3D Mid-Atlantic Captures HEADstrong’s National Lax-Off Against Cancer Title

3D Mid-Atlantic Captures HEADstrong’s National Lax-Off Against Cancer Title

For Immediate Release July 26, 2018 Contact: Pat Colleluori Phone: 610-461-5987 Email: [email protected] Over the past six weeks, more than 75 lacrosse clubs duked it out for the National Championship of Giving as part of the National Lax-Off Against Cancer, a survive and advance digital fundraising tournament supporting the HEADstrong Foundation.  Led by cancer survivors  … Read more

HEADstrong Volunteer Stories: Marty Spiegel

HEADstrong Volunteer Stories: Marty Spiegel

By Ed Morrone [email protected]   Beginning this week and stretching into the weeks and months to come, HEADstrong will be taking a closer look at some of the foundation’s volunteers, most notably at Nick’s House. The inaugural post highlights Marty Spiegel, a Swarthmore resident and the town’s former downtown coordinator. In his career, Marty has  … Read more

Nick’s House Stories: The Batzel Family

Nick’s House Stories: The Batzel Family

By Ed Morrone [email protected] With a fresh lung cancer diagnosis in tow, Joe Batzel made no bones about it: if not for the HEADstrong Foundation, he’d be home in the Scranton area, enjoying whatever time in his life he had left with his family. The discovery of the tumor — wrapped around one of Batzel’s  … Read more

HEADing to Israel: HEADstrong’s Bender Set to Coach on Lacrosse’s Big State

HEADing to Israel: HEADstrong’s Bender Set to Coach on Lacrosse’s Big State

Written by Jason Hannigan, HEADstrong Foundation intern Mike Bender, the Director for the HEADstrong Lacrosse Club of the Lehigh Valley, is, in his words, pretty athletic, but nothing too special. Bender’s journey in the sport, however, tells an entirely different story. Lacrosse has afforded Bender, a former standout and Adidas All-American player at Emmaus High  … Read more

HEADstrong Lacrosse Club Tryouts For the 2018/2019 Season

HEADstrong Lacrosse Club Tryouts For the 2018/2019 Season

HEADstrong Lacrosse Club Tryouts For the 2018/2019 Season Written By Jason Hannigan For more than a decade, the HEADstrong Lacrosse Club have been on the winning end of the fight against cancer, playing a pivotal role in raising national cancer awareness and funds to benefit those affected by the disease. HEADstrong Lacrosse players are recognizable  … Read more

Southern Lehigh raises more than $8500 on Cancer Awareness Day

Southern Lehigh raises more than $8500 on Cancer Awareness Day

  Emmaus and Southern Lehigh Lacrosse scored early and often on April 21, but the result was much greater than what was reflected on the final scoreboard at Emmaus Memorial Field. Southern Lehigh defeated its traditional rivals, 13-6, on Cancer Awareness Day. But rather than rejoice after their big victory on the field, the visiting  … Read more