BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Team Draft - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Team Draft X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.teamdraft.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Team Draft REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20140309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20141102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20150308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20151101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20160313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20161106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20170312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20171105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151122T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151123T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151122T071630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160416T234811Z UID:4586-1448179200-1448298000@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Stadium: Carolina Panthers DESCRIPTION:Charlotte\, NC. Lung cancer survivor-advocates Edwina and Tomma represented Team Draft at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday. The survivors watched the undefeated Carolina Panthers improve their record to 10-0 by defeating the Washington Redskins. #Tacklinglungcancer #Levine #UNC #LCAM15 \nEdwina \nEdwina hadn’t smoked a day in her life\, yet she was faced with the reality of having a stage of lung cancer where 50% of patients don’t make it past a year. Lung cancer often goes undiagnosed in its early stages and Edwina experienced no warning signs that it had spread to other areas of her body… \nBecause of Levine Cancer Institute’s integrated approach to cancer care delivery\, Edwina was able to receive all her care without leaving the Charlotte/Monroe area. It also kept her close to another integrated system – a circle of family members who all live along the same stretch of road in rural Monroe. \n“I’m the youngest of 11 children\,” said Edwina. “My family treated me the way I was acting – like everything was going to be all right. They kept encouraging me as if I wasn’t handed a bunch of bad news. Looking back on it\, I wonder\, ‘How did I do that? How did I make it through? It was God’s grace and mercy and the prayers of my loved ones that brought me through this. I could have never made it without God\, and the support of the Levine Cancer Institute Team.” \nRead the full story \nTomma \nEight years after her diagnosis\, lung cancer survivor Tomma Hargraves is training to become a lay navigator with UNC Lineberger\, giving back to the hospital that she credits with saving her life. \nIn October of 2006\, Tomma Hargraves found a small lump in her neck. Although she felt very healthy\, she went to her doctor to have the lump checked out. A few days later\, she received a diagnosis that shocked her: Stage 3B non-small cell lung cancer. The tumor was in the right lobe of her lungs\, and the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes on the left side of her neck. \n“I wish I had known that non-smokers and people who had quit long ago could get lung cancer\,” says Hargraves. I thought I had done everything right\, and I still got lung cancer.” \nAfter seeking several opinions and researching her treatment options\, Hargraves decided on UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Two things set UNC Lineberger apart for her. “I was offered an aggressive clinical trial that included chemo\, radiation and a targeted oral medication\,” she says. “But what I really loved about UNC was the team approach. I didn’t have to go from doctor to doctor. They all came to me in my room and talked to me about their roles: the radiation oncologist; the thoracic oncologist; the nurse navigator. The N.C. Cancer Hospital has such a warm atmosphere\, and I feel like the people really care about me.” \nRead the full story \nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural Survivor at Every Stadium initiative on CNN during a nationally-televised prime time special focusing on lung cancer and our National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer. \nLeveraging our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players and our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country\, As part of our National Campaign\, this celebration of survivorship raises lung cancer awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease\, and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers around the country. \nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease. \nSpecial thanks to the Carolina Panthers\, Levine Cancer Institute\, UNC Lineberger Cancer Center and our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-stadium-carolina-panthers-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151124T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151124T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151124T172318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160416T234436Z UID:4592-1448323200-1448384400@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Rink: Dallas Stars DESCRIPTION:Dallas\, TX. Lung cancer survivor-advocates Donna Fernandez and Sherilyn Hibben will represent Team Draft tonight at the American Airlines Center. The survivor will watch the Dallas Stars take on the Ottawa Senators. #HockeyFightsCancer #LCAM15 \nDonna Fernandez \nI have never had the chance to watch a professional hockey game. It is very exciting to have the opportunity to attend the Stars game with other lung cancer survivors\, especially during lung cancer awareness month! Thank you so much\, Team Draft\, for giving