Sports Tackles Cancer is an industry-wide fundraising program that unites sports business executives AND sports fans in the fight against cancer. 100% of the funds raised are donated to the American Cancer Society - the program's beneficiary. Organized by the National Sports Marketing Network (NSMN), the industry trade association, Sports Tackles Cancer is the first charitable program of its kind to encourage sports executives across the country to use their resources to help create additional awareness about cancer and to raise money. Through national outreach to sports business professionals, teams, leagues, sports sponsors and sports fans, Sports Tackles Cancer promotes the services of the American Cancer Society; initiates meetings between sports industry leadership and ACS leadership; hosts sports industry networking events to raise money and creates additional awareness of the Hope Lodges.

Sports Tackles Cancer encourages creative fundraising programs and recognizes the individual and corporate sports industry leaders who take a stand in their public support of the program. Individual and corporate giving is welcome. Ask today how you and your company can help!

Donors can specify where they want their donation allocated:

• Cancer Research
• Breast Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Lung Cancer

Thank you for your support. As a sports community - we can continue to make a difference in the lives of patients and their families.

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The Sports Tackles Cancer Advisory Board will be announced shortly. To nominate an industry cancer survivor for the Board, please email jenkarpf@sportsmarketingnetwork.com

National Sports Marketing Network (NSMN) is the exclusive trade organization for the sports business industry. Founded in 1998 by Jennifer Karpf, NSMN includes more than 8,000 individual and corporate members with chapters in 12 major markets and members in more than 50 U.S. cities. For the past decade, the national organization is dedicated to the advancement of the sports business industry through professional development counseling, networking, and the production of thought-provoking, issue-oriented seminars created to raise the level of discourse on critical sports industry issues. NSMN Membership is annual and open only to professionals who work in sports business. | 212 227-1300