PHILADELPHIA - On Saturday, October 19 the HEADstrong Foundation™ in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Men's Lacrosse Team will host the inaugural University City Classic™ with teams from Bellarmine, Drexel, Hobart and Penn playing exhibitions in honor of those battling blood cancer. 

University City Classic - Penn Park, Philadelphia, PA 10/19/13
Dunning-Cohen Field	Home	Away	Adams Field	Home	Away
10:00AM	Team Warm-Ups		10:00AM	Team Warm-Ups
11:00AM	Hobart	PENN	11:00AM	Bellarmine	Drexel
HEADstrong Presentation on Dunning-Cohen Field at 12:40PM
1:00PM	Bellarmine	Hobart	1:00PM	PENN	Drexel

Admission can be purchased at the ticket booths on event day.  All proceeds will support the HEADstrong Foundation™, the Nicholas E. Colleluori Lymphoma Research Fund and the Abramson Cancer Center. 

Children Under 5 - Free
Adult Pass - $5.00
 
The date and setting of this NEW Fall collegiate event is significant to the organization, as it will be on what would have been HEADstrong Founder Nicholas "HEAD" Colleluori's 28th birthday and will be played in the shadows of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he fought his heroic battle against non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.   
The UCC™ is a day a philanthropy pairing the elements of a Fall collegiate scrimmage with a day of service.  Emphasis will be placed on providing an outlet for patients and their families while raising funds to support HEADstrong's research effort. 

HEADstrong will provide complimentary admission to patients and families receiving care at the both the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.  After the event HEADstrong will serve dinner to the patients, families and staff at the Rhoads Pavilion at HUP and on the Hematology Oncology floors at CHOP. 

"On behalf of the HEADstrong Foundation™, our Founder Nicholas "HEAD" Colleluori and our family we are excited to present the University City Classic.  We plan to make this an annual event in addition to our existing Fall fundraisers.  Special thanks to all of the participating teams helping us to see this event into fruition.  When Nick was going through treatment for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma at times he felt cooped up in the hospital and it really affected his moral.  When he had the chance to come home, watch a game from the sidelines at Hofstra he seemed so rejuvenated.  We wanted to do something really special on what would have been his 28th birthday and provide that opportunity for families receiving inpatient care to get out and spend the day together watching some incredible lacrosse.  After the games we will be serving a catered dinner to them in effort to promote normalcy to celebrate the importance of the family support network.  We are proud to partner with University of Pennsylvania on this endeavor, through the UCC™ we will be able to strengthen our commitment to those affected by the disease.  We look forward to seeing everyone on October 19th."

                        - Cheryl Colleluori, HEADstrong President and Nick's Mom
 
For more information on the HEADstrong Foundation's fall event schedule go to www.HEADstrong.org