With a Goal to Raise $25,000, over 260 kids will play 3 on 3 for childhood cancer research
SYRACUSE, NY – Cherry Road School in Syracuse, NY, will host a St. Baldrick’s FoundationBuckets for St. Baldrick’s basketball tournament to raise funds for lifesaving childhood cancer research on Sunday, March 26. With a goal of raising $25,000, over 260 participants will shave their head to support the Foundation’s mission to fund the best research to find cures and better treatments for kids with cancer.
Local Syracuse kid Bodie Centore organized this basketball tournament in honor of a friend that he met and became friends with who was diagnosed with a terminal brain cancer and passed away.
|
What:
|
This is Bodie’s 10th year supporting the cause. For more information, check out theBucket;’s for St. Baldrick’s event page.
|
|
Why:
|
One in five children diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. will not survive. Those who do survive often suffer long-term effects from treatment too harsh for their developing bodies. As the largest charity funder of childhood cancer research grants, St. Baldrick’s Foundation is leading the charge to take childhood back from cancer.
Join the fight. Register. Fundraise. Show-up. Shave. You can help save kids’ lives.
|
|
When:
|
Sunday, March 26
Event will start at 8:00 a.m. Event will end at 7:00 p.m.
|
|
Where:
|
Cherry Road School |
|
Who:
|
St. Baldrick’s shaveesSM, volunteers, supporters and donors
|
|
Media Contact:
|
Jo Anne Avelar; [email protected]; 626-792-8247, ext. 221
|
|
Day of Contact:
|
Bodie Centore [email protected] 315-418-7184 |
Discover more from Oswego County Today
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.