Aidan Block and David Fitzgerald are excited to host a charity hockey game at Capital One Arena on November 7th at 7 pm.  All event proceeds from the [Skate] For Breath game will benefit the Sweat For Breath Foundation, which aims to extend and improve the lives of people with ALK-positive lung cancer by raising funds for cutting-edge research and patient support programs and promoting awareness.  Sweat For Breath Foundation was founded by David and Lisa Cornbrooks after David was diagnosed with Stage IV ALK positive lung cancer at 38.  He is a former DI athlete, father of two young children, a never-smoker, and a life-long Caps fan.

To attend as a spectator and/or for the open skate a donation of $25.00 per entry is recommended but additional donations are encouraged.

If you are donating on behalf of a player participating in the game, please share that player's name in a public testimony so we can track the donations per player.

**Event details:**

6:00pm: Doors Open (Please use main F Street Entrance)

6:30pm: Open Skate (skates not provided)

7:00pm: Introduction and Ceremonial Puck Drop

7:30pm: Fundraiser Game Begins

9:00pm: Post-Game Drinks and Lite Bites @ Clyde's of Gallery Place

For more information, please visit [https://sweatforbreath.org/](https://sweatforbreath.org/).

[Skate] For Breath Charity Hockey Game 

Extending and improving the lives of people with ALK+ lung cancer by raising funds for research and patient support programs.

**Our Vision**

We envision a world where ALK+ lung cancer is a chronic or even curable condition and the next person diagnosed with lung cancer does not have to live under the current stigma.

**Our Start**

\#SweatForBreath started as a grassroots fundraising campaign during Lung Cancer Awareness Month in 2023. After being diagnosed with Stage IV ALK+ lung cancer in November 2022, David Cornbrooks became keenly aware that he was benefiting from the selfless fundraising and awareness efforts of the patients before him.

[Listen to David's story here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWcS-yN7Qxw)

The \#SweatForBreath campaign in 2023 became David, and his wife, Lisa’s, way to help the next generation ALK+ lung cancer patients.

\#SweatForBreath accelerated beyond more than just a typical fundraiser.  The initiative quickly evolved into a community of patients, caregivers, family, and friends seeking to make David and Lisa's vision a reality and the road to that vision more tolerable. People donated, sweat at the in-person cycle event, posted on social media, and helped fundraise through organizing group walks, selling art, "gifting" donations on behalf of clients, and much more.

Their success in 2023 compelled David and Lisa to officially transition the \#SweatForBreath campaign into the Sweat For Breath Foundation, operating through a fiscal sponsorship with Players Philanthropy Fund, a Maryland charitable trust recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178).

**Our Impact**

Since 2023, over **1,450 donors** have given nearly **$400,000** to the Foundation (or its predecessor campaign). 100% of the proceeds have gone directly to The Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Center in Baltimore, MD to support Dr. Vincent Lam’s ALK+ lung cancer research.

This support provided the critical funding needed to launch Dr. Lam’s clinic trial, which will evaluate the safety of a cancer peptide vaccine to prevent or delay acquired resistance in advanced ALK+ lung cancer patients currently on ALK targeted therapy. Dr. Lam’s vaccine is the **first ALK+ vaccine in the world** to be tested in a clinical trial. Dr. Lam administered the vaccine to the first patient **in clinic on May 13, 2024**!

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*The Sweat for Breath Foundation is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc. a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178,[ppf.org/pp](https://ppf.org/pp)). Contributions to The Sweat for Breath Foundation qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.*


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Ticket for event + donation. Fantastic event, great cause, great organizers, praying for David and all families affected. 

Peter and i cant wait to [Skate] for Breath with everyone tonight.  Congrats on the event.

-Reynolds Family

Aidan - Always happy to support you and your amazing pursuits!

Great Job Ricky Winowiecki - don’t hurt yourself out there 

Stick on the ice Rob, not gloves.  Have fun! - Greg & Caryn

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