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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Los Angeles Rams #SundayNightFootball
DESCRIPTION:View Photos \nLos Angeles\, CA. USC lung cancer survivor Sandy Jauregui-Baza and her husband Steven represented Team Draft at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday Night. Sandy and Steve joined Rams Alumni on the Throwback Terrace Deck and watched the Los Angeles Rams lose a close game to the visiting Philadelphia Eagles. #changingthefaceoflungcancer \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy are so many women who have never lit up developing this disease?\nBy Aimee Swartz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n In 2012\, Sandy Jauregui-Baza was hiking along the Tamul waterfall in San Luis Potosí\, Mexico\, when she started coughing and having trouble breathing. “I remember thinking I must be coming down with something\,” she recalls. \nJauregui-Baza was an avid exerciser; she ran or hiked daily\, logging more than 100 miles each month. She ate clean\, avoiding almost all processed foods. She figured she was too healthy for anything to be seriously wrong. But after developing flu-like symptoms\, she went to an urgent care clinic in Los Angeles. The doctor thought it might be tuberculosis\, based on the results of her cloudy chest X-ray and her recent honeymoon in Nepal\, where the infectious disease is common. But a few days later\, when the definitive test for TB came back negative\, doctors did a lung biopsy to look for other causes. \nThe final diagnosis: Jauregui-Baza had stage IV lung cancer\, the most advanced form of the disease; it had spread into the bones of her spinal column. “I thought the doctors had to be kidding\,” says Jauregui-Baza\, now 32. “I’ve never even smoked\, and I had just hiked to the base camp of Mount Everest. How could I have lung cancer?” The prognosis was grim: More than 95 percent of stage IV lung cancer patients succumb to the disease within five years of diagnosis. Jauregui-Baza was given just six months to live. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRead more: http://www.oprah.com/health_wellness/non-smokers-and-lung-cancer#ixzz5ZcbNtPmf\n\nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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. \nTeam Draft’s fifth annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2018. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. The top three fundraisers\, announced on December 31\, 2018\, will earn trips to Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta\, GA\, the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl in Orlando\, FL and the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA. The survivors have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. #RepYourCity #RepYourCancerCenter #RepYourLCOrganization  \n**The lung cancer survivors that raise over $5\,000 will be able to designated a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 80% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 20% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nSpecial thanks to the Los Angeles Rams\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \n\nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-los-angeles-rams-sundaynightfootball/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181217T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181217T233000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Carolina Panthers #MondayNightFootball
DESCRIPTION:View Photos \nCharlotte\, NC. US Army Green Beret and lung cancer survivor Richard Stayskal and his family represented Team Draft at Bank of America Stadium on Monday Night. The Stayskals watched the Carolina Panthers take on the New Orleans with Team Draft co-founder\, and former Carolina Panther\, Chris Draft.  \n \n\nSgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal was deployed to Ramadi\, Iraq\, in 2004 when he was shot by a sniper. The round\, which he kept as a souvenir\, pierced his left lung and nearly killed him. \n\n\n The round is “a reminder of how fragile life is\,” he told Charlotte’s Fox 46. “Something could change everything in an instant.” \n\n\n Despite beating the odds of such a grievous wound in combat\, something else did change in an instant for the 37-year-old Green Beret when\, following a June 2017 visit to a civilian doctor to address severe breathing issues the Army told him was a simple case of pneumonia\, he received terrible news. \n\n\n “Did a biopsy and when I woke up my wife was crying\,” Stayskal told Fox 46. “And he [the doctor] was telling her that I had cancer.” \n\n\n The tumor in Stayskal’s lungs had been egregiously misdiagnosed by Army doctors\, the report said\, allowing it to double in size and spread to other vital organs — and into stage four terminal lung cancer. \n\n\n Now\, the father of two daughters\, ages 9 and 11\, said doctors have given him a life expectancy of at least a year. \nRead the full story \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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. \nTeam Draft’s fifth annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2018. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. The top three fundraisers\, announced on December 31\, 2018\, will earn trips to Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta\, GA\, the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl in Orlando\, FL and the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA. The survivors have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. #RepYourCity #RepYourCancerCenter #RepYourLCOrganization  \n**The lung cancer survivors that raise over $5\,000 will be able to designated a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 80% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 20% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nSpecial thanks to the Carolina Panthers\, Riley Fields\, the NFL Commissioner\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-carolina-panthers-mondaynightfootball/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181222T080000
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Tennessee Titans
DESCRIPTION:Nashville\, TN. Vanderbilt lung cancer survivor-advocate Stephen Huff represented Team Draft at Nissan Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Stephen and his wife Emily watched the Tennessee Titans defeat the visiting the Washington Redskins. #TheHuffProject \nStephen Huff grew up living and breathing baseball in Tennessee. He earned a college scholarship to as a pitcher to Austin Peay State University\, where he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox. He was the epitome of health. \n“Growing up as an athlete and being a pro athlete\, exercise and taking care of my body was my way of life\,” he told MensHealth.com. “I trained everyday\, ran between 5-8 miles at a time. I’ve always been hyper vigilant about what I eat\, what I drink. I always tried to eat organic. I mean\, I was afraid to take Tylenol!”  \nA few years after leaving the minor league and time spent coaching baseball\, he went back to school to get his teaching degree and start a new career. While finishing up his first year of teaching high school computer classes\, he started feeling a bit off. \n“I was very asymptomatic for a long time\,” he said. “I had some vague symptoms—I felt like I had indigestion or heartburn. Towards the end of 2016 and early 2017\, I developed a nagging cough and had a wheezing sensation.”…. \n \nHuff was diagnosed with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer on June 1\, 2017. At that point\, it had metastasized in his lymph nodes\, chest\, a small spot on his liver\, and on his spinal chord near his tail bone. Doctors told him the five-year survival rate was under 5 percent. \n“It felt like a death sentence\,” he said.  \n“I was engaged\, my fiancé Emily and I had just bought our first house\, and we were getting married in three months. Cancer was nowhere in the plan. The first two weeks after I was diagnosed\, I wasn’t sleeping or eating. I lost almost 20 pounds in 2 weeks.” \n Read the Full Story from Men’s Health \n \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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. \nTeam Draft’s fifth annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2018. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. The top three fundraisers\, announced on December 31\, 2018\, will earn trips to Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta\, GA\, the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl in Orlando\, FL and the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA. The survivors have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. #RepYourCity #RepYourCancerCenter #RepYourLCOrganization  \n**The lung cancer survivors that raise over $5\,000 will be able to designated a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 80% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 20% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nSpecial thanks to the Astra Zeneca\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-tennessee-titans/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181230T080000
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DESCRIPTION:Tampa\, FL. Florida Cancer Specialists lung survivor Stephanie Peace\, USF Moffit cancer survivors Lauren Bibbsand Kenneth Smith\, and lung cancer advocate Ros Miller represented Team Draft at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. The group watched the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Atlanta Falcons in their final home game of the season after tailgating with the WHAT THE BUC crew. \n \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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. \nTeam Draft’s fifth annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2018. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. The top three fundraisers\, announced on December 31\, 2018\, will earn trips to Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta\, GA\, the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl in Orlando\, FL and the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA. The survivors have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. #RepYourCity #RepYourCancerCenter #RepYourLCOrganization  \n**The lung cancer survivors that raise over $5\,000 will be able to designated a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 80% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 20% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nSpecial thanks to the Moffitt Cancer Center\, Tampa Bay Buccaneers\, Astra Zeneca\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!  \n \n 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-tampa-bay-buccaneers-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190106T080000
