Bucs Pride store to open in Washington Square

The Grand Haven High School Bucs Pride store will open at 1119 Washington Ave. on Thursday. Purple T-shirts with the "Bucs Pride' logo will be sold at the store for $10 each. To have the name of a loved one on the back of a shirt is an additional $5 per name. The store will be open Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 6 p.m. through the end of August. Store hours will be extended beginning in September.

Tribune Staff

Grand Haven

Aug 10, 2011

The storefront is being donated by Pfaff Pharmacy and the T-shirts are sponsored by North Ottawa Community Hospital. Other sponsors include Grand Haven Plastics, Shape Corp., GHSP Contribution Committee, Shoreline Sport & Spine, and Meijer.

All proceeds from the sales will be split between Bluebird Cancer Retreats and the American Cancer Society.

For more information, e-mail bucspridegh@gmail.com.

The first “Grand Haven Area Public Schools Playing for a Purpose” event will be the Grand Haven vs. Jenison football game on Sept. 16. GHHS football players will be wearing purple jerseys with the name of a person affected by cancer and playing in that person’s honor. The game will follow a “survivor lap” at 6 p.m., and introduction of the players and the person they are playing for at 6:30 p.m.