Dodgers Kick Off 3rd Annual ThinkCure! Weekend Festivities
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The Dodgers are taking on their down state rivals this weekend...the Anaheim Angels.
But, truth be told, they're really taking on a much tougher opponent: Cancer.
This weekend marks the 3rd annual "ThinkCure!" event at Dodgers Stadium.
ThinkCure! is the Dodgers official charity...and its stated aim is to help eradicate cancer.The program also celebrates cancer survivors and helps raise money for life-saving cancer research at such venues as Children's Hospital Los Angeles and City of Hope.
CBS2's Health Watch reporter Lisa Sigell has been introducing us to some of those cancer survivors all week.
This weekend belongs to the survivors and their doctors and the thousands of Dodgers fans who will help raise money.
An on-line auction is tied to the event...great deals, Dodgers memorabilia (some of it rare, much of it signed) and priceless experiences (visit Vin Scully in the broadcast booth! A Maury Wills batting lesson!) are just some of the things available.
An Andre Ethier jersey? Matt Kemp's? Count us in!
To donate $10 to the cause, text CURE to 50555. (Standard message rates apply.)
Last year's weekend took in $400,000.
For more about ThinkCure! click here.
For a direct link to the on-line auction, click here.