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DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Chicago Bears #Playoffs
DESCRIPTION:Chicago\, IL. University of Chicago Cancer Center lung cancer survivor Diane Spry will represent Team Draft at Soldier Field on Sunday. Diane and her husband will watch the Chicago Bears take on the Philadelphia Eagles during week of the NFL Playoffs. \nIn 2014\, Diane Spry’s life was going great.  She had a job she loved working in business development at a Ford dealership\, and she was enjoying spending more and more time with her boyfriend\, Robert.  When she developed a cough that lingered for close to a month\, she didn’t think much of it\, let alone guess that she was already fighting lung cancer \nOne Sunday evening\, however\, she and Robert were en route to a party when Diane realized that\, for the first time in her life\, she was wheezing and\, perhaps more concerning\, she had a deep pain in her upper left chest.  Robert and Diane decided to forgo the party and made a visit the ER instead. \nWhile at the hospital\, Diane learned that she had a blood clot\, a pulmonary embolism in her right lung\, and a mass on her left lung. She was admitted\, underwent a bronchoscopy that Wednesday\, and received her diagnosis on Friday: stage 3b non small cell adenocarcinoma. Diane was just 30 years old\, had never smoked\, and had no history of lung cancer in her family. Read More\n \nI was diagnosed  with  stage  IV  lung  cancer  at  30  years old.  I  am  now  35 and  surviving!  ~ Diane Spry \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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. \n“It is an honor to have been chosen to represent #teamdraft at this weekends Bears playoff game against the Eagles. We will #changethefaceoflungcancer! Thank you Team Draft\, Chris Draft and the Chicago Bears!” ~ Diane Spry \nTeam Draft’s fifth annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2018. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. The top three fundraisers\, Patty Watkins\, Gina Hollenbeck and Jeff Meckstroth were announced on December 31\, 2018\, and they have earn trips to Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta\, GA\, the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl in Orlando\, FL and the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA. The survivors have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. \n**The Challenge is over but the fundraising continues until the day after the Super Bowl. \nI  have  chosen  the Universiy  of  Chicago  as  the  beneficiary of  this  fundraiser.  I  have  chosen  this hospital because I  am  currently  in  a  clinical trial  there.  My amazing oncologist\,  Dr. Patel\,  is  at  the forefront  of lung cancer  research. She is leading  many  new clinical  trials  to  date. #RepChiTown #RepUChicagoCC \n**The lung cancer survivors that raise over $5\,000 will be able to designated a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 80% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 20% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nSpecial thanks to the Chicago Bears\, Astra Zeneca\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-chicago-bears-playoffs/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190106T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190106T230000
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SUMMARY:The Taste of the Championship - College Football Playoff
DESCRIPTION:San Jose\, CA. Bay Area lung cancer survivor-advocate Don Stranathan and lung cancer advocate Ron Fong represented Team Draft at the Eckrich Taste of the Championship the night before the CFP National Championship. Don and Ron joined our co-founder Chris Draft\, and other Bay Area\, College and Pro Football Legends at the event. \nView Photos \nDon Stranathan \nThe bad news is that I have cancer. The good news is that cancer has taught me to live life to the fullest. I never allow cancer to define me. I rarely miss an opportunity to hike\, bike\, or do anything that strengthens my immune system and keeps me out in nature. \nIn October 2011 I met Penny Blume\, the love of my life\, on a lung cancer support community on Inspire. Penny left this earth on Jan. 21\, 2014 after battling small cell lung cancer for 32 months. Penny and I spent our time together traveling back and forth from New York to California. She passed at my home in Santa Rosa\, Calif.\, after trying one last clinical trial at Stanford Cancer Center. \nPenny and I turned to each other for emotional support to battle our cancers and fell in love. It was after a couple of months of texting and chatting on social media that we decided to meet. Penny flew to California for her first visit in January 2012\, and the rest is history. \nMy relationship with Penny also marked the beginning of my advocacy work for lung cancer. It started when a friend of ours asked us to post our story on a lung cancer survivors group on Facebook. I posted something\, and then Penny and I decided to repost it on Inspire\, since it was the site that brought us together. In September 2012 our story was shared by ABC News and Good Morning America. In the following weeks\, it was shared and tweeted all over the world… \nMy last promises to Penny were that I would continue to live life to the fullest and advocate for lung cancer research and awareness. One day at a time I try to keep those promises to her. \n– See more at: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2014/11/18/my-last-promises-to-her-advocate-for-lung-cancer-awareness-and-live-life-to-the-fullest/#sthash.nz4BlwDO.dpuf \nThe Eckrich Taste of the Championship is an opportunity for local residents and national championship game attendees to sample gourmet food and drink from over 20 Bay Area chefs in support of Extra Yard for Teachers. This premium event serves as a unique combination of an exploration of local cuisine and a celebration of the teaching profession. \nHeld at the Tech Museum of Innovation\, this event will merge the technological environment of northern California with the educational mission of the CFP Foundation and the Extra Yard for Teachers platform. \nAll proceeds benefit Extra Yard for Teachers programming. \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 special events 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. \nTeam Draft’s fifth annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2018. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. The top three fundraisers\, Patty Watkins\, Gina Hollenbeck and Jeff Meckstroth were announced on December 31\, 2018\, and they have earn trips to Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta\, GA\, the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl in Orlando\, FL and the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA. The survivors have an opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. \n**The Challenge is over but the fundraising continues until the day after the Super Bowl. The lung cancer survivors that raise over $5\,000 will be able to designated a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 80% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 20% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nSpecial thanks to the College Football Playoff\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/the-taste-of-the-championship-college-football-playoff/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190107T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190107T230000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
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SUMMARY:The National Championship - College Football Playoff
DESCRIPTION:Santa Clara\, CA. Lung cancer advocate & Stanford primary care MD Lucy Kalanithi will join our co-founder Chris Draft at the National Championship. Lucy and Draft will watch the Clemson Tigers take on the Alabama Crimson Tide. \nLucy and her husband Paul Kalanithi were the 2015 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge winners. \n \nIn 2017\, Dr. Lucy Kalanith sat down with The Telegraph’s Radhika Sanghani  \n‘Two years on\, the sting of losing Paul is finally fading’\nPaul Kalanithi’s wife should be thrilled that his memoir\, an instant New York Times bestseller\, has just been shortlisted for both the Wellcome Book Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for autobiographies. Instead\, she has mixed feelings. \n“It’s bittersweet watching it do so well because Paul isn’t here to see it\,” Lucy says simply. “He never even saw the cover that I helped to design. I have this fantasy where I walk up to him and\, even if I just have two seconds\, I give him a hard copy of the book with the award nominations printed on the cover. That would be enough.” \nPaul\, a highly respected neurosurgeon\, died of terminal lung cancer in March 2015. His memoir\, When Breath Becomes Air\, was penned in the last 22 months of his life – while he was still working his way up to become chief resident in neurological surgery at Stanford University in California. It is a culmination of his long-standing literary ambitions\, and explores his thoughts on mortality and life as he takes the reader back to his childhood\, his decision to choose medicine as a vocation\, and his crushing cancer diagnosis. \n\n\n\nLucy\, who read the book in “real