Birmingham, Ala. — Friday, September 27, Samford University’s Women’s Soccer Team hosted “Kickin’ It for Kids with Cancer,” an evening to raise funds and awareness for the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer.
Despite outshooting their opponents 33-6, the Lady Bulldogs played the Golden Eagles to a scoreless tie. But off the field, the players even gave the shirts off their backs to help a cause.
The Austin Hatcher Foundation was founded by Samford alumni, Amy Jo Osborn; President of the Austin Hatcher Foundation, whose son was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer when he was eight weeks old.
“The Austin Hatcher Foundation provides families faced with pediatric cancer with the essential tools needed to cope and thrive at the onset of pediatric cancer,” says Amy Jo Osborn. “A big thank you to volunteer, Emily Featherston, Graham Yelton and coach’s Todd and Jay Yelton. We have been providing Hope for Cope Drumming Therapy for local families at Children’s of Alabama for over a year. It was really nice to have our Hope for Cope instructor, Walker Wright, there to accept the game ball during halftime on behalf of the Austin Hatcher Foundation.”
Player jerseys from the game were donated to a silent auction that was part of a fundraiser called Kickin’ It for Kids with Cancer. The event, which also sold hundreds of T-shirts and raised money by receiving some proceeds from sales at Nothing But Noodles and Chick-fil-A, was a fundraiser for the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer.
For more information visit www.hatcherfoundation.org/kickin-it/.
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