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The Lee University Lady Flames soccer team is hosting the 2nd annual Kickin’ It for Kids with Cancer on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 7:00 p.m. The event is a fundraising tournament to benefit the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer.

As a way of raising funds and rallying the community together for this great event, the Lady Flames are selling event T-shirts throughout the Cleveland area for $5. The benefit game will include cheap eats, give-aways and enjoying soccer, all the while spreading the awareness of pediatric cancer and raising funds to help area families.

“Through our friendship with Hatch’s House of Hope, we have become passionate supporters of families that are battling pediatric cancer. We hope that by exhibiting the talents of the Lee Lady Flames on the night of Sept. 17, we can in some small way raise the awareness and support,” says Lady Flames Coach Matt Yelton.

The Austin Hatcher Foundation was formed in 2006 after Amy Jo and Jim Osborn lost their infant son Hatch to a rare form of pediatric cancer. The foundation’s mission is to support research towards the diagnosis, treatment and development of a cure for pediatric cancer, and to provide support and hope to children and families undergoing treatment, as well as those who have lost children due to cancer.

Erlanger Medical Mall in Chattanooga is the site of the first Hatch’s House of Hope, which opened in September 2009. It is the model for other Hatch’s houses planned nationwide. The House of Hope is a concept designed to meet the specific needs of families dealing with the effects of pediatric cancer.

For more information about Kickin’ It for Kids with Cancer, contact Tamara Yelton at [email protected] or visit www.hatcherfoundation.org/kickit. For more information about the Austin Hatcher Foundation, visit www.hatcherfoundation.org

Photo:  The Lady Flames lineup from the 2010 Kickin’ It game.