All posts by Raishad Peoples

In the Spotlight & Awards, Thanks

Thank You Apple Federal Credit Union

September 5th we had the honor of meeting the wonderful team at Apple Federal Credit Union as one of the 2018-2019 Apple Community Impact Grant Program recipients.

When we learned earlier this year that we were nominated for the Apple Community Impact Grant Program, we were incredibly excited for the opportunity alone! Little did we know that the nomination would lead towards our Foundation being chosen and later granted $30,000 in funding towards furthering our mission to support the families we serve who are going through so much in the fight against childhood cancer.

We are so thankful for the sincere compassion, generosity, and excitement that we felt from the entire team at AFCU, the AFCU Golf Committee, and the AFCU Foundation. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you Apple Federal Credit Union for believing in the mission and vision of Alex’s Army and for your support of families fighting childhood cancers.

Other Events, Photo Gallery

Alex’s Army Bowl 2018

Saturday, September 8th Alex’s Army, Gainesville Grizzlies, and American Pride Youth Football leagues came together once again for the annual Alex’s Army Bowl Games!

These scrimmages not only kick off the start to our areas fall youth football season, but they also kick off Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and this year was bigger and better than ever (despite the weather!).

Together we went GOLD at Grizzly Sports Complex! Players from both leagues wore gold ribbons on their helmets, the fields were decorated with gold ribbons and balloons, and we honored a few local families who came out to join us as honorary captains and performed the games coin toss for the teams.

We love this event for so many reasons. We love to see these sweet kids faces as they walk onto the field! To many of the kids these super cool football players look pretty tough (and they are pretty tough let me tell you!). It’s pretty awesome for them to flip the game coin and even greater is how awesome it is for us to be able to introduce these warriors and their families to the captains and referees, all who are truly impacted and blessed by their presence.

Our Alex loved football (he loved many sports) but these two leagues BOTH Grizzlies and American Pride hold a special place in our hearts! He has jerseys from both leagues and we will never forget the day he got to go in for a touchdown with his best bud Logan Taylor behind him pushing his wheelchair determinedly down the field to the end zone. When two competitive leagues can come together for a greater cause – thats a pretty powerful thing!

A huge Congratulations to Gary Rogerson (ticket #0675) who was the grand prize winner of 2 tickets to Super Bowl LIII raffle drawing! You can watch the drawing live here.

Special thank you to our good friends and Alex’s Army supporters Jeff & Dawn Dunn for their incredible generosity in donating these two tickets.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this raffle and who joined Alex’s Army in the fight against childhood cancers! Please continue to raise awareness where you can all throughout the month of September and beyond. Our kids deserve every bit of support and all the love we can give them!

If you missed out on purchasing raffle tickets but want to support our mission,you can make a 100% tax deductible donation here.

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Thanks

Thank You to Wort Hog Brewing Company

Alex’s Army Childhood Cancer Foundation would like to thank Wort Hog Brewing Company for their incredible generosity, compassion, and support of the childhood cancer community. The brewing and distribution of the Kid Strong Barley Wine successfully raised both funds and awareness for childhood cancer. Alex’s Army is proud to have been chosen as a recipient of the proceeds from sales of Kid Strong along with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Photo Gallery, Strength in Numbers/Awareness Event

There Is Strength in Numbers Photos

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Driving for a Cure, Photo Gallery

4th Annual Drive for a Cure Photos

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Kids helping kids, Videos

Kids Helping Kids Drive 2018

Learn more about how your school or organization can get involved by watching the video below or checking out our 2018 flier below.

Want to donate items for Alex’s Army care packages? We’ve created an Amazon Gift List to easily purchase items that will be delivered to us for this year’s care package drive.

If you haven’t already, be sure to pick Alex’s Army as your Amazon Smile charity and a small percentage of each of your Amazon Smile purchases will support Alex’s Army. Make sure you’re on Amazon Smile when you buy those Gift List items.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/ls/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_FH37zbJ33XKMV?ie=UTF8&lid=IR2QA8EQXZDA&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_FH37zbJ33XKMV&ty=wishlist

Battle of the Bands, Photo Gallery

4th Annual Battle of the Bands Photos

Thanks to all the bands and everyone that supported Alex’s Army 4th Annual Battle of the Bands and congratulations to 2018 winner Wandering Lies.

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