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By Ed Morrone ed@headstrong.org For his first birthday back home in Williamsport, Pa., Nolan Redmond was treated for the first time to the delicious taste of cake and ice cream. After more than 300 days spent inside hospitals during the first year of his life, the big guy had earned all the sweets that came […]

HEADstrong & Lax Star/Cancer Fighter Stephanie Finley Team-Up To Launch Game Hair Havoc PHILADELPHIA, PA – Over the past year, lacrosse star and former James Madison All-American attacker Stephanie Finley has been in the fight of her life against cancer.  In March 2018, after experiencing symptoms, Finley was diagnosed with Chordoma, an extremely rare cancer […]

By Ed Morrone ed@headstrong.org Steve and Laurie Stasonis anticipated spending their 29th wedding anniversary in their adopted hometown of Pulaski, New York. The bucolic, idyllic fishing hamlet 30 miles north of Syracuse has served as the Stasonis home base for the last 20 years (the couple is originally from Connecticut), where they enjoy a plethora […]

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 19, 2018) – As the Premier Lacrosse League continues its revolutionary approach to the sport, the league is announcing the formation of its community and charitable initiative, PLL Assists. PLL Assists is seeking to change the way sports leagues interact with their communities by building lasting relationships with programs around the country. […]

By Ed Morrone ed@headstrong.org Scott and Carolyn Shook figured the biggest challenge they would face as a family in 2018 would be helping their only child, Krista, get through her senior year of high school and into her preferred college. Cancer, as it usually does, had other plans for Krista and the married couple of […]

Date: 01/16/2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Ed Morrone Phone: 610-461-5987 Email: info@headstrong.org HOLMES, Pa. — Join the HEADstrong Foundation for the Philadelphia Wings lacrosse home opener on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Wells Fargo Center. Come cheer on the Wings at 1 p.m. against the Buffalo Bandits for the first Wings game since 2014. Discounted tickets […]

By Ed Morrone ed@headstrong.org Jean Dowdy already had enough to worry about with her daughter, Michelle, enduring a battle against cancer. The last thing she wanted on top of that stress was concern about the strange new house she and her family would be staying in while Michelle came to fight the disease in Philadelphia. […]

 HEADstrong Foundation Social Media Internship REPORTS TO: Vice President DURATION:  On or before January 2019 – May 2019  (Paid) LOCATION: Holmes and/or Swarthmore Offices in Delaware County, PA – there will be limited travel required but it will be reimbursed by the foundation.  10 hours per week. JOB SUMMARY:  The Social Media Intern is […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Ed Morrone Phone: 610-461-5987 info@headstrong.org     HOLMES, Pa. — This coming Thanksgiving will commemorate the 11th consecutive year that the HEADstrong Foundation will coordinate and serve a traditional holiday feast to patients, as well as their families, receiving inpatient care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania [...]

For Immediate Release Contact: Ed Morrone Phone: 610-461-5987 Email: info@headstrong.org   On Saturday, Nov. 10, the HEADstrong Foundation will partner with the American Red Cross for the 11th Annual Nick Colleluori Blood Drive. Not only will the blood drive honor Colleluori’s own memory and legacy, but also provide an urgent need for blood for the […]