time” as Paul wrote it\, admits that it was “surprising when he wrote about some of the rocky difficulties” the pair had endured. At first\, she joked that the way he wrote about their struggles to balance demanding careers was “a catchy narrative device\, but now it’s one of my favourite things in the book. It would have been emotionally harder for me had he not written about it\, because then it might feel like a secret. Instead I feel our whole relationship is on display in a way that feels true and redemptive.” Still\, she disagrees that cancer ‘fixed’ their marriage: “We were sorting things out just weeks before he was diagnosed. But the cancer thing immediately made us both give each other the benefit of the doubt.” \n\n\n\nPaul lived to see his manuscript sold to Random House\, but died with the book unfinished. Some of his last words to Lucy on his deathbed were: “Can you publish my book?”; she fulfilled that\, wrote an epilogue detailing his death (he was surrounded by loved ones at hospital)\, and went on a book tour last year. \n“At first it felt like I was doing it out of obligation or commitment to Paul\,” explains the 38-year-old. “Then it ended up feeling really personal and emotionally helpful to be pouring my emotions into that. Putting words around something brings you clarity.” \nPaul and Lucy met at Yale medical school in 2003\, and married three years later. They had been together for a decade when Paul was given the devastating diagnosis of terminal lung cancer. Even though they knew he had just a handful of years to live\, they made the difficult decision to have a child together. \n“He wanted to do it\,” smiles Lucy. “He was more certain than me. There’s a conversation he writes about in the book where I said\, ‘won’t it make dying harder?’ And he said\, ‘wouldn’t it be great if it did?’ I really remember him saying that. It clarified a lot for me and made me feel like it was okay to do it.” \nThe couple had Elizabeth Acadia ‘Cady’ Kalanithi eight months before Paul died. “I was taking a lot of pictures. Time just slowed down. We weren’t wishing time away – we were just with Cady\,” she remembers. \nCady is now two and a half-years-old\, and Lucy is keen to make sure she knows all about her father. Their home in California is littered with photographs of him\, and they visit his grave regularly. Lucy is also making a picture book of Paul for Cady to read alongside Elmo and Peppa Pig so he becomes “a tangible character” to her. \n“She’s just starting to pick up on the fact that he’s not here\,” says Lucy. “Two nights ago\, for the first time\, she said\, ‘where is my Daddy?’ I said\, ‘He died\, his body stopped working’. She said\, ‘My Daddy wanna come to our house?’ I said\, ‘You want him to come to our house? Me too.’” \nPaul’s memoir ends with a particularly poignant message to Cady that is now framed in her bedroom at home: “When you come to one of the many moments in life where you must give an account of yourself\, provide a ledger of what you have been\, and done\, and meant to the world\, do not\, I pray\, discount that you filled a dying man’s days with a sated joy\, a joy unknown to me in all my prior years\, a joy that does not hunger for more and more but rests\, satisfied. In this time\, right now\, that is an enormous thing.” \n\n\n\nFor Cady\, Lucy says\, the tome “is a gift. She calls it ‘Daddy’s book’ so it’s in her psyche. It’s in our house everywhere and one day maybe she’ll start reading it herself. Right now the whole family is in pain except Cady. She’s too young. But later she’ll have a different kind of pain. I’m nervous about her being sad about it and me not being able to take that away.” \n\n\n\nLucy has been on her own journey since Paul’s death. The first year was full of overwhelming sadness – “I was like\, can you die of loneliness? I felt I’d never get better” – but she says now\, more than two years after Paul died\, the “sting” of grief has finally begun to lessen. \n“I don’t feel completely at sea anymore\,” she says. “I feel wistful\, kind of. I cry intermittently. I was in a exercise class the other day and they played an Enya song I’d played in Paul’s hospital bed that we sat holding hands to. I burst into tears and had to go and sit on a bench. It made me just really miss Paul.” \nIn the book Paul stressed that he wanted Lucy to remarry one day (“Isn’t that so generous and beautiful of him?”) and though she took her wedding rings off six months after he died\, it is only now that she is able to conceive of such a possibility. \n\n\n\n\n\n“I feel like I have the ability to get a crush on someone which is a big deal\,” she says proudly. “I’d love to have another very serious relationship and that feels totally possible in theory. But meanwhile the idea of actually starting over with someone sounds so wretched. I don’t know how to date. When I last dated there wasn’t even internet.”She is back at work as a clinical assistant professor at Stanford Medical School\, and has just bought a new house. Two years ago she couldn’t imagine moving out of the home she’d lived in with Paul\, but has made the decision to relocate to a different neighbourhood with a garden near Cady’s future school. \n“I can’t imagine closing the door\,” she sighs. “But I will. We recognise it’s a fresh start and that doesn’t feel bad – it feels good now. It’s the next phase in our lives.” \nPaul and Lucy Kalanithi are the Super Bowl Challenge Champs!
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/the-national-championship-college-football-playoff/
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SUMMARY:Celebrate the Night in White
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URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/celebrate-the-night-in-white/
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SUMMARY:Jeff Meckstroth is the Heading to the NFL Pro Bowl
DESCRIPTION:View Photos \nPiqua\, Ohio. Lung cancer survivor Jeff Meckstroth and his wife Rhonda will represent Team Draft at the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl on January 27\, 2019. The Meckstroth’s earned a trip to the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl by placing third in Team Draft’s 2019 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge. \nSurviving as a lung cancer patient and caregiver it takes teamwork focusing on being who we are and doing what we love! Our strategy is to be grateful! With modern medicine I am still able to farm and through advocacy efforts Rhonda works to keep me and all lung cancer survivors living life! The team draft platform has provided us an opportunity to add our local Cancer Center to the team and to educate our community about lung cancer. This community is where I’ve spent my entire life working as a firefighter and farmer. The success of our team work has resulted in going to the Pro Bowl for a once-in-a-lifetime experience combining making memories and lung cancer awareness. ~ Jeff Meckstroth \n \nFounded by Draft and his late wife Keasha\, who died of lung cancer in 2011 at the age of 38\, Team Draft is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing badly needed research funding through its Campaign To Change The Face Of Lung Cancer\, which is committed to shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.” The centerpiece of Team Draft’s Campaign is its annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge. \nAs Draft explains\, “the Super Bowl Challenge gives us a unique opportunity to use the overwhelming media coverage surrounding the Super Bowl as a platform to raise critical public awareness about lung cancer on an international level.  With the game as a backdrop\, we can use 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.”  And Team Draft’s efforts are paying off. \n“The Super Bowl Challenge achieves amazing things in terms of public awareness and changing perceptions about lung cancer\,” says Dr. Ross Camidge\, the Director of Thoracic Oncology at Colorado University Cancer Center\, the cancer center where two of last year’s Super Bowl Challenge winners were treated. \nIn addition to raising critical public awareness\, the Super Bowl Challenge also raises funds for lung cancer organizations and treatment centers across North America. \nOf this aspect of the Super Bowl Challenge\, Dr. Camidge says\, “you need somebody working on the national level. You need somebody working on the local level. Everybody wins.” \nFor the survivors who participate\, the Super Bowl Challenge is so much more than just a fundraiser. \n“Team Draft has really helped boost our family’s spirits during this challenging time\,” says Dr. Lucy Kalanithi. In 2015\, Lucy and her husband\, Dr. Paul Kalanithi\, won Team Draft’s inaugural Super Bowl Challenge and were able to join Team Draft in Phoenix\, Arizona for Super Bowl 49.  Paul went on to write the bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air — a powerful and moving chronicle of his life and lung cancer journey — before passing away at the age of 37. \n2016 Super Bowl Challenge winner\, Kim Ringen says\, “As a lung cancer survivor\, I would highly recommend to anybody to put your hat in the ring because it is so uplifting to be associated with a group of people that are coming together to make a difference.” \nTo learn more about Team Draft’s 2019   Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge\, visit https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/2019superbowlchallenge \nSpecial thanks to NFL\, Astra Zeneca\, and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible. \nAbout Team Draft \nTeam Draft\, an initiative of the Chris Draft Family Foundation\, is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing research funding by shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.”  Despite the fact that between 20\,000 and 30\,000 people who have never smoked are diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States each year\, the smoking stigma negatively impacts lung cancer research funding\, Team Draft is out to change all that. To learn more about Team Draft\, share your story\, or make a donation\, please visit www.teamdraft.org.
