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OCTOBER 2018
Goalball teams express appreciation for local Lions By Bridgett Hernandez bhernandez@kpcmedia.com
The Fort Wayne Central Lions Club dedicated two new benches at the Goalball Center of Excellence at Turnstone Center Sept. 5. Nancy Daugherty, president of the local chapter, said 2017 marked 100 years for Lions Club International. “They challenged each club around the world to do some sort of centennial legacy project,” she said. The local Lions knew that they wanted to do something special for the goalball teams. “We are so proud of what they’ve done for Fort Wayne and the community,” she said. Turnstone, which was designated an official Paralympic training site by the United States
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Members of the Fort Wayne Central Lions Club pass around a ball used in the sport of goalball. It contains several bells so that it makes noise as it moves across the court.
Olympic Committee earlier this year, is home to the Goalball Center of Excellence, the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Goalball
Resident Program and the internationally ranked 2018 U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Goalball teams. The facility includes the
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Family expands fundraising efforts for pediatric cancer research By Bridgett Hernandez bhernandez@kpcmedia.com
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A local organization that raises money for pediatric cancer research has expanded its fundraising efforts to get children involved. Maggie Saal, along with her husband, Andrew, founded Brains for Hope after their daughter, Camryn, was diagnosed with a rare type of brain cancer in 2012. Primitive Neuro Ectodermal Tumors (PNET) affects 400 kids worldwide every year. Camryn, who was 7 years old at the time, was given a 20 percent chance of survival. She beat the odds thanks to
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Camryn Saal, 14, pins a poster for the “Sock it to Cancer” family carnival on a coffee shop bulletin board in September.
only Taraflex goalball court in the United States. The local Lions raised See GOALBALL, Page 12
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