Clements, Austin High School Football Teams Donate Breast Cancer Shirts

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Two Fort Bend ISD high school football squads recently made generous donations to Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s Breast Care Center. Athletes from the Clements High School and Stephen F. Austin High School football teams donated a number of post-mastectomy pocketed button-up shirts to the Center. The shirts are specially designed for the unique needs of women who have undergone a mastectomy; the Breast Care Center will give them to patients over the next year.

“All of us at the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Breast Care Center admire the generosity and kindness that these young men have demonstrated through their donation,” said Maria Socci, the Breast Care Center’s care navigator.  “Their donation will enable us to provide these special shirts to our patients free of charge as a show of support for their fight against breast cancer.”

Clements Head Coach Keith Knowles began the effort last year when his team captains wanted to use a portion of the money they had raised to buy post-mastectomy shirts rather than more football equipment. “I always try and teach our players the importance of giving back to the community,” said Knowles.  “I am amazed every day at the character and quality of our young men.”

This year, the football players at Austin High School joined their counterparts at Clements and added to the donation. “The players’ willingness to make a donation like this demonstrates a great deal of maturity and compassion on their part,” Austin Head Coach Dan Schreiber said. “These young men recognize that fighting cancer is a difficult task, and they wanted to do their part to make it a little bit easier for the women in our community.”

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