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Members of the Beecher Cure, a 16-and-under, girls traveling softball team, don uniforms featuring pink socks and pink breast cancer awareness ribbons. Team members are first row (l. to r.) Jenna Willie, Rebecca Ivers, Kara Couwenhoven, Chelsea Gliva, Kaylee Hull and Emily Ivers; back row: Coach Jenna Grimm, Skyler Woods, Katelyn Neubauer, Sam Nissen, Coach Kevin Hayhurst, Kat Henson, Olivia Donely, Jordyn Beck and Coach Jacqueline Grimm. The team will play in tournaments across the midwest.
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Members of a small town, girls fast-pitch softball team are playing hard, on and off the field, to make a difference in breast cancer research and awareness. Their combined efforts are scoring funds for Community Cancer Research Foundation in Munster. ''We're playing for a cause,'' says Kara Couwenhoven. ''We all know someone who's been touched by cancer,'' states Skyler Woods. Beecher Cure, a 16-and-under girls' traveling softball team, plays in tournaments across the Midwest, donning uniforms featuring pink socks and pink breast cancer awareness ribbons. The girls really got the ball rolling by taking their stance a step further, offering t-shirts and other items to their fans and donating the proceeds to the Community Cancer Research Foundation in Munster, specifically for breast cancer research. White t-shirts with ''protect second base'' and the pink breast cancer awareness ribbon printed across the front are $15 ($9.50 is tax deductible). Also available is a tank-top style, with $7.50 eligible for a tax deduction. Sam Nissen's mom, Patty, sells candles for a company called For Every Home. The company donates the proceeds from the sale of three different breast cancer candles Ð one for survivors (Surviving Hope); one for living it (Living Hope); and for the loved ones lost, living and/or surviving (Hope for a Cure).
Jumping on the bandwagon, the Chicago Bandits women's fast-pitch softball team has donated items to be raffled by the Beecher team at the Fourth of July celebration. The items will be on display at a booth in Firemen's Park during the festival. Proceeds from the raffle tickets, t-shirts, tank tops and candles will benefit the Community Cancer Research Foundation in Munster. Work done by the Research Foundation advances the detection, diagnosis, treatment, education and prevention of cancer. Through the Foundation's efforts, residents have access to clinical research trials from around the globe, close to home in their own neighborhood. Community Cancer Research Foundation links patients with research sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and other major research cooperatives worldwide. The three hospitals of Community Healthcare System Ð Community Hospital in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart - offer patients access to research for prevention and/or treatment for every stage of breast cancer, from Ductal Carcinoma In Situ or DCIS (considered a Stage 0 Breast Cancer) to advanced disease. The Foundation also offers patient access to research for the prevention and/or treatment of lung, prostate, skin and colon cancers, lymphoma, adult leukemia and multiple myeloma. Raffle tickets for the Chicago Bandits' items are available for $5. This is also a 50/50 raffle; the winner receives their choice of the Bandits' items and 50 percent of the pot, with the remaining 50 percent going to Community Cancer Research Foundation. Tickets may be purchased at the Beecher 4th of July Festival or from Lisa Couwenhoven at 708-925-6193. Protect Second Base t-shirts also are available, in various sizes, from Couwenhoven. For the Breast Cancer imprinted candles, please call Patty Nissen at 946-6904. For more information about the Community Cancer Research Foundation, visit online at www.comhs.org/crf. Russell Publications prints several community newspapers each week, serving Will, Kankakee and Cook counties.
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