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Haverford Football Raises $6K For Cancer Foundation
The Kevin Cain Memorial Foundation is $6,000 richer thanks to the annual Fords Fight For Life Night event. Well done!
HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, PA – Haverford football's annual Fords Fight For Life Night was held on Oct. 5. And this year, the event generated a substantial amount of money for a local cancer foundation.
The Haverford High School football team announced the event raised $6,000 for the Kevin Cain Memorial Foundation.
According to the district, the Kevin Cain Foundation aims to provide assistance to families coping with the financial burden of fighting cancer.
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Fords Fights For Life Night allows a person or group to sponsor a jersey in honor of, or remembrance of, a family member or friend who is fighting or bravely fought an illness or disability.
A Haverford High School football player wore that jersey in the game against Penncrest High School on Oct. 5.
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After the game during an on-field ceremony, the player presented the jersey to the individual or family being honored as a keepsake.
Pictured above is the Fords Fight For Life Committee
Photo by Paul Bogosian, courtesy of the School District of Haverford Township
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