A week after showing its support for Sevastopol third-grader Violet Tanck at a boys basketball game, the Gibraltar community is hoping to do the same for one of its own.

 

Students at Gibraltar Secondary School have organized Kat’s Full Court Fight Against Lymphoma, an event supporting 2018 Gibraltar graduate and current Northern Sky Theater volunteer coordinator Kathleen Jackson.

 

Jackson launched a GoFundMe page more than a year ago after being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer that attacks the body’s lymph nodes.

 

Gibraltar seniors Giovanni Mercier, Josie Martin and Celeste Ashley have taken on the task of organizing the event, which will take place during the school’s boys basketball game against Sturgeon Bay on Feb. 17.

 

 

The trio has attended similar events in the past, including efforts to support the families of former Gibraltar student Braden Sitte. They say it has been a learning experience, but also a gratifying one.

 

 

The evening begins at 5 p.m. before the JV game and will include silent auctions, raffle baskets, a bake sale and concessions from area businesses.

 

Door County has been exceptionally generous at basketball-centered events this season. Before raising more than $17,000 on Monday to support Tanck, a matchup between Sevastopol and Sturgeon Bay raised more than $12,000 for the Butch and Ramirez families and collected another $2,900 for DoorCancer, a local organization that helps fund families on their own cancer journeys.

 

 

Picture from Kathleen Jackson's GoFundMe page