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- CURE Media Group Expands Strategic Alliance Partnership Program with the Addition of the Chris Draft Family Foundation CRANBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CURE Media Group, the nation’s leading digital and print media enterprise dedicated to patients and survivors of cancer, welcomes the Chris Draft Family Foundation to its Strategic Alliance Partnership (SAP) Program. The addition was announced by Michael J. Hennessy Jr., president of Michael J. Hennessy Associates, Inc., parent company of CURE Media Group.
- LUNG CANCER SURVIVOR HEADS TO SUPER BOWL 52 ROCHESTER, Minn. – A lung cancer survivor is on her way to Super Bowl 52 after winning a national fundraiser. Linda Wortman has won the Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge after raising the money. According to her fundraising page “Run like L,” she’s raised more than $50,000.
- Super Fundraising Effort Lands Lung Cancer Patient Tickets to Super Bowl When the Minnesota Vikings win Super Bowl 52 in their home stadium next month (too soon to call?), Vikings fans will be partying like its 1999. Among them will be Mayo Clinic lung cancer patient Linda Wortman and her husband, Jerry.
- Team Draft & American Cancer Society Denver, CO lung cancer survivor-advocate Anne Phillips earned a trip to Atlanta for the College Football National Championship by participating in Team Draft's Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge.
- NFL Ambassador and International Health Care Advocate, Chris Draft, Attends Signing Ceremony At The White House For 21st Century Cures Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law, and former NFL linebacker and Team Draft Co-Founder, Chris Draft, was on hand. Draft was invited by President Obama and Vice President Biden to attend the historic signing ceremony in recognition of Team Draft’s work to raise lung cancer awareness through its National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer and, in particular, its efforts to increase lung cancer screening among veterans. “Words can’t describe how honored I felt to represent the cancer community at this historic event,” said Draft.
Latest Press Releases
- Team Draft Sends Super Bowl Challenge Winners to Super Bowl, Pro-Bowl and Taste of the NFL to Raise Lung Cancer Awareness Phoenix, AZ. The winners of the inaugural Super Bowl Challenge will enjoy trips to the Super Bowl, the NFL Pro-Bowl and the Taste of the NFL this month as part of Team Draft’s National Campaign to Change the Face of Lung Cancer
- Team Draft Kicks Off Lung Cancer Awareness Month in Titletown With the Green Bay Packers (GREEN BAY, WIS.) – November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and Team Draft is kicking it off with the Green Bay Packers as they take on their long-time rivals the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football tonight. In partnership with Bellin Health—the Packers’ official healthcare provider—Team Draft arranged to have the game designated by the Packers as an official lung cancer awareness game.
- Asthma Advocate, Chris Draft launches National Public Service Announcement in partnership with the EPA The Foundation's Asthma Team will join Mothers & Others for Clean Air at Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School.
- DEPLOYED TROOPS GREET EX-NFL STARS FOR FOURTH OF JULY WEEK CELEBRATIONS Ex-NFL standouts Chris Draft, Donnie Edwards and Eric Metcalf have joined legendary front-office executive Bill Polian to visit troops stationed in the Middle East as part of a week long USO Entertainment tour.
- Atlanta Hawks To Honor Team Draft Co-Founder Chris Draft With Be Greater Atlanta Award During Nationally Televised Game (ATLANTA, GA) – On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, nearly twenty lung cancer survivors, support teams, and doctors will be on hand when the Atlanta Hawks honor Team Draft co-founder and former NFL linebacker, Chris Draft, with the Be Greater Atlanta Award. The award recognizes individuals throughout Metro Atlanta who are making a difference in their communities and will be presented to Draft during the Hawks game against the New York Knicks—a game which will be televised nationally on ESPN—in recognition of Team Draft’s national lung cancer awareness efforts.