me the chance to go! \nGiven the overwhelming success of our Survivor at Every Stadium initiative\, in 2012\, we expanded it beyond the gridiron to the ice through our Survivor at Every Rink initiative. As part of Team Draft’s National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer\, this celebration of survivorship raises awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers across North America. \nThrough our Survivor at Every Rink initiative\, we are working with all NHL teams to have a lung cancer survivor attend one of the team’s home games as a part of their national initiative\, Hockey Fights Cancer! \nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease. \nSpecial thanks to the Dallas Stars\, the NHL\, Lungevity\, Free to Breathe\, Genetech and our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-rink-dallas-stars-4/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151124T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151125T230000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151124T172742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160416T234337Z UID:4595-1448395200-1448492400@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Rink: Anaheim Ducks DESCRIPTION:Anaheim\, CA. Lung cancer survivor-advocates Dee Hunt and Shelley Dann represented Team Draft at the Honda Center tonight. The survivors watched the Anaheim Ducks defeat the visiting Calgary Flames. #HockeyFightsCancer #LCAM15 \nGiven the overwhelming success of our Survivor at Every Stadium initiative\, in 2012\, we expanded it beyond the gridiron to the ice through our Survivor at Every Rink initiative. As part of Team Draft’s National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer\, this celebration of survivorship raises awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers across North America. \nThrough our Survivor at Every Rink initiative\, we are working with all NHL teams to have a lung cancer survivor attend one of the team’s home games as a part of their national initiative\, Hockey Fights Cancer! \nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease. \nSpecial thanks to the Anaheim Ducks\, the NHL\, UCI Cancer Center\, St. Joseph’s Cancer Center\, City of Hope Cancer Center and our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible. \n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-rink-anaheim-ducks-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151127T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151128T000000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151127T161639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151127T171642Z UID:4607-1448611200-1448668800@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:Two Commitments! To Each Other and Team Draft! DESCRIPTION:Atlanta\, GA. Four years ago today\, Chris and Keasha were married\, and like most couples on their wedding day\, they made a commitment to each other–a commitment to that each would love\, honor and cherish the other. But they also made a broader commitment to all those who\, like Keasha\, were battling lung cancer–a commitment to tackle the disease. You see\, it was on that day\, standing side-by-side\, that Chris and Keasha launched Team Draft. And while Keasha may no longer be physically with us\, her fight and her spirit live on through our National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer.\n\n\nKeasha knew that it takes a team to tackle cancer. She also understood the dedication and commitment it would take to change the face of lung cancer. So\, on her wedding day\, she told her guests that she didn’t want presents. Instead\, she asked them to make a donation to Team Draft to support the commitment she and Chris made that day to all of those fighting the disease. Please help us celebrate Team Draft’s four year anniversary by making a donation today. Your donation will ensure that we can continue to honor Keasha’s commitment by raising lung cancer awareness\, increasing badly needed research funding by shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a smokers disease and celebrating all those survivors who are living longer and living stronger every day.\n\nPlease share our story and the video of Chris and Keasha’s wedding with your friends and family\, but please share the commitment to tackle lung cancer with them as well.\n\nDONATE NOW to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/two-commitments-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151204T000000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151203T175735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151204T073116Z UID:4702-1449129600-1449187200@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL- A Survivor at Every Stadium: Detroit Lions DESCRIPTION:Detroit\, MI. University of Michigan lung cancer survivor-advocate Mary Jo Grand\, and her husband\, represented Team Draft at Ford Field on Thursday night. The Grands watched a primetime game between the Detroit Lions and their divisional rival Green Bay Packers. #Tacklinglungcancer #NFLTNF #ThursdayNightFootball\n\n\nMary Jo\n\n“I’m honored to be joining Team Draft and the Lions organization to help raise awareness and tackle lung cancer.”\n\n“Lung cancer is the least funded of the major cancers in terms of research dollars because of the stigma. Nearly 60 percent of new cases are former and never smokers. It’s time to stop blaming and start funding.”\n\nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural Survivor at Every Stadium initiative on CNN during a nationally-televised prime time special focusing on lung cancer and our National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer.