KICKING AWAY CANCER Student Raises Money For Cancer Joshua Dyson Many of the students and athletes here, including me, that were aware of student athlete Landen Nealy and his participation in the national charity called Kick-It, were not aware that it’s not originally from Kansas City. Kick-It was made by a child with cancer who wanted to get a group of friends together to play a kickball game, which when you think about it, it’s a really cool idea. Kick-it Champions Program started in 2013, giving high school football kickers a chance to help “kick childhood cancer,” one field goal at a time. The fundraiser Kick-It is based in Cleveland, Ohio. Kick-it later moved onto other sports. That then leaves the questions how and why Nealy decided to kick his way into the national wide charity? Nealy got started with Kick-It his senior year of high school. In Nealy’s junior year of high school, one of his teammates was diagnosed with leukemia who, later that summer, ended up passing away.
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