Stingrays donate jersey proceeds to MUSC
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Back in the first week of November, the South Carolina Stingrays held Cancer Awareness Weekend at the Coliseum.
Today the organization donated proceeds from their specialty jersey auction to MUSC's Hollings Cancer Center.
Four thousand dollars were raised for the only NCI Cancer Center in the state that will go to the highest level of need at MUSC.
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