TicketsFeb. 16, 2011
CINCINNATI - Mitch's Mission along with the University of Cincinnati football team will play host to a fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 called Playdate With The Bearcats. The fundraiser will benefit pediatric cancer and blood disease patients at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
The event, held at UC's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center from 4-7 p.m. ET, is designed as a carnival-like, family-fun event, featuring UC student-athletes from the football team and other varsity sports along with the Bearcat mascot.
Playdate With The Bearcats offers games such as cornhole, kid-friendly drills put together by UC coaches, swimming, rock-climbing, face painting, food and music. There will also be a basket raffle.
Cost for the event is $15 per person or $50 per family. Tickets can be purchased online at www.mitchsmission.com or at the door.
All event proceeds will send children from the Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital to summer camp at Camp Joy in Clarksville, Ohio for a week.
Mitch's Mission, a non-profit organization, grew out of the relationship between the UC football team and Mitch Stone, a young cancer patient who was adopted by the team through the Friends of Jaclyn during its 2009 record-breaking season. Today, Mitch is healthy and cancer-free. With help from the team, Mitch's family started Mitch's Mission so that they could continue helping kids facing similar health challenges.