breast Care Fund.  

Guthrie is a non-profit integrated health system located in north central Pennsylvania and upstate New York, serving patients from a twelve-county service area. Guthrie is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network and is the first health system based in Pennsylvania and New York to join this network. Guthrie is comprised of a research institute, home care/hospice, hospitals in Sayre, Pa., Corning, N.Y., Towanda, Pa., Troy, Pa. and Cortland, N.Y., as well as a multi-specialty group practice of more than 325 physicians and 210 advanced practice providers offering 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities in Pennsylvania and New York. In addition, Guthrie offers home medical equipment and respiratory therapy products at seven convenient Med Supply Depot locations. Guthrie provides a wide range of services and programs to enhance the health and well-being of those it serves.