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Football team raises $10,000 for Ronald McDonald House
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The Western Mustangs football team has raised $10,000 for Ronald McDonald House of Southwestern Ontario's expansion campaign in a Lift-Off event held in late April. Funds were raised by players who received donations for their efforts in their annual year-end Lift-Off, featuring skill-testing drills, similar to those seen in a football combine.
Players including Matt Norman (Montreal), Darryl Wheeler (Hamilton, Ont.) and Mike Spence (Burlington, Ont.), and coaches Greg Marshall, Mickey Donovan and Chris Bertoia were on hand for the presentation.
Marshall, the head coach of the Mustangs' football team, was named the "campaign coach" of Ronald McDonald House Southwestern Ontario earlier this year and the Lift-Off event was done as a part of a larger effort to raise funds for the House.
The charity hopes to raise $8.5 million dollars in this campaign, and needs $1.3 million to reach that goal.
Funds raised will go toward adding 17 new bedrooms to assist additional families at the House located at 741 Base Line Road East in London, adjacent to the Children's Hospital and a short distance from St. Joseph's neonatal intensive care unit. Construction is expected to be complete by March 31, 2011, and will support families from all over Southwestern Ontario with children who are critically ill or seriously injured.
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