VAIL \u2014 During a season that\u2019s seen plenty of storms, the annual Pink Vail ski day to conquer cancer took place on one of the sunniest days of the year.<\/p>\n
The party was immense and the fundraising was also impressive, with more than $800,000 tallied as of 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
Betty Grubbs, of the Arrowhead Alpine Club, raised $29,739, the highest single-person fundraising effort for 2019. Grubbs found out she had cancer in May and the Arrowhead Alpine Club started raising funds then.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t ask for a dime,\u201d she said. \u201cEverybody was at my door bringing food; I had flowers for three or four months.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grubbs lived in Vail for 30 years before moving to Arrowhead in Edwards three years ago.<\/p>\n
In Vail, \u201cwe had friends, but not many neighbors \u2026 because they only came once a year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Upon moving to Arrowhead, Grubbs joined the Arrowhead Alpine Club where she found a tight-knit group of friends and neighbors<\/a>. Their Pink Vail team, Betty Bo Pink, was the second-highest on the fundraising leaderboard this year, with nearly $45,000 raised. Team Double Stuffed raised the most funds at Pink Vail 2019 with more than $47,000 totaled.<\/p>\n All Pink Vail donations and registration fees gathered at Saturday\u2019s event will benefit patients at Shaw Cancer Center through enhancements to patient care<\/a> and patient programming.<\/p>\n