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A huge Thank You to all Kicks For a Cure sponsors, volunteers, players, coaches and fans
who made this year's event an overwhelming success. Your donations are making a
difference in our community!
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The second annual Kicks For A Cure women's soccer exhibition, a benefit for the Liz's
Legacy Cancer Fund, was held April 20-21, 2007 at Creighton's Morrison Stadium, raising
a record $145,000 for local cancer research efforts. Proceeds benefit UNMC Eppley Cancer
Center and Creighton University’s Hereditary Cancer Center.
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The event drew over 1,500 people
to the stadium for the games on Saturday April 21st. A kickoff banquet Friday evening April
20th was attended by 450 people, while over 110 underprivileged youth participated in a Friday
afternoon clinic conducted by collegiate players and coaches.
The results from 2007 KFAC games were:
Millard North 5, Westside 2
Rockurst 2, Nebraska-Omaha 0
Elkhorn 0, Gretna 0 (Elkhorn 4-2 in shootout)
Marquette 1, Creighton 0
Kicks for a Cure is an annual spring
soccer weekend hosted at Creighton University. The primary purpose of the
weekend is to raise awareness for women’s cancer education and prevention. This
is also an opportunity to generate a broader interest in women’s collegiate
athletics, and to showcase Omaha as a compassionate, vibrant community where
health care, education, commerce and recreation intertwine.
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Your support of Kicks for a Cure and of Liz’s Legacy is an
investment in the quest to find more effective ways to diagnose, treat and
prevent cancer – it is an investment in our people and our community.
Former U.S. Senator David Karnes and daughters Korey, Kalen, Kara and Laurel
serve as honorary chairs.
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All of the proceeds of this event benefit
Liz’s Legacy, the fund started by the Karnes family in memory of their wife and mother, the
late Dr. Liz Karnes. The funds are being directed toward research projects at
both the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center and the Hereditary Cancer Center at
Creighton University.
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