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SUMMARY:Tackling Lung Cancer in Australia
DESCRIPTION:Australia. Our co-founder Chris Draft has joined forces with the Lung Foundation of Australia and the Australasian Lung Cancer Trails Group (ALTG) to present a series of education summits in Melbourne\, Brisbane\, Sydney and Perth. The summits will educate about the current state of the lung cancer in Australia and the current Trials within the ALTG. \nOctober 2nd – Melbourne\, Victoria at the Pullman on the Park Hotel\n \nDinner Meeting – Evolving Role of Immunotherapy in the Management of Lung Cancer \n \n  \nOctober 4th – Brisbane\, Queensland at the Pullman on King George Square Hotel\n \nDinner Meeting – Evolving Role of Immunotherapy in the Management of Lung Cancer \n \n  \nOctober 6th – Sydney\, New South Wales at the Sheraton Sydney on the Park Hotel\n \n3rd Annual ALTG Lung Cancer Symposium – Lung Cancer Today \nThe ALTG Lung Cancer Symposium\, a one day forum for Australasian’s leading cancer health professionals to converge connecting medical scientists\, healthcare professionals\, and consumers to current cutting-edge innovations in research and therapeutics\, from those most prominent in the oncology field. \nIn addition\, other international guests also feature: \n– Dr. Sanjay Popat: A Consultant Thoracic Medical Oncologist from the Royal Marsden in London. Who is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Molecular Genetics and Genomics Group at the National Heart and Lung Institute\, Imperial College London\, and current Chair of the British Thoracic Oncology Group. \n– Dr. Robert Li: A Medical Oncologist from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Who specializes in the molecular profile of patients’ tumors and leads the clinical research program targeting the HER2 gene in lung cancers. \n \n  \nOctober 7-8th – Perth\, Western Australia  \nAwareness\, Advocacy\, & Lung Cancer & Webinar Panel Discussion
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/3rd-annual-australasian-lung-cancer-trials-group-lung-cancer-symposium/
LOCATION:Austraila
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Atlanta Falcons
DESCRIPTION:Atlanta\, GA. ATL lung cancer survivor and UGA Professor Greg Todd Jones represented Team Draft at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Prior to watching the Atlanta Falcons defeat the Tampa Bay Bucs\, Greg greeted other cancer survivors and tailgated with some Falcons fans. During the game interacted with Falcons Alumni that were present to support the Falcon’s Crucial Catch game. #CrucialCatch #ALLCancers \nView Photos \nWhat an honor to spend the afternoon with some former Falcon greats: amazing ball players\, and even better people…good\, salt of the earth folks who gave their time\, enthusiasm\, and encouragement to come hang out with some of us cancer survivors! Thank you one and all! ~ Greg Jones  \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. \nSpecial thanks to the Atlanta Falcons\, Falcons Legends\, 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\, S
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/survivor-at-every-stadium-atlanta-falcons-7/
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Arizona Cardinals
DESCRIPTION:Glendale\, AZ. Arizona lung cancer survivors Mary Ann Laverty\, Anne Bailey\, Yovana Portillo and Joanne Schlesinger joined Team Draft co-founder Chris Draft at State Farm Stadium on Thursday night. The group watched a Thursday Night Football match up between the Arizona Cardinals and the Denver Broncos. #4Ladies #changingthefaceoflungcancer #sidelinepasses  \nView Photos \nEleven and half months in from my diagnosis of NSCLC I have found a world of survivors. I am honestly humbled at kindness and compassion I see being shared. The online community which is slowly fueling me with feeling empowered is how I found Team Draft. This was my firsr opportunity to meet other survivors\, to be in company of these amazing women was an honor. Chris Draft reinforces what I partially know and what I know I want to learn. Research matters and spreading the word on LC. Make is personal. Being part of Team Draft and the Cardinals for Thursday night football exceeded expectations and was a great means to start thinking of a platform to share my story. I am humbled by the kindness that was shared. I hope to be take what this information to the advocate platform. Changing the face of lung cancer is real. Its all of us. #Research needed ~ Joanne Schlesinger \n \nI feel extremely blessed to have been granted the opportunity to attend a Thursday Night Football game with some of my Lung Cancer Sisters as guests of Christ Draft with #TeamDraft and we were graciously hosted by the Arizona Cardinals! This was a very exciting and truly a once in a lifetime experience! It was so neat to receive Pre-Game Sideline passes and to be so close to the players and watch them as they warmed up before the game! It was an honor to be able to represent the Lung Cancer Community from Arizona and to show the world what Lung Cancer looks like\, a Lung Cancer Survivor looks like me! Being a spectator at a nationally televised football game and being surrounded by everyday people\, was very impactful to me because for a few hours I was able to forget my diagnosis and simply enjoy and live in the present moment and feed off of the positive energy and atmosphere in the stadium! It goes on to show that by simply looking at our group\, no one would have guessed that each of us has been impacted by Lung Cancer. We all look like your average everyday people too! But it also proves that by simply being present and owning your story\, any setting can serve as an opportunity to share your story. Knowledge is power and no one knows my story better than I do! This is particularly valuable because at the end of the day Lung Cancer can affect anyone with lungs and it is crucial to have a conversation regarding this disease with everyone I encounter should the opportunity arise. It was so very humbling to be able to share this wonderful experience with my Lung Cancer Sisters and this is an amazing memory I will treasure forever! ~ Yovana Portillo \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. \nSpecial thanks to the Arizona Cardinals\, Luis Zendejas\, 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-arizona-cardinals-2/
