Red Rocks Get Wiggy over Dumke Expansion
10/17/2018 12:00 PM | Gymnastics
Sale of red wigs to promote awareness and raise funds
SALT LAKE CITY—The Utah gymnastics program has launched a #GetWiggyWithUs campaign to raise awareness and funds for its Expand the Dumke Center project. All proceeds from the sale of the wigs, which cost $20, will go toward the Dumke Gymnastics Center expansion fund.
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The team asks that fans take photos of themselves in the wigs and share them on social media using #GetWiggyWithUs and #ExpandtheDumke. The wigs will be sold at Red Zone locations on campus, as well as in the Sandy store and at URedZone.com.
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Utah's Feb. 23 meet against defending NCAA champion UCLA will be a "Wig Out" with fans encouraged to wear their red wigs. The meet will start at 1:30 p.m. in the Huntsman Center. Click here for Utah's complete 2019 schedule. Season tickets, as well as tickets to the 2019 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championship in West Valley City's Maverik Center, are on sale at UtahTickets.com.
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The Expand the Dumke Center project was unveiled last March with a goal of raising $3 million to expand and renovate the aging facility where the nationally ranked Utes train. Included in the plans are a partial second story addition with an upgraded team locker room, lounge and balcony, as well as locker rooms for the coaches and improvements to the athletic training and rehabilitation area.
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For more information or to donate to the Expand the Dumke Center campaign, please visit CrimsonClub.Utah.edu, call 801-587-9894 or mail a check payable to Utah Gymnastics c/o Dumke Expansion to 1825 E. South Campus Dr. SLC, UT 84112.
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The team asks that fans take photos of themselves in the wigs and share them on social media using #GetWiggyWithUs and #ExpandtheDumke. The wigs will be sold at Red Zone locations on campus, as well as in the Sandy store and at URedZone.com.
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Utah's Feb. 23 meet against defending NCAA champion UCLA will be a "Wig Out" with fans encouraged to wear their red wigs. The meet will start at 1:30 p.m. in the Huntsman Center. Click here for Utah's complete 2019 schedule. Season tickets, as well as tickets to the 2019 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championship in West Valley City's Maverik Center, are on sale at UtahTickets.com.
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The Expand the Dumke Center project was unveiled last March with a goal of raising $3 million to expand and renovate the aging facility where the nationally ranked Utes train. Included in the plans are a partial second story addition with an upgraded team locker room, lounge and balcony, as well as locker rooms for the coaches and improvements to the athletic training and rehabilitation area.
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For more information or to donate to the Expand the Dumke Center campaign, please visit CrimsonClub.Utah.edu, call 801-587-9894 or mail a check payable to Utah Gymnastics c/o Dumke Expansion to 1825 E. South Campus Dr. SLC, UT 84112.
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