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Last Updated 01/11/2008
- 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.<more>
- 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.<more>
- 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. <more>
- 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.<more>
- 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. <more>
- Upstate Cancer Survivors Compete in National Lung Cancer Survivors Super Bowl Challenge GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) –James Taylor is thankful. His faith gives him strength and his love for football inspires him. “I live every day to its fullest,” Taylor said. “My wife and I, we love football.” He’s a Clemson fan whose part of a new team which fights lung cancer. “It helps to talk about it,” he said.”It kills more people than any other cancers put together.” Some of his teammates are also tackling lung cancer. They’re members of a lung cancer support group with Bon Secours Saint Francis Health System in Greenville. Dan Powell started the group back in 2014.<more>
- Ravens Employee Is Helping To Change the Face of Lung Cancer Baltimore, MD. Ravens Director of Ticket Sales & Hospitality Mike Burke is active, competitive and hadn’t smoked a day in his life. Now Burke is battling Stage IV lung cancer, helping to inspire others battling the disease and raising awareness about its causes. “People should be aware that it can happen to anybody. I thought I was as healthy as anybody and athletic and doing a bunch of stuff. You have to change people’s perception before you can make a difference.”<more>
- Delta Airlines TechOps empolyee, cancer survivor honored with a visit from former NFL Player Delta’s Cancer Support Engagement Group (CSEN) recently honored Tech Ops employee and cancer survivor Joe Pitts with a get-together that included his wife, closest friends, and former NFL linebacker Chris Draft.<more>
- After Losing Wife To Cancer, Former NFL Linebacker Visits With Patients MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Cancer can affect families in so many different ways. It affects people of all ages at different times and with different results. Former NFL linebacker Chris Draft and his wife Keasha were looking forward to spending their lives together, but Keasha lost her battle to lung cancer a month after the couple were married.<more>
- Hinz: Much more than a football coach Hinz, 45, died last Wednesday after battling non-smoker’s lung cancer for nearly three years. The memorial service for Hinz, head football coach at Post Falls High the past 11 years, is scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m. at the Post Falls High football field. A celebration of life will follow at the Greyhound Park and Event Center in Post Falls.<more>