Newton South Field Hockey Team Raises $10,000 for Research
Community fundraisers can see how a shared personal cause drove a $10,000 team drive.
Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Philanthropy
Newton South High School's field hockey team raised $10,000 for brain tumor research this season, driven by players with family connections to the disease. Senior goalie Ella Roffman, who leads the nation in field hockey saves, is part of the effort.
Why it matters
The fundraising was undertaken as the team's season mission, with two players whose fathers have brain tumors and Roffman, who has a family history of the disease, at its center. For philanthropy operators, it illustrates how a community organization can channel a personal, shared cause into a concrete financial result.
The Newton South High School field hockey team raised $10,000 for brain tumor research this season. The source provides no comparator, prior-year figure, or fundraising target for the total.
The players
Newton South High School
A public high school in Newton, Massachusetts, whose field hockey team carried out the season's fundraising.
Ella Roffman
A senior goalie at Newton South High School who leads the nation in field hockey saves and has a family history of brain tumors.
The details
The team made brain tumor research its season mission and raised $10,000 while competing in a highly competitive league. Two players have fathers who have brain tumors, and a cousin of senior goalie Ella Roffman also plays on the team. Roffman, who began playing in eighth grade, has a family history of the disease herself.
Timeline
Roffman began playing field hockey in eighth grade.
The team raised $10,000 for brain tumor research during this season.
Market Landscape
The extraction does not supply a named precedent, philanthropic trend, or competing initiative against which to place this fundraising effort. The story is a local, school-level example of team-directed charitable giving.
For nonprofit and community-group leaders, the story shows that team and peer-group fundraising can produce meaningful sums around a personally resonant cause. Organizations running similar drives should consider whether a shared mission and direct personal connection to the cause can anchor their own campaigns.
The takeaway
A shared personal connection to a cause can give a team-based fundraiser a clear mission and measurable result. Operators running donor drives can track whether tying appeals to a specific, personally felt cause raises participation as well as totals.
Further reading
For related giving activity, explore Philanthropy coverage in Newton.
Source note: This article includes information reported by NBC Boston.
