I'm raising money for childhood cancer research! Please help contribute in memory of our sweet Maxwell and the many others who are still fighting or have earned their angel wings.
Our kids are our future, let's help them out! Childhood cancers are different than adult, and the research to improve the care of these kids is far underfunded. Please help out. Every $20 (or more) helps!
Unfortunately our family knows this all too well as our sweet Maxwell was diagnosed with cancer (Leukemia, ALL) at his 1 month well baby visit. He spent the next 8 months at Duke battling it before he gained his angel wings. We are forever grateful we got to spend that time with him and enjoy all of the laughs and smiles with him, but we want to help others with better treatment options & outcome. Please check the video below to see a photo collage of his super adorable (I'm a little biased :) ) smiling face.
This is the 4th year I've taken part in the St Baldrick's "Growler" Volleyball Tournament. Last year, we had record donations of over $83,000! Please help us surpass that this year. At that amount, we were the 4th largest St Baldrick's event in North Carolina. In the 7 years of this tournament, we've donated over a quarter million dollars for children's cancers, and growing every year. Our team, Mojo Risin', made it to the 9th place fundraising (out of the 32 teams) with $1860. We want to do our part to exceed that this year. (Tax deductible) donations can be made until Sunday 8/19 through the "Donate" button to the left. Thank you in advance!
Also, everyone local to Raleigh, NC is welcome to come to our final tournament night Tues 8/21 at Springdale Area Recreation Club. All 32 teams will be in a bracket to battle it out for the top honors. There's a band, wide variety of local food & beer offerings, St Baldrick's Head Shaving, raffles, and more. Check out the website for more details, and drone video from past years: http://growlervolleyball.com/
Thank you!
Mark
PS: If your company provides matching for your donations, please request that the St Baldrick's matching be directed towards our event. You can accomplish this by including the following info to your company's match program admin:
Participant: Mark Pogers (P-988627)
Team: Mojo Risin' - (T-120898)
Event: Growler Beach Volleyball Tournament (Springdale Area Recreation Club) (E-6792)