Past Events from January 15, 2015 – August 28, 2015 – Page 21 – Team Draft

Super Bowl Challenge Winner at NFL Pro Bowl

Lung cancer survivor Dan Powell is heading to the NFL Pro Bowl! “Going to the Pro Bowl is a dream come true. This time last year I was fighting for my life with the stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis. We …

2015 Taste of the NFL

Super Bowl Challenge second Runner-Up and lung cancer survivor Samantha Mixon of St. Simons Island, Georgia is heading to the Taste of the NFL, a gala event taking place in the Super Bowl city the night before the big game. …

2015 Super Bowl 49

“We are proud to honor these outstanding advocates who are truly changing the face of lung cancer by supporting promising research and treatments that are giving lung cancer survivors more days weeks , months and even years to treasure with …

The Inaugural Super Bowl Challenge

Phoenix, AZ. The winners of the inaugural Super Bowl Challenge will enjoy trips to the Super Bowl, the NFL Pro-Bowl and the Taste of the NFL this month as part of Team Draft’s National Campaign to Change the Face of …

Rest in Peace Paul Kalanithi

Before I go Time warps for a young surgeon with metastatic lung cancer By Paul Kalanithi In residency, there’s a saying: The days are long, but the years are short. In neurosurgical training, the day usually began a little before …

Team Draft at LUNGevity’s HOPE Summit

Congratulations to lung cancer survivors Kiersten Dickson, Kelly Kakuk, and Edwina Edgeworth who were awarded a travel grant by former NFL linebacker Chris Draft of Team Draft to attend LUNGevity's 5th Annual National HOPE Summit in Washington DC May 1-3, …

TACKLING CANCER: A Celebration of Survivors and Caregivers

Earth City, MO – On Thursday, June 18th former St. Louis Rams linebacker and Team Draft co-founder, Chris Draft, will return to the Rams training facility, but this time he won’t be preparing to take on divisional rivals like the …

A Survivor at Every NFL Stadium: Carolina Panthers

Charlotte, NC. Greenville, SC natives and lung cancer survivors Dan Powell and Rick Owens, will join former Carolina Panther Chris Draft and other Panthers' alums Friday night at Bank of America. Dan and Rick will be accompanied by their sons, …