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- Chris Draft Tackles Lung Cancer Like a Lineman and Earns the Title of August LUNGevity Hero WASHINGTON, August 28, 2014 — LUNGevity Foundation announces former NFL linebacker Chris Draft as the August LUNGevity Hero for his active effort in raising awareness of lung cancer and campaigning for critical funds for research.
- Dan Friedman is Changing the Face of Lung Cancer Dan Friedman was 43 in late 2010 when he began to feel a little short of breath while exercising. It was fall, and he enjoyed working out often, at the gym four or five days a week.
- Support the Keasha Rutledge Draft Memorial Scholarship The Scholarship was created to provide an opportunity for Clemson students to further their studies in pursuit of their dreams, and will be awarded annually to special students who embody Keasha’s strength and determination.
- Team Draft determined to raise lung cancer awareness Ex-Bears linebacker Chris Draft is slated to return to Chicago Sunday as part of “Team Draft’s” national campaign to change the face of lung cancer, the disease that claimed the life of Draft’s wife, Keasha, last December.
- Team Draft honored at the 33rd Annual Drum Major for Justice Awards April 4, 2012 (Atlanta, GA) – Former NFL Linebacker Chris Draft and Founder of the Chris Draft Family Foundation will be honored tonight at the 33rd Annual Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner in downtown Atlanta on in recognition of the Foundation’s health awareness efforts.
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- 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.
- 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.