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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Green Bay Packers
DESCRIPTION:Green Bay\, WI. Wisconsin lung cancer survivor Erin Sarauer representedTeam Draft at Lambeau Field on Sunday afternoon. Erin\, and her husband\, watched the Green Bay Packers defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in overtime. #tacklinglungcancer #LCSM  \nHaving the opportunity to represent Team Draft and other lung cancer survivors at Sunday’s Packers game means the world to me! We need to fight every day to reduce stigma surrounding lung cancer which is the leading cancer killer annually\, taking more lives than breast\, colorectal and prostate cancer combined! 1 in 16 Americans or 222\,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year regardless of smoking history. That is a new lung cancer diagnosis every 2.5 minutes in this country! \n\nAnyone with lungs can get lung cancer! As a never-smoker\, it happened to me! It is my passion to work alongside Team Draft in continuing to shed light on this national health care emergency that takes the lives of 429 Americans daily! The Crucial Catch is with our reach! ~ Erin Sarauer\n\n\nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural 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. \nOur 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 2018 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2017. Sign up now!  \nSpecial thanks to the Green Bay Packers\, 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-green-bay-packers/
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Buffalo Bills
DESCRIPTION:Buffalo\, NY. Rochester lung cancer survivor Kelly Shannon will represent Team Draft at New Era Field on Sunday. Kelly\, and her boys\, will watch the Buffalo Bills take on the New England Patriots\, with former Buffalo Bill Chris Draft. \nI feel beyond fortunate to be able to bring my boys Cooper (9) and Carson (7) to the Buffalo Bills game with Chris Draft and represent Team Draft. I feel it’s an amazing opportunity for me to join the efforts to raise awareness and “change the face of lung cancer.” When people see me\, they would never guess that I have lung cancer\, that I was diagnosed almost 6 years ago\, and every day is a constant battle. It’s important to me that others see me as an example that anyone can get lung cancer…even a healthy 35-year-old mom\, without any known risk factors\, or a history of smoking. \nI also feel very blessed that I’m able to bring the boys to be a part of this experience. They have never been to a football game\, and the Bills are their favorite team. They couldn’t be more excited! This gift we’ve been given will build memories as a family we will never forget ❤️ ~ Kelly Shannon\n \nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural 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. \nOur 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 2018 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2017. Sign up now!  \nSpecial thanks to the Buffalo Bills\, Marlon Kerner\, 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-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171210T080000
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Houston Texans
DESCRIPTION:Houston\, TX. MD Anderson lung cancer survivors Jack McAdory Jr.  and Linda Frederick King represented Team Draft at NRG Stadium on Sunday. The survivors watched their Houston Texans take on the San Francisco 49ers. \nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural 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. \nOur 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 2018 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2017. Sign up now!  \nSpecial thanks to the Houston Texans\, Sean Washington\, 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  \n 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-houston-texans/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171213
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SUMMARY:National Lung Cancer Roundtable Brings Together Patients\, Organizations\, and Clinicians for First Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:National Lung Cancer Roundtable Brings Together Patients\, Organizations\, and Clinicians for First Annual Meeting\nFormer NFL Player Christ Draft is Keynote Speaker\n\n\n\nBy bringing together experts across professional disciplines and patient advocacy groups\, interested parties from payors/insurance companies\, research funding agencies\, and industry\, we will articulate the needed knowledge and resources and define a pathway to tackle the number one cause of cancer death in the United States \n\nDecember 11\, 2017– The National Lung Cancer Roundtable holds its inaugural meeting on December 11-12\, 2017 in Bethesda\, Md.