Tampa Bay league unites to assist most cancers fundraiser

Members of our MAN v FAT Tampa Bay league got here collectively on the weekend to assist two of their teammates and a Breast Most cancers Consciousness Stroll.

The stroll, held on the Raymond James Stadium, house of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was organized by the American Most cancers Society.

And it was a trigger near the guts of the MAN v FAT Tampa Bay league, with one member’s spouse a survivor of breast most cancers and one other at present bravely battling the illness.

Shannon Reid, whose spouse Jeanine overcame her personal battle with most cancers, informed us extra concerning the guys’ efforts on the weekend, the place they joined round 30,000 others in participating!

1) Inform us a bit extra about why you had been concerned on this stroll

At first, I used to be concerned with this stroll, to assist my spouse who had battled most cancers a couple of years earlier than I met her. Like many, each October would cross, and I might see all the pink ribbons, however didn’t totally perceive the true that means of being a survivor, or perceive the grief of those that have misplaced family members.

As I educated myself on breast most cancers, and the way it impacted my spouse and her kids, I began to study much more about different family and friends who’ve battled or are battling most cancers as properly. I’m doing this stroll to honor all the courageous individuals who have persevered with battling most cancers and to point out respect to those that misplaced the battle.

2) How have your loved ones handled tackling breast most cancers collectively?

My spouse battled most cancers a couple of years earlier than I met her, however I’ve been witnessed the power and resolve that her and her kids needed to endure. She was a single mom, with 4 kids, and three of them had been triplets. It actually places life into perspective and what’s vital, I’ve heard the tales from her and her kids and it makes me notice how robust these people must be, and it’s additionally vital to have an exquisite assist system round them.

I had a number of brothers from my MAN v FAT Tampa Bay Soccer league be part of us. Some teammates have members of the family or pals that they needed to characterize for this stroll, and it’s very private for them. A few of my teammates are right here to point out assist to my spouse, which suggests greater than they may know.

MAN v FAT Soccer is greater than only a weight reduction journey, and taking part in soccer, it’s household.

4) Our greatest MAN v FAT golf equipment within the UK and US construct unbelievable communities off the sphere – inform us a bit extra about your league and the way the fellows have come collectively

MAN v FAT golf equipment are a brotherhood of males who assist one another, on and off the sphere. Past the pitch and the scales, we assist one another in actual life conditions, which have developed into deep friendships and an excellent assist system.

It’s wonderful what a love of a sport and the will for a more healthy way of life can obtain when like-minded individuals attempt for a similar objective. MAN v FAT Soccer offers us excellent organizational construction to attain this.

A BIG THANKS

Because of all the MAN v FAT Tampa Bay group who got here out to assist Shannon and Jeanine on the weekend. For anybody wishing to make a donation, you’ll be able to go to their staff web page right here.