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RESULTS OF THE 1ST ANNUAL TESTICULAR CANCER 'HAVE A BALL' AWARENESS NGHT WITH THE NEW YORK METS!
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Over 225 testicular cancer supporters came to Shea Stadium on Saturday June 23rd to show their support for the cause and to honor Sean Kimerling. It was truly a special night. Just before the game, members of the Foundation, special friends and TC survivors gathered on the field and were saluted in front of 55,000 fans and received a Mets Spirit Award. NY Met and TC survivor Scott Schoeneweis came onto the field to personally thank the Foundation for our efforts in getting the word out. Our special PSA message featuring CW11 News at 10 Anchor Jim Watkins urging TC awareness was played on the Stadium’s Diamond Vision screen for all to see. And to cap it off, David Wright drove in the winning (and only) run in the bottom of ninth, preventing extra innings and allowing time for CW11 to include a great showcase piece as part of their newscast.
The mission of the Foundation is to get the word out about the dangers of testicular cancer and the need for self examination. If the life of even ONE person is saved through our efforts, then we are accomplishing our mission. Our message reached millions of people.
Here is some of the attention we received:
- On Friday, the CW11 morning show featured a segment with Scott Schoeneweis discussing testicular cancer.
- On Friday evening, Sports New York (SNY) the Mets broadcast partners, interviewed Scott Schoeneweis during their pre-game show where he discussed testicular cancer, his experience, the importance of early detection and the TC Awareness Day with the Foundation the next day.
- During the 5th inning of the game, SNY announcer Gary Cohen spent about 2 minutes discussing Sean, the Foundation and the TC Awareness Day to the broadcast audience, showing footage of the pre-game salute and a shot of our banner and supporters in the bleachers!
- Bruce Beck, weekend sports anchor at WNBC did a feature segment during his show on Sean that evening, commending the work of the Foundation. He referred to Sean as a friend and colleague, showed footage of some of Sean’s shows, and included coverage of our salute at Shea and an interview with Executive Director, Stephen Carey.
- News 12 Westchester ran a story on Sean, the pre-game ceremony and interview clips of several of our survivors and Stephen Carey.
- WCBS radio taped an interview with Stephen Carey that ran throughout the day on Saturday.
- WFAN taped a 15 minute interview that aired on their public affairs show Sunday morning at 8 am.
- The Journal News in Westchester County ran a nice story on Saturday.
- The NY Daily News mentioned the event in their Sunday sports section.
- The NY Post mentioned the event in the Rumble section of the paper.
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