\, the first major meeting for a new nationwide coalition of organizations committed to addressing the challenges of moving lung cancer screening into the mainstream. The Roundtable\, launched in March 2017\, currently includes approximately 65 organizational members\, among them clinical professionals\, researchers\, lung cancer advocates and patients\, healthcare organizations and cancer centers\, insurers\, and government agencies. \nThe first annual meeting will feature keynote speaker Chris Draft\, a former NFL player who launched Team Draft in 2011 with his wife Keasha\, who died of lung cancer. The meeting will: provide updates on the work so far and create a workplan for 2018; engage NLCRT Members to strive to reduce the incidence of and mortality from lung cancer; and showcase all aspects of the NLCRT and its membership through plenary and breakout sessions. Sessions include lung cancer screening implementation\, provider engagement and outreach\, tobacco cessation in the context of lung cancer screening\, shared decision-making\, and optimal therapy. \n“Whatever one’s connection to lung cancer\, whether involved in research\, clinical medicine\, public health\, or advocacy\, no one has a greater understanding of the impact of that work than the patient\,” said “K” (Karen) Latzka\, lung cancer survivor. “Within the patient community are passionate\, intelligent\, and caring individuals just waiting to take part in this important work\, and I’m honored to be at the Roundtable as their representative.” \n“By bringing together experts across professional disciplines and patient advocacy groups\, interested parties from payors/insurance companies\, research funding agencies\, and industry\, we will articulate the needed knowledge and resources and define a pathway to tackle the number one cause of cancer death in the United States\,” said Ella Kazerooni\, M.D.\, professor of radiology at the University of Michigan and chair of the National Lung Cancer Roundtable. “By working together\, rather than independently\, we will make greater and faster progress in reducing the burden of this terrible disease.” \n“It is an honor to give the keynote speech at The American Cancer Society’s first National Lung Cancer Roundtable conference\,” said Mr. Draft. “My wife\, Keasha\, was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2010\, and unfortunately passed in December 2011. From that time\, I have witnessed tremendous innovations in lung cancer with respect to awareness\, detection\, treatment\, research and survivorship. We are on the cusp of drastically changing the survival rate in lung cancer\, so I believe it’s a perfect time to convene the thought leaders in lung cancer and figure out how we can make a larger impact together moving forward.” \n“I personally know how critical early detection is for cancer survival; especially lung cancer\,” said Deena Cook\, patient advocate with Lung Cancer Alliance. “Having the opportunity to attend the NLCRT as a patient\, I hope to provide insight into the stigma surrounding this disease. To successfully implement a lifesaving lung cancer screening program\, we must cut through this stigma. I am very excited to attend the NLCRT. Screening does save lives.” \nThe meeting marks the first annual conference for the group\, which is tasked with bringing organizations and experts together to assess issues and challenges to meeting its goals. A fundamental premise of the Roundtable is that collective action among member organizations will be more successful in reducing the burden of disease. The Roundtable strives to avoid duplicating roles of member organizations\, but rather to enhance lung cancer control through greater engagement with key organizations\, as well as to take on initiatives that all organizations would judge to be worthy but would be unlikely to initiate on their own. \nSteering Committee Roster: \n\nElla A. Kazerooni\, MD\, MS (Chair)\, University of Michigan\nDouglas E. Wood\, MD (Vice Chair)\, University of Washington\nRobert A. Smith\, PHD (PI)\, American Cancer Society\nJoseph Chin\, MD\, MS\, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\nV. Paul Doria-Rose\, DVM\, PHD\, National Cancer Institute\nLaurie Fenton Ambrose\, Lung Cancer Alliance\nThomas P. Houston\, MD\, American Academy of Family Physicians\nJane Kim\, MD\, MPH\, Department of Veterans Affairs\nBryan Loy\, MD\, MBA\, Humana\nPeter Mazzone\, MD\, MPH\, Cleveland Clinic\nJamie S. Ostroff\, PHD\, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center\nGerard A. Silvestri\, MD\, MS\, Medical University of South Carolina\nJoelle Thirsk Fathi\, DNP\, RN\, ARNP\, Washington State Nurses Association\n\nFollow the meeting at #NLCRT2017 on Twitter \nThe Roundtable is funded by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca and in-kind support from the American Cancer Society. For more information\, contact Lauren Rosenthal\, MPH\, Director of the NLCRT at lauren.rosenthal@cancer.org and Robert A. Smith\, Ph.D.\, Vice President of Cancer Screening at the American Cancer Society at robert.smith@cancer.org.
