Athletes and supporters of Fraser and Roseville football and cross country teams will take on cancer on Friday, Sept. 24.
FHS will host Teaming Up for a Cure, an event that joins the school with rival Roseville to raise funds for cancer research. Each athlete on both sides of the competition will wear a jersey designed to honor a cancer victim, survivor or someone fighting the disease, with the jerseys sponsored by the honorees' loved ones. In addition, those who attend the event will be able to show their support by purchasing a Teaming Up for a Cure T-shirt, and programs featuring the event's honorees also will be sold. All proceeds from the jersey sponsorships and T-shirt and program sales will be donated to a variety of cancer research charities. During the 2009 installment of Teaming Up for a Cure, FHS students and coaches raised and donated more than $27,000, an amount they hope to nearly double this year.
Friday evening's festivities will culminate of a week's worth of charitable athletic competitions between the schools' varsity squads, all of which featured honoree jerseys. Beginning at approximately 6 p.m., the FHS and Roseville cross country teams will square off. The finish line will be situated inside Fraser's football stadium, and the race's conclusion will serve as the start of the night's football game.
At the conclusion of the football game, all spectators donning Teaming up for a Cure T-shirts will take the field and be positioned to create a giant pink ribbon. Then, the honorees and their sponsoring family members will be presented with the game jerseys, paying tribute to their fights against cancer.
Admission to the game is $5 or free with the purchase of a Teaming up for a Cure T-shirt.
Fraser High is on Garfield, south of 15 Mile Road.