Brooklyn, NY, July 17, 2011 - NY Met Ike Davis teamed up with childhood cancer charities at Michael's Restaurant in Brooklyn. The sold-out event featured photo-ops with childhood cancer survivors as well as organizers of the event. All proceeds benefited Solving Kid's Cancer and Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative. ESPN's Linda Cohn and Q104.3 Ken Dashow (MC) were media guests. About 40 firms contributed auction prizes for the event.Ike Davis of the NY Mets has made this his personal annual event and even chose the restaurant of which he's a frequent patron. His childhood friend, Mike Lio, died as a youth of Ewing’s Sarcoma at 22 years of age. Mike Lio’s passing left a giant emotionally in Ike’s as well as in Mike’s girl friend’s heart, Samantha Cerny.
My photo essay is below,
make a point of attending next year's event!!!!
Scott Kennedy and John London are co-founders of Solving Kid's Cancer (www.solvingkidscancer.org) , the charity running the event. They teamed up with Bruce and Liddy Shriver of the Sarcoma Initiative and Ziopharm Oncology.
A full dinner, Q and A, prizes and a silent sports memorabilia auction materials were donated/sponsored by Steiner Sports.
7 yr old cancer victim Oliver London holds the emblematic shirt of the event next to Ike Davis.
Megan Mano and Ken Dashow of Q104.3 with Ike Davis.
13-year old Tess Lichtman has had 25 cancer surgeries at Beth Israel Hospital. She posed with Ike Davis.
Ike and 9-yr old Lydia Stephen, a rhabdomyosarcoma cancer survivor.
Ike with the honored cancer survivors (left-right)
Front row: Josh Cramer (13), Janina Vargas (18), Ike Davis, Yehuda Furman (9), Jamie Purzak (25) and Lauren Ryan (40) and Bruce Shriver. Rear are Scott Kennedy and John London co-founders of Solving Kid's Cancer. Lydia Stephen (above) came after the photo was taken.
The Q and A panel (left-right) Bruce Shriver, Scott Kennedy, John London, Samantha Cerny, Ike Davis, ESPN's Linda Cohn for speeches and Q and A.
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