Members of our MAN v FAT Tampa Bay league got here collectively on the weekend to assist two of their teammates and a Breast Most cancers Consciousness Stroll.
The stroll, held on the Raymond James Stadium, dwelling 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 the moment bravely battling the illness.
Shannon Reid, whose spouse Jeanine overcame her personal battle with most cancers, informed us extra in regards to 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 have been concerned on this stroll
At first, I used to be concerned with this stroll, to assist my spouse who had battled most cancers just a few years earlier than I met her. Like many, each October would go, and I’d see all the 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 youngsters, I began to study much more about different family and friends who’ve battled or are battling most cancers as properly. I’m doing this stroll to honor all the courageous individuals who have persevered with battling most cancers and to indicate 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 been witnessed the energy and resolve that her and her youngsters needed to endure. She was a single mom, with 4 youngsters, and three of them have been triplets. It really places life into perspective and what’s necessary, I’ve heard the tales from her and her youngsters and it makes me understand how sturdy these people must be, and it’s additionally necessary to have a beautiful assist 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 pals that they wished to signify for this stroll, and it’s very private for them. A few of my teammates are right here to indicate assist to my spouse, which suggests 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 blokes have come collectively
MAN v FAT golf equipment are a brotherhood of males who assist one another, on and off the sphere. Past the pitch and the scales, we assist one another in actual life conditions, which have developed into deep friendships and a terrific assist system.
It’s wonderful what a love of a sport and the need for a more healthy life-style can obtain when like-minded folks attempt for a similar purpose. MAN v FAT Soccer supplies us excellent organizational construction to attain this.
A BIG THANKS
Due to all the MAN v FAT Tampa Bay neighborhood who got here out to assist Shannon and Jeanine on the weekend. For anybody wishing to make a donation, you possibly can go to their workforce web page right here.
