Latrobe student spearheads TikTok video cancer fundraiser

Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority chapter at Washington & Jefferson College hosts an annual softball tournament to benefit the Glock Foundation, which raises funds for breast cancer research, clinical trials, patient care and education.

It’s a cause that’s close to the hearts of sorority members, since the foundation was created by W&J professor Carol Glock after her own battle with inflammatory breast cancer.

Due to the coronavirus shutdowns, softball was off the table for this year, which sent Bianca Pate, the chapter’s philanthropy director, in search of an alternative way of raising funds.

The Latrobe sophomore, who’s majoring in neuroscience and Spanish, didn’t have to look far for an idea.

“I was watching TikTok, like everyone else I know, and I thought, ‘Wait a minute, we could do this,’” she said.

Thus was born the TikTok for Glock video challenge.

The sorority is inviting individuals or groups to submit their own TikTok videos for a chance to win some cash.

A panel of judges will chose winners, who will receive Visa gift cards in these amounts: $200 for first place, $100 for second and $50 for and third. The best submission from a W&J student will receive $100.

The entry fee depends on how many people are in the video. Fee is $5 for one, $10 for two to five, or $20 for more than five. Individuals or groups can submit as many videos as they want.

There is no restriction on the video theme or format, Pate said: “We decided to leave it open, so people can be as creative as they want.”

Videos should be posted on the TikTok app using #TikTokforGlock. W&J students also should add #WJCollege. Submissions are open until May 1, with winners to be announced May 7.

Donations to the foundation without a video also are being accepted.

“I founded the Glock Foundation to raise funds and inform breast cancer patients how significant and possibly lifesaving participating in a clinical trial can be upon their diagnosis,” Glock says. “This process not only saved my life but could save the lives of so many other breast cancer patients.”

Details: kkg.crowdchange.co/13795