Thank You for Jack Up Cancer Night!

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Supporters of Jack Up Cancer Night

We need to express our deepest and most sincere THANKS! to SO VERY MANY people for all the help Friday night. Countless volunteers, people who supplied baked goods, advertisers, numerous others, and really the whole Grand Blanc community combined to ensure that the first ever Jack Up Cancer Night was a big success! We raised over $1000 for Hurley Children's Hospital and registered 30 new people for the bone marrow donor registry. Thanks to everyone for making it such a memorable night!

Jack and his pals

Warming up, decked out in orange

Tip off in front of an orange-clad crowd

Even the mascot oranged up!

In addition to the GREAT community support that Jack Up Cancer Night brought, it was wonderful to see the following local media pick up on the story:

mLive's Brendan Savage wrote a nice piece in advance of the event.

The premier issue of Cherish Local's online magazine included a feature on Jack Up Cancer Night on page 42, followed by this video interview with Jack's dad Pete on page 43.

The local CBS affiliate did a story, but it doesn't appear to be online anywhere.

Meanwhile, NBC25, who you may recall did a wonderful story on Jack this summer, had a couple pieces on the event. First, they talked about it during the game highlights portion of their Friday night Hometown Hoops broadcast. Then, Sports Director Jeanna Trotman awarded her game ball of the week to the Grand Blanc community for their support of Jack Up Cancer Night.

 

ABC12 also sent out a news reporter to do a piece on the event...

Jack Up Cancer Night

Friday, December 21st will be a special night at Grand Blanc High School as the Bobcats take the court against Bay City Western on “Jack Up Cancer Night” in honor of 2018 Grand Blanc graduate and Bobcat basketball alum, Jack Scribner.

A true student-athlete, Jack earned varsity letters for the Bobcats in both basketball and baseball each of the last two seasons, and was a member of the National Honor Society, graduating in the top 3% of his class. He planned on attending Miami University (OH) this semester, but last June, just days after playing in the baseball district championship game for the Bobcats, Jack was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. As a result, plans for college had to be put on hold as he undergoes extensive chemotherapy.

A bone marrow registry drive will be held and there will be a bake sale to support Hurley Pediatrics. And to show our support for Jack in his fight against leukemia, we are encouraging all fans to set aside their Grand Blanc school colors of red & black for one night, and instead wear orange, the color of leukemia awareness. Be there Friday, December 21st as we join together to Jack Up Cancer!