SAN DIEGO, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer was presented a $15,000 donation from Aflac as the official beneficiary of the Aflac All-American National Selection Tour. During the three-month long tour, the top 38 high school baseball prospects throughout the United States were chosen.
"We're honored to receive this generous donation from Aflac," said Grainne Owen, founder of Curing Kids' Cancer. "Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer and Aflac make the perfect team with our identical missions to find cures for pediatric cancers."
"We are pleased to present Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer with this donation to honor the high school coaches of our 2006 Aflac All-Americans," said Al Johnson, second vice president, Advertising and Branding at Aflac. "Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer's goals of honoring coaches while funding cutting edge research for childhood cancer is a great fit with the Aflac All-American National Selection Tour."
Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer uses a simple concept to raise money for cancer research. Kids' sports teams honor their coaches by donating the money they would usually raise to buy their coach a gift. Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer uses the money to fund cutting edge pediatric cancer research. In return, the coach receives an original t-shirt, a certificate and the great feeling of helping kids kick cancer.
Last year -- thanks to the generosity of youth sports teams around the nation -- Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer provided funding to the Aflac Cancer Clinic at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, The University of California at San Diego, the Palmetto Health Cancer Center in Columbia, S.C., Children's Medical Center in Dallas and Children's Hospital in Seattle.
The Aflac All-American National Selection Tour is a multi-city tour that traveled to the hometowns of the 38 Aflac All-Americans as they were officially selected to the team. The country's top rising high school seniors will face off in an East versus West match-up today at Tony Gwynn Field at San Diego State University.
Baseball America and Perfect Game are the official selection partners for the event and choose the players for their accomplishments both on, and off the field, including their involvement in the community.
About Curing Kids' Cancer
Inspired by nine year old Killian Owen's battle with leukemia, Curing Kids' Cancer Inc. is a unique, national grassroots movement which aims to raise both awareness and money to find cures for all types of childhood cancer. Our programs fund the development of cutting edge therapies which will revolutionize childhood cancer treatment by replacing traditional chemotherapy. Our objective is to turn this killer disease into a curable one in our lifetime. Details are available at http://www.curingkidscancer.org/.
About Aflac
For more than 50 years, Aflac products have given policyholders the opportunity to direct cash where it is needed most when a life-interrupting medical event causes financial challenges. Aflac is the number one provider of guaranteed-renewable insurance in the United States and the number one insurance company in terms of individual insurance policies in force in Japan. Aflac's insurance products provide protection to more than 40 million people worldwide. Aflac has been included in Fortune magazine's listing of America's Most Admired Companies for six consecutive years and Forbes magazine's Platinum 400 List of America's Best Big Companies for five consecutive years. In January 2006, Aflac was included in Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America for the eighth consecutive year. Aflac was also included in Fortune magazine's list of the Top 50 Employers for Minorities in August 2005, and in September 2005, Aflac Japan was named the Life Insurance Company of the Year at the Asia Insurance Industry Awards, sponsored by the Asia Insurance Review. Aflac Incorporated is a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AFL. To find out more about Aflac, visit http://aflac.com/.
