Members of our MAN v FAT Tampa Bay league got here collectively on the weekend to help two of their teammates and a Breast Most cancers Consciousness Stroll.
The stroll, held on the Raymond James Stadium, residence of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was organized by the American Most cancers Society.
And it was a trigger near the guts of the MAN v FAT Tampa Bay league, with one member’s spouse a survivor of breast most cancers and one other at present bravely battling the illness.
Shannon Reid, whose spouse Jeanine overcame her personal battle with most cancers, advised us extra concerning the guys’ efforts on the weekend, the place they joined round 30,000 others in participating!
1) Inform us a bit extra about why you had been concerned on this stroll
At first, I used to be concerned with this stroll, to help my spouse who had battled most cancers just a few years earlier than I met her. Like many, each October would go, and I might see the entire pink ribbons, however didn’t totally perceive the true that means of being a survivor, or perceive the grief of those that have misplaced family members.
As I educated myself on breast most cancers, and the way it impacted my spouse and her kids, I began to be taught much more about different family and friends who’ve battled or are battling most cancers as effectively. I’m doing this stroll to honor the entire courageous individuals who have persevered with battling most cancers and to point out respect to those that misplaced the battle.
2) How have your loved ones handled tackling breast most cancers collectively?
My spouse battled most cancers just a few years earlier than I met her, however I’ve witnessed the energy and resolve that her and her kids needed to endure. She was a single mom, with 4 kids, and three of them had been triplets. It really places life into perspective and what’s necessary. I’ve heard the tales from her and her kids and it makes me notice how sturdy these people need to be, and it’s additionally necessary to have an exquisite help system round them.
I had a number of brothers from my MAN v FAT Tampa Bay Soccer league be part of us. Some teammates have relations or buddies that they wished to signify for this stroll, and it’s very private for them. A few of my teammates are right here to point out help to my spouse, which implies greater than they may know.
MAN v FAT Soccer is greater than only a weight reduction journey, and enjoying soccer, it’s household.
4) Our greatest MAN v FAT golf equipment within the UK and US construct unimaginable communities off the sphere – inform us a bit extra about your league and the way the fellows have come collectively
MAN v FAT golf equipment are a brotherhood of males who help one another, on and off the sphere. Past the pitch and the scales, we help one another in actual life conditions, which have developed into deep friendships and an excellent help system.
It’s wonderful what a love of a sport and the will for a more healthy life-style can obtain when like-minded folks try for a similar aim. MAN v FAT Soccer gives us excellent organizational construction to attain this.
A BIG THANKS
Due to the entire MAN v FAT Tampa Bay neighborhood who got here out to help Shannon and Jeanine on the occasion. For anybody wishing to make a donation, you’ll be able to go to their group web page right here.