Scores for Schools Program Earns Money for 18 Area School Athletic Programs
February 27, 2020
KANKAKEE, IL (February 27, 2020) - Riverside Healthcare's annual Scores for Schools program gave more than $12,000 to area high schools.
Each year a check presentation is held at the Riverside Medical Center to celebrate the athletic achievements of the area high schools. Participating schools are invited to bring coaches and one to two athletes from each sport to enjoy refreshments, fellowship and personally accept their check. Matthew McBurnie, Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Jessica Shin and Dr. Andrew Toftoy personally presented the checks to each school.
Schools have the opportunity to earn $25 for every home varsity football touchdown, $20 for every home volleyball game won, and for those schools without a football program, $10 for every home varsity boys soccer goal.
The participating schools accepted the following amounts:
- Beecher High School - $520
- Bishop McNamara High School - $1,115
- Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School - $495
- Central High School - $1,240
- Coal City High School - $1,175
- Grace Christian Academy - $280
- Grant Park High School - $460
- Herscher High School - $760
- Iroquois West High School - $140
- Kankakee High School - $1,085
- Kankakee Trinity Academy - $440
- Manteno High School - $1,180
- Momence High School - $285
- Peotone High School - $565
- Reed-Custer High School - $270
- St. Anne High School - $600
- Watseka High School - $930
- Wilmington High School - $1,100