Play for Runway: Riverdale Country School
October 9
Bronx, NY
Riverdale Country School is Playing for Runway!
On Friday, October 9, Riverdale’s football and tennis teams will come together for a special Play for Runway evening, continuing a partnership between Riverdale and Runway for Recovery that has now grown across several years, sports, and generations of students.
The connection began with Savannah Phillips. As a three-year-old, Savannah watched her mom, Kathryn, go through breast cancer treatment. She also grew up in the Runway community alongside her mom, meeting other children who had experienced breast cancer in their families and learning that Runway could also be a place for joy, hope, and, of course, dancing.
Today, Kathryn works for Runway for Recovery, helping families navigate some of the hardest moments of their lives — and Savannah has been able to see the other side of the organization she grew up with: the work of providing direct financial assistance and a community of support to families facing metastatic or terminal breast cancer, or grieving the loss of a parent to the disease.
Savannah brought that connection to Riverdale, and other students have continued to carry it forward. Finn Ptashek organized Play for Runway events through both hockey and lacrosse, and this year Abigail Fischbach has taken the lead in bringing Runway back to Riverdale for one of the school’s fall spotlight athletic evenings.
Together, Riverdale students have already raised more than $14,000 for Runway.
That is exactly what Play for Runway is meant to be: young people taking something they already love — their team, their sport, their school community — and using it to make a meaningful difference for another family.
On October 9, Riverdale athletes will wear Runway’s signature pink socks, honor those in their lives who have been impacted by breast cancer, and raise funds to help Runway provide financial assistance, resources, and connection to the families we serve.
Friday, October 9
Riverdale Country School
Football + Tennis
More than $14,000 raised by Riverdale students
We are so grateful to Savannah for beginning this tradition, to Finn for helping it grow, to Abigail for carrying it forward, and to the Riverdale community for continuing to Play for Runway.