\n\nLeveraging our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players and our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country\, As part of our National Campaign\, this celebration of survivorship raises lung cancer awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease\, and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers around the country.\n\nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease.\n\nSpecial thanks to the Detroit Lions\, University of Michigan Cancer Center\, Karmanos Cancer Institute\, Sara Murray\, and our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible.\n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/thursday-night-football-a-survivor-at-every-stadium-detroit-lions/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151204T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151205T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151204T215945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151205T123541Z UID:4708-1449248400-1449334800@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Rink: Buffalo Sabres DESCRIPTION:Buffalo\, NY. Roswell Park lung cancer survivor Sharon McCann represented Team Draft at the First Niagara Center. Sharon watched the Buffalo Sabres defeat the visiting Arizona Coyotes. #HockeyFightsLungCancer #ASurvivoratEveryRink #ONEBuffalo\n\n\n\nSharon McCann took care of herself and never smoked a cigarette\, so she was shocked in 2009 when an X-ray detected lung cancer. She went through two lengthy rounds of chemotherapy\, and each time the tumors roared back. Her future looked grim.\n\nThat is until doctors at Roswell Park Cancer Institute made McCann a “personalized medicine” guinea pig.\n\nToday\, McCann’s cancer is manageable – six years after a diagnosis that kills most patients within five years.\n\nRead the full article \n\nGiven the overwhelming success of our Survivor at Every Stadium initiative\, in 2012\, we expanded it beyond the gridiron to the ice through our Survivor at Every Rink initiative. As part of Team Draft’s National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer\, this celebration of survivorship raises awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers across North America.\n\nThrough our Survivor at Every Rink initiative\, we are working with all NHL teams to have a lung cancer survivor attend one of the team’s home games as a part of their national initiative\, Hockey Fights Cancer!\n\nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease.\n\nSpecial thanks to the Buffalo Sabres\, the NHL\, Roswell Park Cancer Institute\, and our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible.\n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-rink-buffalo-sabres-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151206T180000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151206T052725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T041151Z UID:4718-1449388800-1449424800@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Stadium: Buffalo Bills DESCRIPTION:Buffalo\, NY. Rochester lung cancer survivors Jeffrey Clark and Kelly Shannon represented Team Draft at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday. The survivors watched the Buffalo Bills defeat the Houston Texans. #Tacklinglungcancer #ONEBuffalo #NFL\n\n\nJeff Clark\n\n“It was so exciting to be able to put our advocacy into action as a family and in partnership with Team Draft!”\n\nKelly Shannon\n\nWhat a fun day! We got the royal treatment from former Buffalo Bill Chris Draft with Team Draft’s “Survivor at Every Stadium” initiative. Such an AMAZING thing his organization Team Draft is doing to raise awareness and funding for lung cancer!! I felt so honored to be a part of the special day. Go Bills!!!!! ‪#‎ChangingTheFaceOfLungCancer‬ ‪#‎TeamDraft‬\n\nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural Survivor at Every Stadium initiative on CNN during a nationally-televised prime time special focusing on lung cancer and our National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer.\n\nLeveraging our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players and our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country\, As part of our National Campaign\, this celebration of survivorship raises lung cancer awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease\, and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers around the country.\n\nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease.\n\nSpecial thanks to the Buffalo Bills\, Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester\, and our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible.\n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-stadium-buffalo-bills-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151207T230000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151207T153905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151208T141314Z UID:4726-1449475200-1449529200@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Arena: Charlotte Hornets DESCRIPTION:Charlotte\, NC. Levine Cancer Institute lung cancer survivor Edwina represented Team Draft\, with Keasha Draft’s parents\, at the Time Warner Cable Arena on Monday night. She watched the Charlotte Hornets defeat the Detroit Pistons. #HoneyBees #Keasha #ASurvivoratEveryArena #BuzzCity\n\n\nAfter graduation\, Team Draft co-founder Keasha Rutledge Draft worked as an engineer while dancing for the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets before working in the pharmaceutical industry. She was an energetic\, vibrant young woman who had never smoked when she was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer in December 2010. At the time\, her only “symptom” was a slight shortness of breath a few days earlier. Despite the diagnosis and knowing the long odds they faced\, Keasha and Chris decided to fight back. On November 27\, 2011\, standing side-by-side\, they launched Team Draft at their wedding. One month later\, Keasha lost her courageous fight and died at the age of 38.