Fourth Annual SamStrong Football Game Is Sept. 9
Reitz Memorial High School is “Going Gold” on Sept. 9 when the Tigers host crosstown rival Mater Dei at Bosse High School’s Enlow Field. The contest has been set as the Fourth Annual SamStrong Childhood Cancer Awareness game.
SamStrong carries on the final missions of Memorial Class of 2012 graduate Sam Featherstone – to raise awareness of childhood cancer and money for much needed research. Featherstone, a lifelong member of St. John the Baptist Parish in Newburgh, died on Jan. 2, 2013, after battling brain cancer for more than three years.
Everyone attending the game is encouraged to wear gold to show support for this important awareness event. Gold SamStrong T-shirts with featuring the powerful message of Philippians 4:13 (“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”) printed around one of Sam’s drawings (showing the defeat of the cancer monster) will be available for purchase at the game or can be ordered online now at www.samstrong.org. Short sleeve shirts are $10, and long sleeve are $15. Order forms can be sent to SamStrong, P.O. Box 252, Newburgh, IN 47629-0252.
The money raised by SamStrong is used only for research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. To learn more about Sam and SamStrong, please visit www.samstrong.org.
Editor’s note – Before age 20, one in 285 kids will receive a cancer diagnosis. Cancer kills more kids than all other diseases combined. Every day, 46 children in the United Sates are diagnosed with cancer and every day, seven children die from cancer.