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/jeff-meckstroth-is-the-heading-to-the-nfl-pro-bowl/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190128T080000
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SUMMARY:Patty Watkins is Heading to Super Bowl 53 and the Taste of the NFL
DESCRIPTION:Atlanta\, GA. Lung cancer survivor-advocate Patty Watkins\, and her husband Kent\, will represent Team Draft and National Lung Cancer Roundtable at Super Bowl 53 and the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA. \nIn 2014 my life changed overnight. Diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that had metastacized to my pericardium(surrounds heart)with no discernible symptoms but a little wheezing for a month. I was an extremely healthy and “in shape” 57 year old woman. Worked out 5x weeklywith my friends at the YMCA and walked 4 miles daily. Non smoker. Given a dire days to live prognosis that I surpassed and then a directive to my husband to find a nice hospice for me\, by my doctor\, I still perservere. First I had chemo followed by a new targeted therapy med that failed after 2 years\, when I was found to have 19 brain tumors. By now\, the lung cancer had spread to my brain.\, I was treated by multi focused steriotactic radiation 2 X but more cancer grew back to a total of 49 brain tumors. Luckily\, I was able to find an clinical trial in Boston with Dr.Alice Shaw (who is a huge researcher and oncologist dealing with my rare mutation called Ros1\, which only 1% of lung cancer patients have). She allowed me into a clinical trial that has destroyed all my brain tumors and has kept me NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE for 2 years. I’ll surpass the statistic of being in the 1% that will survive 5 years- in January 2019. This is nothing short of a miracle of God\, great doctors\, researchers and a new wave of incredible medicine. ~ Patty Watkins\n \n \nPatty and Kent earned their Super Bowl 53 experience by being the top fundraiser in Team Draft’s 2019 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge. \nTo be able to attend Super Bowl 53 & represent my fellow lung cancer survivors and the #1 killing cancer\, the American Cancer Society whose headquarters is in Atlanta and the home of this year’s Super Bowl is quite an honor.  First\, I reflect on the unbelievable support that my friends and family gave me and the many people who’ve been touched by the fact that ANYONE can get lung cancer. How awesome are the donors of auction items the sponsors& plethora of friends from far and near that attended the luncheon. The tables that were procured to help me reach the goal that I’d set for the Pearls Luncheon held in November\, Lung Cancer Awareness month. I’m so humbled that 134 of my friends came to my pearls luncheon to support lung cancer research.  I formulated my plan in early spring in order to connect with the biggest player in cancer\, the American Cancer Society. To have them connect with a lung cancer survivor and do a joint venture to raise money for research for their National Lung Cancer Round Table’s project investigating why there is such an uptick in the number of women getting lung cancer? Why? Cure Magazine says\, is there going to be a 46% increase in women getting lung cancer by 2030?  This is daunting and frightening! You would think with the might of the largest cancer organization in the world there would have been much more money raised. Don’t get me wrong\, I’m ecstatic that I have earned this trip to the biggest day there is in the sporting world\, but know we could have raised so much more! In my mind I had us raising AT LEAST a quarter of a $$ million dollars. It’s attainable. ~ Patty Watkins  \nFounded by Draft and his late wife Keasha\, who died of lung cancer in 2011 at the age of 38\, Team Draft is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing badly needed research funding through its Campaign To Change The Face Of Lung Cancer\, which is committed to shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.” The centerpiece of Team Draft’s Campaign is its annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge. \nAs Draft explains\, “the Super Bowl Challenge gives us a unique opportunity to use the overwhelming media coverage surrounding the Super Bowl as a platform to raise critical public awareness about lung cancer on an international level.  With the game as a backdrop\, we can use 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.”  And Team Draft’s efforts are paying off. \n“The Super Bowl Challenge achieves amazing things in terms of public awareness and changing perceptions about lung cancer\,” says Dr. Ross Camidge\, the Director of Thoracic Oncology at Colorado University Cancer Center\, the cancer center where two of last year’s Super Bowl Challenge winners were treated. \nIn addition to raising critical public awareness\, the Super Bowl Challenge also raises funds for lung cancer organizations and treatment centers across North America. \nOf this aspect of the Super Bowl Challenge\, Dr. Camidge says\, “you need somebody working on the national level. You need somebody working on the local level. Everybody wins.” \n**The Challenge is over but the fundraising continues until the day after the Super Bowl\, February 4\, 2019 at 3amEST/12amPST.\n \nPatty has raised over $5\,000 so her beneficiary\, The American Cancer Society’s National Lung Cancer Roundtable\, will receive 80% of her raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 20% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nWith the American Cancer Society’s support I will expect an even better fundraiser in 2 weeks with Celebrate in White! We are expecting 200 people at $100 per ticket.  There’s a great band and great food by the best caterer in Atlanta. There will be trips and memorabilia up for auction.  This should be a blockbuster.  I have Pfizer as a sponsor in kind as well as a few others. ~ Patty Watkins \n \nFor the survivors who participate\, the Super Bowl Challenge is so much more than just a fundraiser. \n“Team Draft has really helped boost our family’s spirits during this challenging time\,” says Dr. Lucy Kalanithi. In 2015\, Lucy and her husband\, Dr. Paul Kalanithi\, won Team Draft’s inaugural Super Bowl Challenge and were able to join Team Draft in Phoenix\, Arizona for Super Bowl 49.  Paul went on to write the bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air — a powerful and moving chronicle of his life and lung cancer journey — before passing away at the age of 37. \n2016 Super Bowl Challenge winner\, Kim Ringen says\, “As a lung cancer survivor\, I would highly recommend to anybody to put your hat in the ring because it is so uplifting to be associated with a group of people that are coming together to make a difference.” \nIn 2019 I’d love to challenge all my fellow lung cancer survivors to hop on board Team Draft. Join us in raising money for funding that can go to your favorite org or research facility like: Lungevity\, Bonnie Addario\, IASLC\, ASCO\, LFCA\,LCRF\, National Lung Cancer Round Table your cancer center!  We should and need to have a great team made of survivors from across the country in order to make the changes that need to happen in the lung cancer community!  Chris Draft has worked hard to unite all of us as a team. His strategic plan works.  Unite and Fight! It’ hard to do it by yourself but when you become a team mate you have so much support and you can make a difference in your own community. I’d love to talk to any of you thinking about joining us.  I’ve had a few wonderful and supportive messages from friends in the community that want to be a part of this great change. I’d love to hear from you!  Happy New Year and let’s make 2019 the best year ever by being a purposeful and cohesive group that raises hundreds of thousands of $$ for lung cancer research. ~ Patty Watkins\, 2019 Super Bowl Challenge winner \n \nTo learn more about Team Draft’s 2019   Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge\, visit https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/2019superbowlchallenge \nSpecial thanks to NFL\, Astra Zeneca\, and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible. \nAbout Team Draft \nTeam Draft\, an initiative of the Chris Draft Family Foundation\, is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing research funding by shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.”  Despite the fact that between 20\,000 and 30\,000 people who have never smoked are diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States each year\, the smoking stigma negatively impacts lung cancer research funding\, Team Draft is out to change all that. To learn more about Team Draft\, share your story\, or make a donation\, please visit www.teamdraft.org.