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SUMMARY:Tackling Cancer with the Chicago Bears
DESCRIPTION:  \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 \n  \nWhen: Tuesday\, October 23\, 2018 \n5pm – 6pm – Registration & Pictures in the PNC Center at Halas Hall \n6pm – 7pm – Survivor & Caregiver Discussions – PNC Center and the Walter Payton Indoor Facility \n7pm – 8pm – Tackling Cancer Camp (60 mins) 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. \n  \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. \n \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. \n \n  \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. \n  \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. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.teamdraft.org/event/tackling-cancer-camp-the-chicago-bears/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181028
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every College Stadium: Stanford Cardinal
DESCRIPTION:Stanford\, CA. Bay Area lung cancer survivor-advocate Don Stranathan will represent Team Draft at Stanford Stadium. Don will tailgate with our co-founder Chris Draft\, and other Stanford Alumni before watching the Stanford Cardinal take on the Washington State Cougars. View Photos \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 \n  \n \nI am a Stage 4 lung cancer survivor and advocate. This Saturday I will be representing the Chris Draft Family Foundation at the Stanford football game. I am involved with many organizations as a patient advocate\, but one of my favorite is putting a face on lung cancer at sporting events for Team Draft. GO STANFORD!! ~ Don Stranathan \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 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 Stanford Cardinal\, Matt Doyle\, Kaiser Health Santa Rosa 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-college-stadium-stanford-cardinal-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181029
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SUMMARY:Survivor at Every Stadium: Los Angeles Rams #CrucialCatch #AllCancers
DESCRIPTION:Los Angeles\, CA. OC lung cancer survivor-adovcate Tabitha Paccione\, and her family\, represented Team Draft the LA Memorial Coliseum on Sunday. The group watched the LA Rams defeat the visiting Green Bay Packers with Team Draft co-founder and Rams Alum Chris Draft. Tabitha also join a large group of survivors (season ticket holders and ACS guests) that were recognized throughout the game as a part of the NFL Crucial Catch – Intercept Cancer initiative. View Photos \nIf you can’t laugh at cancer\, you’re in trouble. \nFortunately\, Tabitha Paccione\, a 36-year-old teacher with stage IV lung cancer\, has the most amazing medicine immediately to her right and immediately to her left. \n \nThat would be her son\, 13-year-old Dylan\, and her daughter\, Brooklyn\, a comedian and nurse rolled into the body of a nine-year-old. \n“I believe in being honest with them\,” Paccione explains as she makes cheese quesadillas for lunch. \nWith tears welling\, Paccione recalls the time before she was diagnosed with lung cancer when she started coughing so hard she had to pull to the side of the road. With her kids in the car\, her body fell apart and she vomited. \n“I had to wash my hands off in a sprinkler\,” Paccione recalls\, wiping away tears of embarrassment. \nBut instead of a silent sober moment at the kitchen table where Paccione and I talk\, gales of laughter from Dylan and Brooklyn wash away all traces of sadness. \nEven Mom’s tears instantly change from grief to glee. The memory of Mom with puke on her clothes and having to use a stranger’s sprinkler is just too funny for Paccione and kids. \n“We laugh about it now\,” Paccione says\, trying to suppress a giggle. “But it was scary then.” Read More… \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 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 Los Angeles Rams\, Molly Higgins\, American Cancer Society\, Crystal Yelverton 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-los-angeles-rams-crucialcatch-allcancers/
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SUMMARY:Tackling Cancer with Team Draft at the NFL Experience
DESCRIPTION:New York\, NY. Cancer survivors and caregivers from NYC will join Team Draft at the NFL Experience in Times Square. The group will have a chance to get a behind the scenes feel for the NFL. View Photos \nWhat: Tackling Cancer with Team Draft at the NFL Experience\n\nWho: Metro New York City Survivors and Caregivers\n\nWhen: October 31\, 2018 – 11am – 3pm\n\nWhere: NFL Experience in Times Square\, 20 Times Square – entrance between 47th & 48th street on 7th avenue\, New York\, NY 10036\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTACKLING CANCER   \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. \nOur 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. \n \nWhat is Team Draft? \nTeam Draft is an initiative of the Chris Draft Family Foundation created by nationally recognized health advocate and former 12 year NFL 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/tackling-cancer-with-team-draft-at-the-nfl-experience/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190204T030000
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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 & Kent Watkins are heading to Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta\, GA\, and the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA \n \nGina and Greg Hollenbeck are heading to the Taste of the NFL in Atlanta\, GA \n \nJeff and Rhonda Meckstroth are heading to the 2019 NFL Pro Bowl in Orlando\, FL. \n \nThe survivors will 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\, February 4\, 2019 at 3amEST/12amPST.\n \nThe 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. \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 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/
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