Elizabethtown Baseball Go4theGoal 2015

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Baseball at F&M postponed, Go4theGoal event to be rescheduled

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – A late-morning downpour swept through Lancaster Thursday, resulting in the postponement of Elizabethtown's game at Franklin & Marshall, as well as the Go4theGoal against Pediatric Cancer event that both teams were to take part in.

The game between the Blue Jays and Diplomats will be rescheduled, however a date and time have not yet been announced.

When the game is made up, Elizabethtown College baseball will be Going Gold against Franklin & Marshall College to help in the fight against childhood cancer, the number one disease killer of children. As part of Go4theGoal's Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer campaign, the Blue Jays will don shoelaces that are gold, the color for pediatric cancer awareness.

"We are really excited to be working with F&M and Go4theGoal in this great cause," said head coach Cliff Smith. "The fight against pediatric cancer is very important to our program, as our charity work has focused on this terrible disease. This cause hits close to home for us, as a friend of our program who is a young child, recently beat cancer. It is our hope that initiatives like this will make cancer a thing of the past."

Money generated from Elizabethtown's lace sales will support kids with cancer in the local community. Franklin & Marshall will also be wearing gold shoelaces during the game. This marks the first season the Blue Jays and Go4theGoal have partnered together in the fight against pediatric cancer.

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About Go4theGoal Foundation (www.Go4theGoal.org)
Go4theGoal Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2006 by Dr. Richard and Beth Stefanacci, soon after their oldest son Richard was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. ,In 2011 Go4theGoal launched two national campaigns, National Pediatric Cancer Awareness Day and Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer. ,These campaigns give schools, businesses, and sports teams an opportunity to raise awareness and much needed support for kids battling cancer. ,Go4theGoal provides children undergoing cancer treatment and their families with financial assistance, runs fun hospital-based programs, grants special wishes, and supplies state of the art electronic products to children and pediatric oncology units across the country. ,Since 2007, Go4theGoal has funded nearly $1,000,000.00 in research. ,For the past three consecutive years, Go4theGoal has earned the honor of "Top Rated Non-Profit" by Great Nonprofits.

 
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