Destroyers To Present Check To Hunter's Hope
February 25, 2003 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Buffalo Destroyers News Release
(BUFFALO, NY)- Buffalo Destroyers owner Mark Hamister will present Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly a check to the Hunter's Hope Foundation for $12,000 tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. at the Destroyers downtown office at 651 Delaware Ave.
"The Buffalo Destroyers organization is pleased and proud to present a check to the Hunter's Hope Foundation as a result of our focus on the Hunter's Hope Foundation at our February 9th game," Hamister said. "Our organization and the fans together contributed because the Hunter's Hope Foundation is a very important part of our community and we want to encourage others in the community to step up and help find a cure for Krabbe's disease.
The Hunter's Hope Foundation was established in 1997 by the Hall of Fame quarterback and his wife, Jill, when their infant son, Hunter was diagnosed with Krabbe Leukodystrophy. Since the Foundation's inception, remarkable advances have taken place with the use of umbilical cord blood transplants. Children who are diagnosed early can be successfully treated through this procedure. Hunter's Hope is now working on initiating newborn screening for leukodystrophies nationwide. To date, the foundation has awarded approximately $3.5 million to Krabbe and other leukodystrophy research.
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