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/national-lung-cancer-roundtable-brings-together-patients-organizations-and-clinicians-for-first-annual-meeting/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171218
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Jacksonville Jaguars
DESCRIPTION:Jacksonville\, FL. Our co-founder\, Chris Draft\, joined Jacksonville lung cancer survivor Cliff Norton at the Jaguars game today. The group will watched the Jaguars defeat the Houston Texans and secure a playoff birth. \nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural 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 2018 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2017. Sign up now!  \nSpecial thanks to the Jacksonville Jaguars\, Cliff Norton\, 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-jacksonville-jaguars/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171218
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DESCRIPTION:View Photos \nTampa\, FL. Lung cancer survivors Carol Scott\, Edward Cutler and Melissa Crouse\, and Tampa lung cancer Advocate Ros Miller represented Team Draft at Raymond James Stadium tonight. The group watched the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lose a close game to the Atlanta Falcons during Monday Night Football. \nOn Monday morning\, Moffitt Cancer Center lung cancer survivor Carol Scott and Edward Culter and our co-founder Chris Draft shot an interview with ABC Tampa News Anchor Laura Harris. Both survivors shared their journeys with lung cancer and their clinical trials at Moffitt Cancer Center. The interview will air at 4pm on ABC Tampa’s The Now. \n \nIt’s wonderful to see people such as you\, who are so passionate in their mission to help fund the necessary research to ultimately eradicate lung cancer. Showing the world that a lung cancer diagnosis is no longer a short term death sentence because of the findings of the research is the key to increasing the funding for continued research\, from both governmental units and from corporate and individuals. \n\nI will continue my efforts\, especially in advocating for Moffitt with our Florida legislature and with my friends and clients. I know I need to expand beyond just Moffitt and I will try to get involved to the extent possible with other lung cancer research efforts. ~ Edward Cutler\n\nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural 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 2018 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2017. Sign up now! \nSpecial thanks to the Moffitt Cancer Center\, Tampa Bay Buccaneers\, Laura Harris\, ABC Tampa\, 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/survivor-at-every-stadium-tampa-bay-buccaneers-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171221T080000
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Carolina Panthers
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte\, NC. Greenville\, SC lung cancer survivor Rick Owens and Neil Caesar will join\, Team Draft co-founder and former Carolina Panther\, Chris Draft at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday\, Christmas Eve. The survivors will watch the Carolina Panthers take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. \nRick and Neil assumed the leadership of the Greenville\, SC lung cancer survivors support group\, after the passing of its founder\, Dan Powell. They have stayed committed to the original mission of the group\, laid out by Dan at its inception\, to provide information and support for Upstate South Carolina lung cancer survivors. \n \nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural 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 2018 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2017. Sign up now! \nSpecial thanks to the Carolina Panthers\, St. Francis Bon Secours Cancer Center\, Greenville Health System\, 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-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171231T080000
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Minnesota Vikings
DESCRIPTION:Minneapolis\, MN. Lung cancer survivor Gary Brausen will represent Team Draft at US Bank Stadium on Sunday. Gary and his wife Rosey\, will watch the Minnesota Vikings take on the Chicago Bears. \nAt this game on Sunday\, I proudly represent the state of Minnesota\, The Chris Draft Family Foundation\, A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation and anyone past or present that has suffered from lung cancer. ~Gary Brausen \n \nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural 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 2018 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2017. Sign up now! \nTeam Brausen \nMy name is Gary Brausen and I am honored and excited to represent A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation (ABOHLF) and Team Draft in the 2018 Super Bowl Challenge.  I proudly and currently serve on the board of directors and medical research team for ABOHLF\, a Minnesota based organization dedicated to lung cancer.  Our lofty but achievable fundraiser goal of $20\,000.00 will benefit both organizations with 80% of the dollars going to ABOHLF once $5000 is reached and 20% benefitting the Chris Draft Family Foundation.  