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Football Chapter Of Uplifting Athletes Plans Saturday Fundraiser At Jadwin
February 26, 2011 | Football
The Saturday night men's basketball home finale will be for more than just first place in the Ivy League. The football team hopes to make it far more meaningful. The Princeton Football Chapter of Uplifting Athletes will hold a fundraiser Saturday night during the Princeton-Columbia men's basketball game at Jadwin Gym (6 p.m.).
Following the inspirational return of senior co-captain and All-Ivy standout Jordan Culbreath last season, the team rallied to form a Chapter of Uplifting Athletes and will kick off a series of activities benefitting the fight against this rare disease. Culbreath, the Ivy League rushing champion in 2008, missed most of the 2009 season after being diagnosed with aplastic anemia; he served as an inspiration for his teammates as he worked his way back onto the field this past season.
Saturday's fundraiser is one of several activities coordinated by Uplifting Athletes in connection with Global Rare Disease Day. Held annually on the last day of February, Global Rare Disease Day is a day to raise awareness for rare diseases and their impact on patients' lives.
Culbreath has also been named one of five finalists for the 2011 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award. The honor is presented annually to recognize a leader in the world of college football who has realized their potential to make a positive and lasting impact on the rare disease community. More than 30 million Americans are affected by rare diseases. Public voting for this award will be open until Sunday, February 27th. Fans can cast their vote here.
About Uplifting Athletes: Uplifting Athletes is a full service national nonprofit organization aligning college football with rare diseases and raising them as a national priority through research, outreach, education and advocacy. What makes Uplifting Athletes unique is that our university chapters are run by current football student-athletes, providing them with an opportunity to gain management and leadership skills while learning how to leverage their assets and abilities to make a positive and lasting impact. Each chapter adopts one out of approximately 7,000 rare diseases (such as ALS, Aplastic Anemia, CMT, cystic fibrosis, Ehlers-Danlos, Ewing's Sarcoma, Kidney Cancer, Leukemia, MS, Neimann Pick Type-C, Neuroblastoma, pancreatic cancer, etc.).