BOONE, N.C. –– For the second consecutive year, Appalachian State University men’s basketball will participate in Coaches vs. Cancer: Suits and Sneakers Awareness Week.
The Mountaineer coaching staff will don sneakers with gold laces in memory of Lacey Holsworth, an 8-year-old basketball fan who died of cancer.
To help honor Lacey’s memory, you can purchase a special pair of Princess Lacey’s Laces from Shoe Carnival stores or shoecarnival.com/lacey.
The American Cancer Society will receive 85 percent of the proceeds from he campaign, and Princess Lacey’s Legacy will receive 15 percent. The funds going to the American Cancer Society will be restricted to pediatric cancer.