The dollars will be used to fund cutting edge cures for lung cancer\, to raise awareness and to support patients and families. \nHelping me with this event is Team Brausen\, a forceful and impactful group of friends\, family and colleagues who supported me\, my wife Rosey and two boys Bennett and Alec as we navigated through a stage 3B lung cancer diagnosis in 2011.Our 2018 Super Bowl Challenge centers around a single word\, “Hope”\, something all of us could use a lot more of these days. Here is our story. \nIn late November of 2010\, I was playing hockey three mornings a week\, coaching my son’s hockey team and was arguably in the best physical condition of my life. I had just turned 50 and was feeling fantastic. I prided myself on getting enough rest\, watching what I ate and getting some form of exercise every day. I was the poster child as to how to live a healthy life. I also never smoked. NEVER. \nThen it all started. I first noticed a dry cough while yelling at our hockey practices. What followed was rapid and unexplained weight loss and a significant degradation in my strength and energy. After stepping down as hockey coach and putting off necessary business trips\, I decided to put my fear aside and figure out what was going on. After several appointments with primary care physicians\, multiple courses of antibiotics and worsening symptoms\, I had enough and demanded a chest x-ray. \nOn March 15\, 2011\, I received the phone call that changed my life forever. The voice on the other end was my pulmonologist and the first thing he said to me was\, “I am sorry Mr. Brausen\, you have lung cancer.” I could not believe that me\, a non-smoker\, an athlete and a hockey player for 40+ years could have lung cancer. At that time\, I was like most other people in thinking that lung cancer only affected smokers. How very wrong I was. \nFollow on scans and biopsies indicated that I was stage 3B and that the cancer was aggressive but confined to my left lung. On April 7th 2011\, I had the diseased lung removed and we immediately asked\, “Did you get it all?” The surgeon said he could not\, that the surgical margins were positive and that the cancer had invaded my vascular spaces. I was tested for all of the genetic markers at the time and did not qualify for any of them. My oncologist devised a “kitchen sink” treatment plan consisting of chemotherapy and radiation with the purpose of extending my life. There was no plan B in case the treatment did not work. No more bullets in the gun. \nThree different oncologists considered my case terminal and this dismal prognosis was communicated to my family and friends. Doctors asked me questions such as\, “How do you plan to spend your final days?”\, “Are your affairs in order?”\, “Have you taken a recent family photo?” I was told that I most likely had no more than a year to live\, two at the very most. Unbeknownst to me\, my best friend worked on his eulogy for my funeral and planned a golf outing that was meant to be one last hurrah for me. \nMy treatment concluded in October of 2011\, have been cancer free for the 6 ½ years since my surgery and considered cured. Yes\, by the sheer grace of God and with the help of some of the very best cancer practitioners in the world\, cancer did not win. \nLung cancer 5 year survival rate has been stuck at around 17% for far too long\, claims the lives of more than 160\,000 Americans each year and is more deadly than breast\, colon\, prostate and kidney cancers COMBINED. Despite these depressing statistics\, there is hope on the horizon for this disease\, hope in the form of genetically targeted and immunotherapies\, hope in the form of earlier detection and hope in the form of increased awareness in the general public and media. There is certainly much more to be done\, we all know that\, but the truth is that there is more hope today than ever before for lung cancer patients and I believe that we are the verge of something very significant. \nPlease join Team Brausen\, A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation and Team Draft in our 2018 Super Bowl Challenge to raise research dollars\, awareness and ultimately hope for all present and future lung cancer patients. \nSpecial thanks to the A Breath of Hope Foundation\, Minnesota Vikings\, Chicago Bears\, 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-minnesota-vikings/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171231T080000
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Philadelphia Eagles
DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia\, PA. Team Draft joined forces with the Sydney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson University to raise awareness & funds for the fight against cancer. The Kimmel Cancer Center NYE’s Taigate took place in McFadden’s at Citizens Bank Park prior to the Philadelphia Eagles last regular season game against the Dallas Cowboys. \nPA lung cancer survivor Amy Robertson and\, her husband\, Wyatt represented Team Draft at the tailgate on Sunday. \n**Everyone is welcome to attend. Tickets for the Tailgate are $50 with the net proceeds donated to the Kimmel Cancer Center. \nIn 2012\, we\, Team Draft\, launched our inaugural 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 2018 Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge kicked off on November 1\, 2017. Sign up now! \nSpecial thanks to the Kimmel Cancer Center\, Philadelphia Eagles\, 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-philadelphia-eagles-2/
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