Children with serious illnesses and your team

[bonarae]

Has your team had sponsored a child with a serious illness through any foundation (e.g. IMPACT Foundation)? This year, Harvard football has adopted a 9-year old with a rare kidney cancer to join their team.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/09/10/harvard-football-recruits-9-year-old-to-join-team/

[superman7515]

We adopted a 46-year old man with the mental capacity of a toddler in 2013, been paying him $300,000+ a year ever since.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brock_(American_football)

[2ram]

Fordham adopted 12 year old Jonah Shainberg, who had a brain tumor.

http://www.fordhamsports.com/news/2013/9/12/FB_0912132129.aspx

[SDFS]

http://und.edu/features/2012/12/holiday-magic-from-markus.cfm

One inspirational little boy sparked this tradition that has been carried out for 11 years. In 2002, the UND football team started this event in honor of their loyal fan, Markus Bryant, who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 13.

Markus wrote numerous letters of encouragement to the 2001 team to fire them up for games. Being the huge UND football fan that he was, he had the opportunity to meet the 2001 team and quickly made a lasting impression. That year, Markus became an adoptive member of the football team attending practices, games and helping to raise the 2001 NCAA Division II championship trophy after traveling to Florence, Ala., with the team.

[geaux_sioux]

http://und.edu/features/2012/12/holiday-magic-from-markus.cfm

One inspirational little boy sparked this tradition that has been carried out for 11 years. In 2002, the UND football team started this event in honor of their loyal fan, Markus Bryant, who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 13.

Markus wrote numerous letters of encouragement to the 2001 team to fire them up for games. Being the huge UND football fan that he was, he had the opportunity to meet the 2001 team and quickly made a lasting impression. That year, Markus became an adoptive member of the football team attending practices, games and helping to raise the 2001 NCAA Division II championship trophy after traveling to Florence, Ala., with the team.
I had the pleasure to be apart of this when I was a player and I can tell you it was an incredible experience. Buying all those gifts was cool but hearing the stories from the families and how sick those poor kids are breaks your heart. One mom told me she hadn't seen her son smile in months. He had a huge grin when he saw how big the boxes we had wrapped for him were and it only got bigger when he opened them. It was an incredibly rewarding and sobering experience.

[UAalum72]

Last year Albany football adopted 8-year-old Luke Hoag, who has a brain tumor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYHeX4JjWw

and along with the men's basketball and lacrosse teams, has been working with JP Honsinger, now about 13, who has Niemann Pick Type C (AKA childhood Alzheimer's), an incurable fatal genetic neurodegenerative disorder which causes progressive deterioration of the nervous system.
http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=209869954&SPID=7999&SPSID=70287

[YoUDeeMan]

Does Screamin' Eagle count for EWU?

[SDFS]

I had the pleasure to be apart of this when I was a player and I can tell you it was an incredible experience. Buying all those gifts was cool but hearing the stories from the families and how sick those poor kids are breaks your heart. One mom told me she hadn't seen her son smile in months. He had a huge grin when he saw how big the boxes we had wrapped for him were and it only got bigger when he opened them. It was an incredibly rewarding and sobering experience.

Very cool - thanks for sharing that story..

[Cocky]

We have a player who JSU is supporting at this time.

www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/09/post_792.html#incart_river_index (http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/09/post_792.html#incart_river_index)

www.gofundme.com/keeganstrong?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CTA_view_campaign&utm_campaign=donation_receiptv5 (https://www.gofundme.com/keeganstrong?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CTA_view_campaign&utm_campaign=donation_receiptv5)

[RedFlash]

Two years ago, SFU started sponsoring 10-year-old Brent Zierer who has been around the team the last two seasons. He's usually in uniform (#12) for the home games.

http://www.sfuathletics.com/news/2014/4/11/FB_0411140829.aspx?path=football