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/patty-watkins-is-heading-to-super-bowl-53-and-the-taste-of-the-nfl/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190130T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190204T170000
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SUMMARY:Gina Hollenbeck is Heading to the 26th Annual Taste of the NFL
DESCRIPTION:Memphis\, TN. Lung cancer survivor Gina Hollenbeck and her husband Greg will represent Team Draft and The ALK Positive Group at the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA on February 2\, 2019. \nI was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in Oct. 2015. I was 38 years old\, married with 2 young boys. I was shocked to find out I had lung cancer since I have never smoked and really had no risk factor what so ever. I was very athletic and ate healthy. I was the picture of health. Until\, I was diagnosed\, I never really paid attention to lung cancer even though I was a nurse. I am super excited about the opportunity to go to the Superbowl with my husband\, but I am more excited to give lung cancer a voice. I think the opportunity to speak with celebrities and athletes about lung cancer and to let them know about the injustices related to lung cancer are important. I want them to know that this disease is the number one cancer killer of men and women. I wasn’t aware of this and I know that many others aren’t either. I hope to use this challenge to change the face of lung cancer. ~ Gina Hollenbeck \n \nGina and Greg earned a trip to the 28th annual Taste of the NFL by placing second in Team Draft’s 2019 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge. \nI’m so excited to go to the Taste of the NFL! The opportunity to be in Atlanta during the Super Bowl week is going to be a great way to advocate for lung cancer survivors and to bring awareness to ALK lung cancer\, genomic testing\, early screening and detection\, and the need for research. I’m so honored to get the opportunity to represent survivors.~ Gina Hollenbeck\n\nFounded by Draft and his late wife Keasha\, who died of lung cancer in 2011 at the age of 38\, Team Draft is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing badly needed research funding through its Campaign To Change The Face Of Lung Cancer\, which is committed to shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.” The centerpiece of Team Draft’s Campaign is its annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge.\nAs Draft explains\, “the Super Bowl Challenge gives us a unique opportunity to use the overwhelming media coverage surrounding the Super Bowl as a platform to raise critical public awareness about lung cancer on an international level.  With the game as a backdrop\, we can use 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.”  And Team Draft’s efforts are paying off. \n“The Super Bowl Challenge achieves amazing things in terms of public awareness and changing perceptions about lung cancer\,” says Dr. Ross Camidge\, the Director of Thoracic Oncology at Colorado University Cancer Center\, the cancer center where two of last year’s Super Bowl Challenge winners were treated. \nIn addition to raising critical public awareness\, the Super Bowl Challenge also raises funds for lung cancer organizations and treatment centers across North America. \nOf this aspect of the Super Bowl Challenge\, Dr. Camidge says\, “you need somebody working on the national level. You need somebody working on the local level. Everybody wins.” \n**The Challenge is over but the fundraising continues until the day after the Super Bowl\, February 4\, 2019 at 3amEST/12amPST.\n \nGina has raised over $5\,000 so her beneficiary\, The ALK Positive Research Fund with Lungevity\, will receive 80% of her funds (-fees) and the remaining 20% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nFor the survivors who participate\, the Super Bowl Challenge is so much more than just a fundraiser. \n“Team Draft has really helped boost our family’s spirits during this challenging time\,” says Dr. Lucy Kalanithi. In 2015\, Lucy and her husband\, Dr. Paul Kalanithi\, won Team Draft’s inaugural Super Bowl Challenge and were able to join Team Draft in Phoenix\, Arizona for Super Bowl 49.  Paul went on to write the bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air — a powerful and moving chronicle of his life and lung cancer journey — before passing away at the age of 37. \n2016 Super Bowl Challenge winner\, Kim Ringen says\, “As a lung cancer survivor\, I would highly recommend to anybody to put your hat in the ring because it is so uplifting to be associated with a group of people that are coming together to make a difference.” \nTo learn more about Team Draft’s 2019 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge\, visit https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/2019superbowlchallenge \nSpecial thanks to NFL\, Astra Zeneca\, and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible. \nAbout Team Draft \nTeam Draft\, an initiative of the Chris Draft Family Foundation\, is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing research funding by shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.”  Despite the fact that between 20\,000 and 30\,000 people who have never smoked are diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States each year\, the smoking stigma negatively impacts lung cancer research funding\, Team Draft is out to change all that. To learn more about Team Draft\, share your story\, or make a donation\, please visit www.teamdraft.org.
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/gina-hollenbeck-is-heading-to-the-26th-annual-taste-of-the-nfl/
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SUMMARY:Team Draft's 5th Annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Atlanta\, GA. Team Draft’s fifth annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2018. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. The top three fundraisers\, Patty Watkins\, Gina Hollenbeck and Jeff Meckstroth were announced on December 31\, 2018. \nPatty Watkins represented Team Draft at Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta\, GA\, and the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA \nTo be able to attend Super Bowl 53 & represent my fellow lung cancer survivors and the #1 killing cancer\, the American Cancer Society whose headquarters is in Atlanta and the home of this year’s Super Bowl is quite an honor.  First\, I reflect on the unbelievable support that my friends and family gave me and the many people who’ve been touched by the fact that ANYONE can get lung cancer. \n \nGina Hollenbeck represented Team Draft at he Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA and Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta\, GA \nI’m so excited to go to the Taste of the NFL! The opportunity to be in Atlanta during the Super Bowl week is going to be a great way to advocate for lung cancer survivors and to bring awareness to ALK lung cancer\, genomic testing\, early screening and detection\, and the need for research. I’m so honored to get the opportunity to represent survivors.~ Gina Hollenbeck\n\n\n\nGina and Greg Hollenbeck were surprised on local CBS 46 on Saturday with Super Bowl 53 tickets.\n\n  \nJeff Meckstroth is represented Team Draft during 2019 NFL Pro Bowl Week in Orlando\, FL \nSurviving as a lung cancer patient and caregiver it takes teamwork focusing on being who we are ad doing what we love! Our strategy is to be grateful! With modern medicine I am still able to farm and through advocacy efforts Rhonda works to keep me and all lung cancer survivors living life! The team draft platform has provided us an opportunity to add our local Cancer Center to the team and to educate our community about lung cancer. This community is where I’ve spent my entire life working as a firefighter and farmer. The success of our team work has resulted in going to the Pro Bowl for a once-in-a-lifetime experience combining making memories and lung cancer awareness. ~ Jeff Meckstroth \n \nThe survivors earned the opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. \nThe lung cancer survivors that raised over $5\,000 were able to designated a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 80% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 20% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nFounded by Draft and his late wife Keasha\, who died of lung cancer in 2011 at the age of 38\, Team Draft is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing badly needed research funding through its Campaign To Change The Face Of Lung Cancer\, which is committed to shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.” The centerpiece of Team Draft’s Campaign is its annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge. \nAs Draft explains\, “the Super Bowl Challenge gives us a unique opportunity to use the overwhelming media coverage surrounding the Super Bowl as a platform to raise critical public awareness about lung cancer on an international level.  With the game as a backdrop\, we can use 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.”  And Team Draft’s efforts are paying off. \n“The Super Bowl Challenge achieves amazing things in terms of public awareness and changing perceptions about lung cancer\,” says Dr. Ross Camidge\, the Director of Thoracic Oncology at Colorado University Cancer Center\, the cancer center where two of last year’s Super Bowl Challenge winners were treated. \nIn addition to raising critical public awareness\, the Super Bowl Challenge also raises funds for lung cancer organizations and treatment centers across North America. \nOf this aspect of the Super Bowl Challenge\, Dr. Camidge says\, “you need somebody working on the national level. You need somebody working on the local level. Everybody wins.” \nFor the survivors who participate\, the Super Bowl Challenge is so much more than just a fundraiser. \n“Team Draft has really helped boost our family’s spirits during this challenging time\,” says Dr. Lucy Kalanithi. In 2015\, Lucy and her husband\, Dr. Paul Kalanithi\, won Team Draft’s inaugural Super Bowl Challenge and were able to join Team Draft in Phoenix\, Arizona for Super Bowl 49.  Paul went on to write the bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air — a powerful and moving chronicle of his life and lung cancer journey — before passing away at the age of 37. \n2016 Super Bowl Challenge winner\, Kim Ringen says\, “As a lung cancer survivor\, I would highly recommend to anybody to put your hat in the ring because it is so uplifting to be associated with a group of people that are coming together to make a difference.” \nTo learn more about Team Draft’s 2019   Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge\, visit https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/2019superbowlchallenge \nSpecial thanks to NFL\, Astra Zeneca\, and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible. \nAbout Team Draft \nTeam Draft\, an initiative of the Chris Draft Family Foundation\, is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing research funding by shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.”  Despite the fact that between 20\,000 and 30\,000 people who have never smoked are diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States each year\, the smoking stigma negatively impacts lung cancer research funding\, Team Draft is out to change all that. To learn more about Team Draft\, share your story\, or make a donation\, please visit www.teamdraft.org.
