CHAMPAIGN Ill. (WCIA) -- Volunteers in Champaign County cleaned for a cause Sunday morning. Their mission? Raising money for breast cancer research.

The American Cancer Society picked up litter after the Illini football game in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

"They sent us a note and said, 'We're looking for volunteers. Would you be interested? Here are a list of dates.' And I said, 'Let's do October!'" Sharla Jolly, the senior development manager for American Cancer Society, said.

At 7 a.m. on Sunday, they were wearing pink shirts and pink gloves.

"There are a group of us, about thirty of us, including students, who decided that we would come out and sort of raise awareness by wearing pink, and then raise funds from the University," Jolly said.

The University of Illinoi

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