Illini football players raise money to fight rare disease acoustic neuroma
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Champaign, Ill. – The Illinois Chapter of Uplifting Athletes will hold its annual Lift For Life event on Friday, July 1, at 6:30 p.m. inside Memorial Stadium.
Lift For Life is the signature fundraising event for the Uplifting Athletes nationwide network of college football student-athlete led chapters.
The Illini Chapter continues its mission of using college football as a platform to inspire the rare disease community with hope through the power of sport. This will be the fifth Illinois Chapter Lift For Life as part of Uplifting Athletes.
One of the more colorful Uplifting Athletes Lift for Life events, the Illinois Chapter will continue its tradition of dividing the Lift For Life competition and fundraising into eight teams to raise awareness and research dollars for acoustic neuroma, the chosen rare disease of the Illinois Chapter. Proceeds will go to the Acoustic Neuroma Association.
Fans are encouraged to come out and support the 2016 Illini football team as they help bring the vision of Uplifting Athletes to life. In order to support the Illinois Chapter and help the Illini reach their $15,000 Lift For Life goal, visit the Illinois Chapter fundraising website. To find your favorite Illini player and support his team, click one of the eight teams set up on the Illini fundraising site.
Last year, the Illini raised over $16,000 for the Acoustic Neuroma community and they've raised nearly $40,000 in the first four years of Lift for Life.
The Illinois Chapter started tackling rare diseases in 2012 when it joined Uplifting Athletes. The student-athlete led Illinois Chapter serves the rare disease community in honor of Andrew Carter, a former Illini offensive lineman who battled the rare disease acoustic neuroma in 2011.
Carter is a rare disease survivor but never played football again. He is, though, still a strong supporter of the Illinois Chapter. Each summer since leaving campus, Carter returns to Champaign for the Illinois Lift For Life event.
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About Uplifting Athletes
A nonprofit organization founded in 2007, Uplifting Athletes inspires the rare disease community with hope through the power of sport. A rare disease is one that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans and typically lacks financial incentive to make and market new treatments. With a network of university chapters run by current college football student-athletes that spans all major conferences, Uplifting Athletes has had an economic impact of more than $400 million on the rare disease community. For more information about Uplifting Athletes, visit www.upliftingathletes.org.
» Fans can DONATE NOW
Champaign, Ill. – The Illinois Chapter of Uplifting Athletes will hold its annual Lift For Life event on Friday, July 1, at 6:30 p.m. inside Memorial Stadium.
Lift For Life is the signature fundraising event for the Uplifting Athletes nationwide network of college football student-athlete led chapters.
The Illini Chapter continues its mission of using college football as a platform to inspire the rare disease community with hope through the power of sport. This will be the fifth Illinois Chapter Lift For Life as part of Uplifting Athletes.
One of the more colorful Uplifting Athletes Lift for Life events, the Illinois Chapter will continue its tradition of dividing the Lift For Life competition and fundraising into eight teams to raise awareness and research dollars for acoustic neuroma, the chosen rare disease of the Illinois Chapter. Proceeds will go to the Acoustic Neuroma Association.
Fans are encouraged to come out and support the 2016 Illini football team as they help bring the vision of Uplifting Athletes to life. In order to support the Illinois Chapter and help the Illini reach their $15,000 Lift For Life goal, visit the Illinois Chapter fundraising website. To find your favorite Illini player and support his team, click one of the eight teams set up on the Illini fundraising site.
Last year, the Illini raised over $16,000 for the Acoustic Neuroma community and they've raised nearly $40,000 in the first four years of Lift for Life.
The Illinois Chapter started tackling rare diseases in 2012 when it joined Uplifting Athletes. The student-athlete led Illinois Chapter serves the rare disease community in honor of Andrew Carter, a former Illini offensive lineman who battled the rare disease acoustic neuroma in 2011.
Carter is a rare disease survivor but never played football again. He is, though, still a strong supporter of the Illinois Chapter. Each summer since leaving campus, Carter returns to Champaign for the Illinois Lift For Life event.
» Andrew Carter Feature
About Uplifting Athletes
A nonprofit organization founded in 2007, Uplifting Athletes inspires the rare disease community with hope through the power of sport. A rare disease is one that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans and typically lacks financial incentive to make and market new treatments. With a network of university chapters run by current college football student-athletes that spans all major conferences, Uplifting Athletes has had an economic impact of more than $400 million on the rare disease community. For more information about Uplifting Athletes, visit www.upliftingathletes.org.