\n\n\nEdwina\n\nEdwina hadn’t smoked a day in her life\, yet she was faced with the reality of having a stage of lung cancer where 50% of patients don’t make it past a year. Lung cancer often goes undiagnosed in its early stages and Edwina experienced no warning signs that it had spread to other areas of her body…\n\nBecause of Levine Cancer Institute’s integrated approach to cancer care delivery\, Edwina was able to receive all her care without leaving the Charlotte/Monroe area. It also kept her close to another integrated system – a circle of family members who all live along the same stretch of road in rural Monroe.\n\n“I’m the youngest of 11 children\,” said Edwina. “My family treated me the way I was acting – like everything was going to be all right. They kept encouraging me as if I wasn’t handed a bunch of bad news. Looking back on it\, I wonder\, ‘How did I do that? How did I make it through? It was God’s grace and mercy and the prayers of my loved ones that brought me through this. I could have never made it without God\, and the support of the Levine Cancer Institute Team.”\n\nRead the full story\n\nTeam Draft is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing badly needed research funding by shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.” The fact is anybody can get lung cancer. Yet\, despite the fact that between 20\,000 and 30\,000 people who have never smoked—including Keasha—are diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States each year\, the smoking stigma negatively impacts lung cancer research funding\, which pales in comparison to funding for other major cancers and diseases. Team Draft is out to change all that by using the unique platform available to Chris as a former NFL player and nationally recognized community leader and health advocate to lead a National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer—a campaign that has taken us to more than 100 of the top cancer treatment and research centers in the United States and Canada.\n\nThrough our Survivor at Every Arena initiative\, we are working with all 30 NBA teams to have a lung cancer survivor from a local cancer center and their guests attend one of the team’s home games.\n\nOur goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local and national level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of lung cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease.\n\nSpecial thanks to the Charlotte Hornets\, Levine Cancer Institute\, Dr. Edward Kim and our Team Draft’s supporters for helping make this experience possible.\n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-arena-charlotte-hornets-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151208T230000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151208T143258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151209T071129Z UID:4732-1449561600-1449615600@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Rink: Chicago Blackhawks DESCRIPTION:Chicago\, IL. Chicago native lung cancer survivor-advocates Tracy Anderson\, Juanita Segura\, Bob Lehrman\, and Jill Feldman represented Team Draft at the United Center. The survivors watched the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Nashville Predators. #HockeyFightsCancer #ASurvivorAtEveryRink #SuperBowlChallenge #Recruitment\n\n\nTracy \n\nSo excited to join Team Draft at the Blackhawks game tonight. We throw lung cancer into the ‘boards’ every day with the ‘goal’ to beat it and to change the face of lung cancer. It takes the right team and I am honored to be a part of Team Draft!\n\nJuanita\n\nLung cancer may have started the fight but I will finish it. And\, tonight I am blessed to be a part of Team Draft and watch the Blackhawks beat the Predators while we will beat the ‘puck’ out of lung cancer – WE ARE TEAM DRAFT!\n\nJill\n\nI am grateful and excited to be a part of Team Draft and join fellow lung cancer survivors at the Blackhawks game. Team Draft’s campaign\, ‘A Survivor at Every Rink\,’ gives survivors a unique and fun experience while also shining a desperately needed light on lung cancer. It’s not often we are ‘excited’ or have ‘fun’ when it comes to lung cancer. Thank you Team Draft!\n\nBob\n\nI am a brand new member of team Draft and a brand new survivor this year. I am so grateful to have such a network of caring support and understanding. Thank you so much for building the awareness around lung Cancer and for the wonderful fun night seeing the Blackhawks together. GO Hawks !!\n\nGiven the overwhelming success of our Survivor at Every Stadium initiative\, in 2012\, we expanded it beyond the gridiron to the ice through our Survivor at Every Rink initiative. As part of Team Draft’s National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer\, this celebration of survivorship raises awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers across North America.\n\nThrough our Survivor at Every Rink initiative\, we are working with all NHL teams to have a lung cancer survivor attend one of the team’s home games as a part of their national initiative\, Hockey Fights Cancer!\n\nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease.\n\nOn December 1\, 2016\, Team Draft co-founder and former NFL linebacker Chris Draft launched Team Draft’s 2016 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge on SiriusXM NFL radio with hosts Bob Papa and Solomon Wilcots. The launch served as a call to action for lung cancer survivors across the country to join the challenge.