Bowl for the Cure raises more than $17K for Franciscan Health Michigan City breast cancer patients

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – Franciscan Health Breast Care Center Michigan City breast cancer patients

will have additional support thanks to a generous donation from the Michigan City United States

Bowling Congress Bowling Association.

The organization raised $17,251, a record for the event, at its February Bowl for the Cure

fundraiser at Olympia Lanes II in Michigan City to support local breast cancer patients through

the Franciscan Health Foundation’s Michigan City Mammography Department/Breast Cancer

Fund. The organization has raised more than $134,500 for Franciscan Health Michigan City since

2008.

Olympia Lanes II owner Nick Loxas donated the use of the bowling alley for the 2025 Bowl For

the Cure event at the request of employee Cheryl Hale, who serves as chairwoman of the Bowl for

the Cure committee.

Donations to the Franciscan Health Breast Care Center Michigan City assist breast cancer patients

in need with educational materials, comfort bags, gas cards, grocery cards, utility bills and more.

“Our Michigan City Bowl for the Cure friends work tirelessly to host this event each February,

both in honor of those who have passed and to help those who continue to fight breast cancer in

our area,” Franciscan Health Foundation Director of Development Debbie Tatum said. “We are so

thankful for the committee’s and the community’s ongoing support.”

Donations to the Franciscan Health Foundation’s Michigan City Mammography

Department/Breast Cancer Fund can be made online at Program Locations - Franciscan Health

Foundation (choose “Northern Indiana” and then “Cancer Care Mammography Fund”) or by

calling Debbie Tatum at (219) 661-3404.

###

CUTLINE: Members of the Michigan City United States Bowling Congress Bowling Association

raised $17,251 for Franciscan Health Michigan City breast cancer patients at the organization’s

annual Bowl for the Cure.