Corn hole game raising money to fight blood cancers

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JAKE. BACK HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LANCASTER COUNTY RESIDENTS CAME TOGETHER TO HAVE SOME FUN AND FOR A GREAT CAUSE. TODAY, THE FIFTH ANNUAL CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN EAST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP TO RAISE MONEY TO FIGHT BLOOD CANCERS. THE GROUP TEAM, WE BELIEVE, IS RAISING MONEY IN HONOR OF ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA, KIM ALBERT OF HARRISBURG. SHE’S A HAIRSTYLIST WHO LOST HER HAIR DURING CANCER TREATMENT BUT HAS NOW BEEN IN REMISSION FOR EIGHT YEARS. SISTERS ARE, YOU KNOW, YOUR BEST FRIENDS. SO THAT’S WHY WE’RE HERE. AND THAT’S WHY WE DO IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE RAISE MONEY FOR NOT ONLY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA, ALSO FOR RESEARCH AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO BEHIND IT TO HELP PEOPLE FIGHT THIS EVERY DAY. LAST YEAR’S CORNHO

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Corn hole game in Lancaster County raising money to fight blood cancers

Updated: 7:03 PM EDT Sep 16, 2023

Residents in Lancaster County came together to have some fun for a great cause on Saturday. The 5th annual Corn Hole Tournament was held in East Hempfield Township to raise money to fight blood cancers. The group “Team We Believe” is raising money in honor of one of the team members who was diagnosed with leukemia.Kim Albert, of Harrisburg, is a hair stylist who lost her hair during cancer treatment but has now been in remission for eight years.”Sisters are, you know, your best friends. So that’s why we’re here. And that’s why we do it every single year. We raise money for not only people, you know, leukemia, lymphoma, also for research and all the things that go behind it to help people fight this every day,” said Albert.Last year’s corn hole tournament raised more than $12,000.

Residents in Lancaster County came together to have some fun for a great cause on Saturday.

The 5th annual Corn Hole Tournament was held in East Hempfield Township to raise money to fight blood cancers.

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The group “Team We Believe” is raising money in honor of one of the team members who was diagnosed with leukemia.

Kim Albert, of Harrisburg, is a hair stylist who lost her hair during cancer treatment but has now been in remission for eight years.

“Sisters are, you know, your best friends. So that’s why we’re here. And that’s why we do it every single year. We raise money for not only people, you know, leukemia, lymphoma, also for research and all the things that go behind it to help people fight this every day,” said Albert.

Last year’s corn hole tournament raised more than $12,000.