\n\nThe Challenge participants will be a part of a friendly competition\, with the top fundraisers awarded trips to Super Bowl 50\, the NFL Pro-Bowl and the Taste of the NFL. The winners\, announced on January 4\, 2016\, will have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key influencers from across the country.\n\nJoin the Challenge: https://www.crowdrise.com/LungCancerSurvivorsSuperBowl\n\nSpecial thanks to the Chicago Blackhawks\, the NHL\, Rush University Cancer Center\, and our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible.\n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-rink-chicago-blackhawks-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151210T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151210T235000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151210T164647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151211T084627Z UID:4740-1449777600-1449791400@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - A Survivor at Every Stadium: Arizona Cardinals DESCRIPTION:Glendale\, AZ. Lung cancer survivor-advocate Frank Sierawski represented Team Draft at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Thursday night. Frank\, and his team\, watched the Arizona Cardinals defeat the Minnesota Vikings\, 23-20. #NFL #ThursdayNightFootball #Tacklinglungcancer\n\n\n“True best friends never fail on understanding\, forgiving\, and being there for one another no matter what situation that they might be in or having with one another because of the fact of that no matter if it’s two males or females love should always be there as if brothers or sisters if their what we call best friends.”\n― Jonathan Anthony Burkett\n\nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural Survivor at Every Stadium initiative on CNN during a nationally-televised prime time special focusing on lung cancer and our National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer.\n\nLeveraging our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players and our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country\, As part of our National Campaign\, this celebration of survivorship raises lung cancer awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease\, and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers around the country.\n\nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease.\n\nOn December 1\, 2016\, Team Draft co-founder and former NFL linebacker Chris Draft launched Team Draft’s 2016 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge on SiriusXM NFL radio with hosts Bob Papa and Solomon Wilcots. The launch served as a call to action for lung cancer survivors across the country to join the challenge.\n\nThe Challenge participants are a part of a friendly competition\, with the top fundraisers awarded trips to Super Bowl 50\, the NFL Pro-Bowl and the Taste of the NFL. The winners\, announced on January 4\, 2016\, will have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key influencers from across the country.\n\nJoin the Challenge: https://www.crowdrise.com/LungCancerSurvivorsSuperBowl\n\nSpecial thanks to our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible.\n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/thursday-night-football-a-survivor-at-every-stadium-arizona-cardinals/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151211T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151211T230000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151211T210634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151214T040405Z UID:4747-1449853200-1449874800@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Rink: Arizona Coyotes DESCRIPTION:Glendale\, AZ. CTCA cancer survivors represented Team Draft at the Gila River Arena. The survivors watched the Arizona Coyotes defeat the Minnesota Wild in overtime. #ASurvivoratEveryRink #HockeyFightsCancer\n\n\nGiven the overwhelming success of our Survivor at Every Stadium initiative\, in 2012\, we expanded it beyond the gridiron to the ice through our Survivor at Every Rink initiative. As part of Team Draft’s National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer\, this celebration of survivorship raises awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers across North America.\n\nThrough our Survivor at Every Rink initiative\, we are working with all NHL teams to have a lung cancer survivor attend one of the team’s home games as a part of their national initiative\, Hockey Fights Cancer!\n\nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease.\n\nOn December 1\, 2016\, Team Draft co-founder and former NFL linebacker Chris Draft launched Team Draft’s 2016 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge on SiriusXM NFL radio with hosts Bob Papa and Solomon Wilcots. The launch served as a call to action for lung cancer survivors across the country to join the challenge.\n\nThe Challenge participants are a part of a friendly competition\, with the top fundraisers awarded trips to Super Bowl 50\, the NFL Pro-Bowl and the Taste of the NFL. The winners\, announced on January 4\, 2016\, will have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key influencers from across the country.\n\nJoin the Challenge: https://www.crowdrise.com/LungCancerSurvivorsSuperBowl\n\nSpecial thanks to the Arizona Coyotes\, the NHL\, Cancer Treatment Center of America-Western Regional Medical Center and our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible.