BENNINGTON, Vt. - On Saturday, January 24, the Regis College and Southern Vermont College basketball teams will be participating in the Suits and Sneakers Weekend as a part of the Coaches vs. Cancer campaign. Coaches from both the men's and women's teams will lace up their sneakers with their game day suits in order to raise awareness and funding to fight cancer.

All game admissions proceeds will be directly donated to the ACS, and additional contributions will be accepted throughout the day at the Mountaineer Athletic Center. Tax deductible donations can also be made online with a credit card through the ACS secured website; please visit svcathletics.com to find the link and more information. The Southern Vermont CAC will be selling t-shirts at the door and hosting halftime contests with all funds collected going to the cause.

The SVC women's team is set to play Regis in a New England Collegiate Conference game at 1:00 p.m. with the men following against the Pride around 3:00 p.m.

The Coaches vs. Cancer program empowers coaches, their teams, and communities to join the fight against cancer by participating in awareness efforts, advocacy programs, and fundraising activities to help people with cancer today and to find cures to end the disease tomorrow.

Guided by the Coaches vs. Cancer Council, participating coaches have helped raise more than $87 million to help the American Cancer Society save lives by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back against cancer. Annually, the ACS as a whole raises about $900 million; 79 percent of that money goes directly to ACS programs, services and life-saving research with 21 percent being administrative costs to fundraise. Last year, $36,534 was raised during Suits And Sneakers Weekend, and the ACS raised $430,000 in New England through Coaches Vs. Cancer games with colleges, universities and high schools.