Scoring Against Pediatric Cancer

Blake Costanzo ’06, now in his second year with the Buffalo Bills, presents Lauren Loose (left) and her sister, Grace, with personalized t-shirts at the First and Goal Camp.

Nearly 300 college football coaches from around the country took part in the sixth-annual Lauren’s First and Goal Football Camp on June 7 at Lafayette’s Metzgar Fields. A record 1,733 high school football players participated in the one-day clinic which raised nearly $190,000, including a $100,000 pledge from the Special Needs Trust Administration in Clearwater, Fla. All proceeds will go directly to pediatric brain tumor research and cancer services.

Lauren Loose, the daughter of Lafayette defensive coordinator John Loose, has battled pediatric brain tumors since she was nine months old. Lauren’s First and Goal Foundation was founded six years ago to create support for pediatric brain tumor research and has raised nearly $750,000 in those six years.

Written by Patrice Mary Domozych, the sister of John Loose’s wife, Marianne, the new book Hope is Here to Stay is about Lauren Loose and her family’s fight against pediatric cancer. Proceeds from sales benefit Lauren’s First and Goal Foundation.