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/team-drafts-5th-annual-lung-cancer-survivors-super-bowl-challenge-2/
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every College Stadium: Stanford Cardinal
DESCRIPTION:Stanford\, CA. Stanford Cancer Institute lung cancer survivors Rick Meyer and Sheila Nelson will represent Team Draft at Stanford Stadium on Saturday. The survivors will attend a tailgate hosted by\, CDFF Board member and Stanford Graduate\, David Bergeron\, prior to watching the Stanford Cardinal take on the Oregon Ducks. #FearTheTree #BayArea #changingthefaceoflungcancer\n \nEvery day upright is a good day; being able to represent my Stanford treatment progress at a Stanford football game…it’s a great day! ~ Sheila Nelson \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every College Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NCAA\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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. \nI spent an awesome Saturday at the Stanford Football Game with my old and new friends thanks to Chris Draft\, Lung Cancer Survivors biggest advocate for increased funding/research.  I learned a couple of things about the game that afternoon thanks to Chris.  Who knew that being a lung cancer survivor would yield additional perks?!  Thanks Team Draft! ~ Sheila Nelson \nSpecial thanks to the Stanford Football Team\, Stanford Cancer Institute\, Dr. Leah Backhus\, Dr. Joel Neal\, Dave Bergeron and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-college-stadium-stanford-cardinal-3/
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every College Stadium: Wisconsin Badgers
DESCRIPTION:Madison\, WI. UW Carbone lung cancer survivors Dr. Michael Becker and Maureen Ellsworth represented Team Draft at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday. The survivors watched the Wisconsin Badgers defeat the visiting Northwestern Wildcats. The group received a special invitation to join\, Badger Legend and Heisman Trophy winner\, Ron Dayne in his suite for the final quarter of the game. \nAs an ALK positive survivor\, I am grateful to have excellent care backed by the latest research at UW Carbone Cancer Center. \nMy goal in becoming involved in patient advocacy is to ensure that all newly diagnosed patients have access to the same great care\, \nA Survivor at Every College Stadium is a great first step in raising awareness about lung cancer and building stronger alliances among patients\, researchers\, and cancer centers. \nThanks Team Draft for a memorable day!!! ~ Maureen Ellsworth \n \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every College Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NCAA\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 UW Carbone Cancer Center\, Dr. Ticiana Leal\, University of Wisconsin Football Team and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-college-stadium-wisconsin-badgers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T233000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191002T211050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T215312Z
UID:8824-1569691800-1569713400@www.teamdraft.org
SUMMARY:Chicago Bears Alumni Reception
DESCRIPTION:Chicago\, IL. Local lung cancer survivor-advocate Nichelle Stigger joined our co-founder\, Chris Draft\, at his Chicago Bears Alumni Reception. Nichelle was able to share her story with some of the Chicago Bears Legends. \nAt 32\, I embarked on a second career—I love kids and was meant to be a teacher\, so I got my master’s in education. That same year my son Parker was born\, so I finished my classes online with a baby in tow. \nJuggling the two wouldn’t be easy under any circumstances\, but ours was particularly tough: Parker has hemophilia\, which means he can bleed spontaneously and internally. Falls\, broken bones\, and even going to the dentist can be concerning. I have to give him intravenous injections. When Parker was two\, we found ourselves in the E.R.—except this trip wasn’t for him; it was for me. I was faint and dizzy\, and had an immense feeling of malaise. \nA chest X-ray revealed a mass on my lung. I knew instantly it was cancer…. \nCancer forces you to face your own mortality. It feels like an out-of-body experience\, and yet it’s my new normal. Walking up the stairs still winds me\, and I can’t work out as hard as I want to. When the weather is hot\, it’s very hard to breathe. I used to wonder how I would live without part of my lung. It turns out your body makes up for it\, and it’s amazing. Cancer makes everything that much more wonderful and beautiful and sad at the same time. \n Read the full article in Glamour \n \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series initiative on CNN during a nationally-televised prime time special focusing on lung cancer and our International Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer. As a part of our International Campaign\, the events allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 event 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 Chicago Bears\, Lungevity\, Astra Zeneca\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/chicago-bears-alumni-reception/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190929T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190929T150000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191002T213620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T213736Z
UID:8837-1569751200-1569769200@www.teamdraft.org
SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Atlanta Falcons
DESCRIPTION:Atlanta\, GA. ALK Positive lung cancer survivor Bill Westlake represented Team Draft at the Atlanta Falcons Legends Tailgate and Lisa James attended the game between the Falcons and Tennessee Titans. \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 Atlanta Falcons\, ALK Positive\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-atlanta-falcons-9/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190929T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190929T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191002T213308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T213351Z
UID:8833-1569772800-1569787200@www.teamdraft.org
SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Chicago Bears
DESCRIPTION:Chicago\, IL. University of Chicago lung cancer survivor Anita Ehlers represented Team Draft at Soldier Field on Sunday. Anita and her daughter\, Lindsay\, watched the Bears defeat the Minnesota Vikings. \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 Chicago Bears\, University of Chicago Cancer Center\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-chicago-bears-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191005T131904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T175416Z
UID:8851-1570348800-1570381200@www.teamdraft.org
SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Carolina Panthers
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte\, NC. Levine Cancer Institute lung cancer survivor Mike Smith and his wife Tanny represented Team Draft at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday. They watched the Carolina Panthers take on the Jacksonville Jaguars with Panther Legend\, and Team Draft co-founder\, Chris Draft. \nCancer will not define me\, but I will let it refine me.\n \nLive\, love\, laugh and breathe! ~ Mike Smith  \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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\, Riley Fields\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!  \n \n 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-carolina-panthers-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191013T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191013T190000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191008T213948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191017T160205Z
UID:8865-1570953600-1570993200@www.teamdraft.org
SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Los Angeles Rams
DESCRIPTION:Los Angeles\, CA. USC Norris Cancer Center lung cancer survivor Mary Funaoka\, City of Hope lung cancer surivor Tabitha Paccione and their guests represented Team Draft at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday. The group watched the LA Rams take on the San Francisco 49ers with Rams Legend\, and Team Draft co-founder\, Chris Draft. \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 Los Angeles Rams\, Molly Higgins\, Jarrod Barnes\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-los-angeles-rams-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191018T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191018T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191101T145357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T145430Z
UID:8954-1571407200-1571436000@www.teamdraft.org
SUMMARY:Washington Redskins Alumni Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Washington\, DC. Local lung cancer survivor-advocate Shannon Monahan\, and her husband Mike\, joined our co-founder\, Chris Draft\, at his Washington Redskins Alumni Reception. Nichelle was able to share her story with some of the Washington Redskins Legends. \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series initiative on CNN during a nationally-televised prime time special focusing on lung cancer and our International Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer. As a part of our International Campaign\, the events allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 event 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 Washington Redskins\, ALK Positive\, Astra Zeneca\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!  \n 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/washington-redskins-alumni-dinner/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191101T151929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T152008Z
UID:8958-1571472000-1571504400@www.teamdraft.org
SUMMARY:Survivor at Every College Stadium: Memphis Tigers
DESCRIPTION:Memphis\, TN. ALK Positive lung cancer survivor Gina Hollenbeck. was one of the honorary “Tigers Walk” captains on Saturday. Gina and two other survivors led the University of Memphis Tigers Football team\, and the “Fight Like A Tiger” group of local cancer survivors to the field during the “Tiger Walk” before the first annual UM Cancer Awareness Game. \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every College Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NCAA\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 ALK Positive\, Baptist Health\, West Cancer Center\, Jeff Kupper and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-college-stadium/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191101T152620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T152633Z