\n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-rink-arizona-coyotes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151212T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151211T211136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151214T040632Z UID:4749-1449907200-1449939600@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Rink: Boston Bruins DESCRIPTION:Boston\, MA. Mass General lung cancer survivor-advocates Dan Gorini and Dave Kimball represented Team Draft at the TD Garden. The survivors watched the Boston Bruins defeat the Florida Panthers. #ASurvivoratEveryRink #HockeyFightsCancer\n\n\nGiven the overwhelming success of our Survivor at Every Stadium initiative\, in 2012\, we expanded it beyond the gridiron to the ice through our Survivor at Every Rink initiative. As part of Team Draft’s National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer\, this celebration of survivorship raises awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers across North America. URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-rink-boston-bruins-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151213T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151213T134913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151214T040909Z UID:4754-1449993600-1450026000@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Stadium: Tampa Bay Bucs DESCRIPTION:Tampa\, FL. South Florida lung cancer survivor Matt Tavrides and his wife\, Julie\, represented Team Draft at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. The survivors watched the Tampa Bay Bucs lose a close game to their NFC South rival\, New Orleans Saints. #Tacklinglungcancer #NFL #SuperBowlChallenge #Recruiting\n\n\nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural Survivor at Every Stadium initiative on CNN during a nationally-televised prime time special focusing on lung cancer and our National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer.\n\nLeveraging our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players and our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country\, As part of our National Campaign\, this celebration of survivorship raises lung cancer awareness\, gives hope to those battling the disease\, and shines a light on the important work being done at cancer research and treatment centers around the country.\n\nTeam Draft’s goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local\, national\, and international level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease.\n\nOn December 1\, 2016\, Team Draft co-founder and former NFL linebacker Chris Draft launched Team Draft’s 2016 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge on SiriusXM NFL radio with hosts Bob Papa and Solomon Wilcots. The launch served as a call to action for lung cancer survivors across the country to join the challenge.\n\nThe Challenge participants are a part of a friendly competition\, with the top fundraisers awarded trips to Super Bowl 50\, the NFL Pro-Bowl and the Taste of the NFL. The winners\, announced on January 4\, 2016\, will have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key influencers from across the country.\n\nJoin the Challenge: https://www.crowdrise.com/LungCancerSurvivorsSuperBowl\n\nSpecial thanks to the Tampa Bay Bucs and our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible.\n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/a-survivor-at-every-stadium-tampa-bay-bucs/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151216T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151216T235000 DTSTAMP:20260616T035240 CREATED:20151216T235326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151217T202535Z UID:4769-1450292400-1450309800@www.teamdraft.org SUMMARY:A Survivor at Every Arena: Atlanta Hawks DESCRIPTION:Atlanta\, GA. Piedmont Health lung cancer survivor-advocate Billie Jane Hood represented Team Draft at Philips Arena on Wednesday night. Billie celebrated her birthday by watching the Atlanta Hawks defeat the Philadelphia 76ers. #ASurvivorAtEveryArena #Changingthefaceoflungcancer \n\n\nCOVINGTON — When Covington resident Billie Jane Hood underwent a routine evaluation for knee replacement surgery at Piedmont Newton Hospital\, the last thing she expected to hear was that she had stage IV lung cancer.\n\n“I was never more shocked by anything in my life\,” Hood\, who is a lifelong nonsmoker\, said. “It was a wild roller coaster ride from the first PET scan to being told I had advanced stage lung cancer and then on to more tests. I told my doctor\, ‘I still have places to go and things to see.’”\n\nRead the full story\n\nTeam Draft is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing badly needed research funding by shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.” The fact is anybody can get lung cancer. Yet\, despite the fact that between 20\,000 and 30\,000 people who have never smoked—including Keasha—are diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States each year\, the smoking stigma negatively impacts lung cancer research funding\, which pales in comparison to funding for other major cancers and diseases. Team Draft is out to change all that by using the unique platform available to Chris as a former NFL player and nationally recognized community leader and health advocate to lead a National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer—a campaign that has taken us to more than 100 of the top cancer treatment and research centers in the United States and Canada.\n\nThrough our Survivor at Every Arena initiative\, we are working with all 30 NBA teams to have a lung cancer survivor from a local cancer center and their guests attend one of the team’s home games.\n\nOur goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and to raise awareness on a local and national level by using each game and each survivor’s story to weave a broader narrative about the state of lung cancer and the hope that now exists for those battling the disease.\n