IrishTHON Looks to Raise Money for Local Cancer Organization on February 8

Students and staff at Central Catholic will participate in IrishTHON on Saturday, February 8 from 6-10 p.m. in the Sullivan Center.  This year’s theme is Disco Fever.  Donations raised from the 7th-annual event will go directly to Catching Up With Jack, a local organization committed to helping kids battling cancer as well as supporting research to find a cure.

Central Catholic students raise money through sponsorships from families, friends, and alumni donors.  Throughout the evening, they spend time dancing, having lip sync battles, and playing games like musical chairs, cornhole, 3-on-3 basketball, and pickleball.  They stay active and on their feet to represent how medical staff members stay busy and on their feet during a shift at the hospital.  

Representatives from the Catching Up With Jack organization will be at the event to speak to students, and they will also hear from a family that has been directly helped through these fundraising efforts.  

“IrishTHON is a student-led and student-run fundraising event, giving Central Catholic students an opportunity to support a local organization through donations, as well as to come together for a night of fun and fellowship,” explained Patrice Brock, CCHS science teacher and one of the IrishTHON advisors.  “The Irish community is honored to be united in our support of such a worthy cause.”

Central Catholic students created the IrishTHON in 2019 as a way for CCHS to do more community outreach, not only for our surrounding neighbors, but for the city of Toledo as a whole.  Since its inception, the event has raised over $50,000 to help local families.

Anyone wishing to donate to this worthy cause may do so by clicking HERE.