Memorial Children's Hospital and Your South Bend Silver Hawks Partner for Home Run for Life

Published on May 15, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
South Bend Silver Hawks News Release


South Bend, Indiana ( May 15, 2014)- Memorial Children's Hospital and your Silver Hawks will celebrate Cal Boudway during a special celebration ceremony, Home Run for Life, on Friday, May 16th's home game.

The celebration will take place in the middle of the 3rd inning at Four Winds Field. Your Silver Hawks, along with the Fort Wayne TinCaps, will line the field to join in on the ceremony as Cal rounds the bases. Upon completing celebratory the home run Silver Hawks' Manager, Mark Haley will present Cal with a personalized Silver Hawks jersey. Home Run for Life celebrates and honors children who have battled serious medical conditions. Each child is honored and takes a home run lap around the bases during a Silver Hawks home game.

At the closing of the celebration staff and volunteers from Memorial Children's Hospital will pass around donation buckets. Please consider giving a donation to help enhance the care children can receive right here in your community.

Cal Boudway's Story

"On January 7th of 2012, our son Cal was transferred by ambulance and admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Memorial Children's Hospital for croup. Upon arrival, Cal stopped breathing.

Memorial staff was prepared and moved quickly as we watched in terror while doctors and nurses revived our son. We later found out that Cal's heart stopped beating and both of his lungs collapsed. Our stay at Memorial Children's Hospital suddenly extended from a few days to an unknown length of time as complications and side effects took their toll on our little boy.

We did not leave for 20 days as Memorial's PICU staff cared for Cal. As our stay grew longer and the PICU became our home, we progressively felt as though they become a part of our family. We were overwhelmed at the amount of care we received from everyone involved. The doctors and nursing staff were extraordinary. Furthermore, the respiratory staff was just as impressive.

Cal was discharged on January 27th, his first birthday. That day the nurses threw him a party that we will never forget. The staff at Memorial Children's Hospital saved our son's life and there is no possible way to fully express our feeling of gratitude.

What a treasure, right here in our community. Keeping us close to our support system, close to our colleagues at Notre Dame and close to home, was a blessing in our darkest days." stated Jeannette Boudway, Cal's mother.

Please join Memorial Children's Hospital and your Silver Hawks in cheering on Cal as he completes his Home Run for Life at Four Winds Field on May, 12th.

The South Bend Silver Hawks are a Class A minor league team affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The team is owned and operated by Swing-Batter-Swing, LLC whose sole shareholder is Andrew T. Berlin of Chicago, IL. To purchase tickets to a game visit www.SilverHawks.com, call the Box Office at 574-235-9988, or stop by between 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m.

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