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Washington Redskins
DESCRIPTION:Washington\, DC. CTCA lung cancer survivor-advocate\, and DC native\, Montessa Lee represented Team Draft at FedEx Field on Sunday. Montessa watched the Redskins take on the San Francisco 49ers\, with Team Draft co-founder Chris Draft and other Redkins Alumni. \nMontessa Lee is an author of He Whispered Life\, advocate and educator. She holds a Master’s degree in Special Education from Johns Hopkins University. Montessa is an active member in her church and participates in various lung cancer advocacy opportunities. \nHe Whispered Life unfolds the riveting life journey of Montessa Lee and her battle to survive and overcome the disparaging diagnosis of Lung Cancer. This book beautifully captures Montessa’s story of hope and transformation through her deep faith in God. It also provides an insightful look into the unique world that cancer patients and caretakers grapple with and draws attention to need to reexamine cancer funding.  This book will provide inspiration and a mirror to overcome for anyone facing challenges in their life.  \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 Washington Redskins\, Redskins Community\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-washington-redskins-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191101T153103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T153132Z
UID:8965-1571558400-1571590800@www.teamdraft.org
SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Green Bay Packers
DESCRIPTION:Green Bay\, WI.  Die-hard Packers fans lung cancer survivor-advocates Lori Metz Scruton and Tiffany Fagnani represented Team Draft at Lambeau Field on Sunday afternoon. The group\, organized by the late Erin Sarauer\,  watched the Green Bay Packers take on the visiting Oakland Raiders. \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 Green Bay Packers\, Erin Sarauer\, Steve “The Owner”\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!  \n \n 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-green-bay-packers-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191017T155802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T042454Z
UID:8900-1572076800-1572109200@www.teamdraft.org
SUMMARY:Team Draft's Tackling Cancer Camp with the Chicago Bears
DESCRIPTION:INVITE ONLY!  \n  \nWhat: Team Draft’s Tackling Cancer Camp with the Chicago Bears sponsored by the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) \n \n  \nWho: Metro Chicago Cancer Survivors & Caregivers \nRepresenting: University of Chicago Cancer Center\, Rush University Cancer Center\, Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center\, UI Chicago Cancer Center\, Advocate Health\, Gilda’s Club\, Blue Hats and Bowties (Colon Cancer) Foundation\, Lurie Childrens\, Make a Wish\, Chicago Hines VA \n**All Survivors will receive a white t-shirt with Perseverance or Courage on the front  \n**All Caregivers will receive a white t-shirt with Compassion or Responsible on the front  \n**Make sure to wear comfortable clothing and athletic shoes  \n**Be ready to take a lot of pictures and video. #BearDown #ChicagoBears  \n\n  \nWhen: Saturday\, October 26\, 2019 \n\n1:30pm – 2pm – Registration & Pictures in the PNC Center at Halas Hall \n2pm – 2:10pm – Introduction in the PNC Center \n2:10pm– 2:15pm – Break \n  \n2:15pm – 2:45pm – Survivor Discussion in the PNC Center \n2:45pm – 3pm – Survivors Transition to the Walter Payton Indoor \n  \n2:15pm- 2:30pm – Caregivers Transition to Walter Payton Indoor Facility \n2:30pm – 3pm – Caregiver Discussion – Walter Payton Indoor Facility \n  \n3pm – 4pm – Tackling Cancer Camp in the Walter Payton Indoor Facility \n  \nWhere: Chicago Bears Training Facility – HALAS Hall – Walter Payton Indoor Facility \nAddress: 1920 Football Dr\, Lake Forest\, IL 60045 \n  \nTACKLING CANCER CAMP  \nA Celebration of Survivors and Caregivers \nIn 2012\, 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. Leveraging our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players and our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country\, we arranged to have lung cancer survivors attend games at NFL stadiums across the country during the last two months of the 2012-2013 season. By the time the initiative concluded at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii\, more than 30 lung cancer survivors representing 30 cancer centers and nearly every NFL team had participated. Given the overwhelming success of our Survivor at Every Stadium initiative\, we have expanded it beyond the NFL to the NBA\, the NHL and MLS—and to the NFL UK in London! Our Tackling Cancer initiative builds on the success of already established A Survivor at Every Stadium initiative\, and celebrates all cancer survivors and caregivers\, highlighting the similar journeys for those battling the disease. \nWhat Is Our Tackling Cancer Initiative? \nWhile Team Draft’s primary focus has been lung cancer\, we recognize that all cancer survivors and caregivers are all on a similar journey\, fighting a similar battle.  In short\, we are all on the same TEAM\, with the same goal\, Survivorship. \nThrough our Tackling Cancer initiative\, we are working with NFL teams to arrange to have cancer survivors (regardless of cancer type) from their local cancer centers and their caregivers participate in a “tackling cancer” football clinic and discussion. Our goals are to create a unique experience for participating survivors and caregivers\, to spark discussion and the sharing of information between those battling different types of cancer\, and to raise awareness on a local and national level about the importance of having a solid cancer care TEAM for all cancers. \nWhat is Team Draft? \nTeam Draft is an initiative of the Chris Draft Family Foundation created by nationally recognized health advocate and former NFL (Drafted in 1998 by the Chicago Bears) linebacker\, Chris Draft and his late wife\, Keasha during Keasha’s year-long battle with lung cancer. Their hope was that Keasha’s valiant fight to dance\, smile and live would give hope\, comfort and inspiration to the patients\, caregivers and healthcare providers who are battling the disease every day. \nWhile attending Clemson University\, Keasha was a member of the Rally Cat’s dance squad before graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After graduation\, Keasha 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. \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 130 of the top cancer treatment and research centers in North America. \nAbout the Chris Draft Family Foundation and Team Draft  \nThe Chris Draft Family Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening communities by empowering families to live healthy lifestyles.  The Foundation focuses on several primary initiatives with overarching themes that stress the importance of education\, healthy lifestyles\, character development\, personal responsibility\, self-discipline and physical fitness.  To learn more about the Foundation\, please visit www.chrisdraftfamilyfoundation.org. \nThrough its Team Draft initiative\, the Foundation is carrying on Keasha’s fight to tackle cancer by promoting cancer awareness\, research and scholarship.  Team Draft is dedicated to empowering people to live longer and live stronger by changing the face of lung cancer.  To learn more about Team Draft\, please visit www.teamdraft.org.
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/team-drafts-tackling-cancer-camp-with-the-chicago-bears/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200203T030000
DTSTAMP:20260411T110228
CREATED:20191103T001719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200104T180823Z
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SUMMARY:2020 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Atlanta\, GA. Our 6th annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2019. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. \nThe top three fundraising Teams\, were announced on December 30\, 2019\, earned trips to the Super Bowl\, Pro Bowl and the Taste of the NFL. \nAngela Downs will represent Team Draft at Super Bowl 54 and the 29th Taste of the NFL. \nI’m thrilled to have won the Super Bowl Challenge and\, in the process\, raised money for lung cancer research. Most importantly\, I’m very excited to attend the big game as a representative of all those battling lung cancer so we can increase awareness of this horrible disease. ~ Angela Downs \nLisa Moran will represent Team Draft at the NFL Pro Bowl in Orlando\, Florida. \nFundraising was tough this year. Getting to donate ?10\,000 to fund lung cancer research is the win. Going to Orlando to see Nick Chubb in his first Pro Bowl is an exciting bonus. I can’t wait for the Pro Bowl experience! ~ Lisa Moran \n“Team Hope”\, Christie Malnati\, Kathy Weber and Sandy Shea will represent at the 29th Taste of the NFL in Hollywood\, Florida. \nFirst of all\, thank you\, thank you for this amazing opportunity!  I am truly grateful!  Team Hope is focused on raising awareness and understanding about lung cancer!  We want to continue to raise even more money for research that will save lives!  And finally\, I look forward to seeing you again!\n \nAs a 7 year lung cancer survivor\, I am blessed and grateful for the life I now live with more intentionality.  People diagnosed with any cancer all want to survive\, and yet what the Chris Draft Family Foundation helps us to understand and focus on\, is not only to survive\, but to thrive in the “new lives” we are blessed with.  I have had the great good fortune to meet other lung cancer survivors\, learning and sharing with them how to become advocates to raise money and awareness about lung cancer. Together\, we can all make a real difference.  Most recently\, coming together as Team Hope with Kathy and Sandy\, two other Stage 1a lung cancer survivors\, to raise money for the International Lung Cancer Foundation\, has been a great experience!  The money we have raised will go toward research for an early detection diagnostic test.  If we can discover and diagnose lung cancer at an early stage\, “catch it in time\,” we will be able to save so many more lives.   \n \nMy hope\, my goal\, when we go to the Taste of the NFL to represent the Chris Draft Family Foundation\, is to communicate on a larger stage\, the immediacy of action we need to take in order to eradicate lung cancer.  \n \nI am thankful for my life today; I am thankful for my lung cancer survivor friends and Team Hope; I am thankful for the support of the Chris Draft Family Foundation and the opportunity to share the good news that research into early detection diagnostic testing for lung cancer will eventually be a real game changer – a game changer that will save lives! \n \nGo Team Hope! ~ Christie Malnati\n\nThe survivors earned the opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. \nThe lung cancer survivors that raise over $5\,000 will be able to designated a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 90% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 10% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nFounded by Draft and his late wife Keasha\, who died of lung cancer in 2011 at the age of 38\, Team Draft is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing badly needed research funding through its Campaign To Change The Face Of Lung Cancer\, which is committed to shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.” The centerpiece of Team Draft’s Campaign is its annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge. \nAs Draft explains\, “the Super Bowl Challenge gives us a unique opportunity to use the overwhelming media coverage surrounding the Super Bowl as a platform to raise critical public awareness about lung cancer on an international level.  With the game as a backdrop\, we can use 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.”  And Team Draft’s efforts are paying off. \n“The Super Bowl Challenge achieves amazing things in terms of public awareness and changing perceptions about lung cancer\,” says Dr. Ross Camidge\, the Director of Thoracic Oncology at Colorado University Cancer Center\, the cancer center where two of last year’s Super Bowl Challenge winners were treated. \nIn addition to raising critical public awareness\, the Super Bowl Challenge also raises funds for lung cancer organizations and treatment centers across North America. \nOf this aspect of the Super Bowl Challenge\, Dr. Camidge says\, “you need somebody working on the national level. You need somebody working on the local level. Everybody wins.” \nFor the survivors who participate\, the Super Bowl Challenge is so much more than just a fundraiser. \n“Team Draft has really helped boost our family’s spirits during this challenging time\,” says Dr. Lucy Kalanithi. In 2015\, Lucy and her husband\, Dr. Paul Kalanithi\, won Team Draft’s inaugural Super Bowl Challenge and were able to join Team Draft in Phoenix\, Arizona for Super Bowl 49.  Paul went on to write the bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air — a powerful and moving chronicle of his life and lung cancer journey — before passing away at the age of 37. \n2016 Super Bowl Challenge winner\, Kim Ringen says\, “As a lung cancer survivor\, I would highly recommend to anybody to put your hat in the ring because it is so uplifting to be associated with a group of people that are coming together to make a difference.” \nTo learn more about Team Draft’s 2020 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge\, visit: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/2020-lung-cancer-survivors-super-bowl-challenge \nSpecial thanks to NFL\, Astra Zeneca\, and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this experience possible. \nAbout Team Draft \nTeam Draft\, an initiative of the Chris Draft Family Foundation\, is dedicated to raising lung cancer awareness and increasing research funding by shattering the misconception that lung cancer is a “smoker’s disease.”  Despite the fact that between 20\,000 and 30\,000 people who have never smoked are diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States each year\, the smoking stigma negatively impacts lung cancer research funding\, Team Draft is out to change all that. To learn more about Team Draft\, share your story\, or make a donation\, please visit www.teamdraft.org.
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/2020-lung-cancer-survivors-super-bowl-challenge/
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Buffalo Bills
DESCRIPTION:Buffalo\, NY. Western New York lung cancer survivors Colleen Ziegler and Ken Schlosser represented Team Draft at New Era Field on Sunday. Colleen and Ken watched the Buffalo Bills defeat the visiting Washington Redskins\, with Team Draft co-founder\, and Bills Legend\, Chris Draft. #ONEBUFFALO \nNovember is a time where we wind down the year and prepare for the holidays yet many of us strive to find improved treatments\, increased funding and even a cure for lung cancer along with other cancers such as Pancreatic\, Stomach and Carcinoid which are also part of this month’s cancer awareness.  So\, in my case with no known risk factors and having never smoked nor been around smokers all coupled with no symptoms my advanced stage 4 lung cancer (since March 2019) was a shock.  I am blessed that my unique ALK gene mutation has an approved targeted oral chemotherapy with minimal side effects and is reducing my tumors.  This has allowed me to live a full life working full-time and volunteering for various organizations.  I hope to pay my blessings forward\, being part of the cancer team making this a chronic disease and forestalling its terminal nature. ~ Ken Schlosser\n \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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 Buffalo Bills\, Jeremy Kelley\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-buffalo-bills-4/
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Carolina Panthers
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte\, NC. Queen City lung cancer survivor Terri Conneran and her family represented Team Draft at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday. The Connerans watched the Carolina Panthers defeat the Tennessee Titans\, in the Panthers Community suite. #KeepPounding \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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\, Riley Fields\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-carolina-panthers-7/
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: CU Buffaloes
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URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-cu-buffaloes/
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Miami Dolphins
DESCRIPTION:Miami\, FL. South Florida lung cancer survivor-advocate Stephanie Peace and her husband\, John\, represented Team Draft at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday. The Peaces’ watched the Miami Dolphins take on the Buffalo Bills\, after tailgating with some super Miami Dolphins fans. #GoFins  \n“Tremendously energized by having the opportunity that we had at attending the Dolphins/Buffalo football game! It gives evidence to just one of the MANY faces of lung cancer. Being able to attend NFL games as a cancer fighter is truly a blessing and demonstrates that anyone that has lungs can get lung cancer! We need to continue to TACKLE the stigma head on and these events do just that!” ~ Stephanie Peace  \n \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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. \nOur 6th annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2019. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. The top three fundraisers\, announced on December 30\, 2019\, will earn trips to the Super Bowl\, Pro Bowl and the Taste of the NFL. \nThe survivors earned the opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. \nThe lung cancer survivors that raise over $5\,000 will be able to designate a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 90% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 10% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nSpecial thanks to the Miami Dolphins\, Buffalo Bills\, Jeremy Kelley\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer! 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-miami-dolphins-2/
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Atlanta Falcons #RiseUp
DESCRIPTION:Atlanta\, GA. Spartanburg\, SC lung cancer survivor-advocate Melody Carnes and her family represented Team Draft at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday\, November 24th. The Carnes family watched the Atlanta Falcons take on the Tampa Bay Bucs after tailgating with some die-hard Falcons fans. \n“The Carnes family is so thankful for the invitation to the Atlanta Falcons game in November. As a five year survivor of lung cancer\, “making memories” has become my motto. You get one life and you gotta live it to the fullest. This was a wonderful opportunity to do just that with my husband Russ and my two sons Caden and Jack. Living for them is my only option. Beating cancer is my only option. My hope is that through more research and earlier detection that more people diagnosed with lung cancer get the opportunity to fight\, to live longer\, to live better\, and to continue to make memories. Attending this game was very empowering. It reminded me of my fight and that more needs to be done. I feel like I have a new advocate and friend in Chris Draft who welcomed my family as if we were old friends. Like the Falcons\, we will “Rise Up” to continue the fight.” ~ Melody Carnes \n \nIn 2012\, we launched our inaugural Team Draft Survivor Series 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. Our Survivor at Every Stadium\, leverages our connections with the NFL\, its teams and players with our relationships with many of the top cancer centers in the country. As a part of our International Campaign\, the games allow us to celebrate our survivors\, raise awareness\, and give hope to those battling the disease\, as well as shine 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. \nOur 6th annual Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2019. The Challenge will conclude on December 30th at 3amEST. This unique fund raising challenge gives lung cancer survivors the opportunity to raise funds for public awareness and cutting-edge research that is giving new hope to those battling this often misunderstood disease. The top three fundraisers\, announced on December 30\, 2019\, will earn trips to the Super Bowl\, Pro Bowl and the Taste of the NFL. \nThe survivors earned the opportunity to share their powerful stories with key individuals with influence from across the country. \nThe lung cancer survivors that raise over $5\,000 will be able to designate a beneficiary (Cancer Center or LC Organization) that will receive 90% of their raised funds (-fees) and the remaining 10% will support Team Draft’s mission to change the face of lung cancer. \nSpecial thanks to the Atlanta Falcons\, Lamar Scott\, Astra Zeneca\, the NFL and all of our Team Draft supporters for helping make this event possible. \nDonate now to Support the National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer!  \n \n 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-atlanta-falcons-riseup/
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