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ABOUT LYNN LEWIS Lynn Lewis Foundation was founded in 2007 and is a non-profit organization that was created to increase Breast Cancer awareness, particularly in the women’s football community across the nation.

Lynn Lewis Foundation provides support and aid to individuals from all walks of life who suffer from the battle against breast cancer, as well as the caregivers who are deemed to carry on the responsibility of making sure needs are met for the survivor.

We are a 501(c)3 — a charitable organization created to support women, men, and children. Co-Survivors (Spouse, Family & Children)(SFC) program provides social resources and counseling to assist with coping skills and an initiative to infuse positive energy into survivors’ day-to-day routine.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to become the foundation to support the ripple effect of breast cancer diagnoses not only for the survivor but for the extended family to provide avenues of promoting breast cancer awareness while educating women and men nationwide on the fight against breast cancer. Our ultimate goal is to be a rechargeable source of strength in allowing relief from an exhaustive experience as a caregiver. Our programs are designed to give back to our community.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Connie Wardman, SDLT • connie@competenetwork.com

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WELCOME Dear Participants, As the Co-Founders of the Lynn Lewis Foundation, it is our pleasure to welcome you to the 15th Annual Lynn Lewis Foundation Invitational Flag Football Tournament, Washington, D.C. We would like to give a special thank you to Compete Sports Diversity for their support during this journey.

This is a landmark event as we will be celebrating the life of all those women and men who have had breast cancer, won the fight and are surviving to tell their story as well as those who are currently battling breast cancer and living to tell their story. Most importantly, we will commemorate those who lost the battle, but passed their story on so that others may benefit, survive, and live life to the fullest.

This weekend’s event is an excellent opportunity for you to meet women from all over whose lives are touched by this disease. Listen to them as they share their lives, their battles, their struggles, and their survival. Learn how having a life-threatening disease does not determine who you are but empowers you to become the person you never dreamed you could be.

Games will begin October 14 at 2:00 p.m. and conclude on October 16 at 8:00 p.m. We look forward to meeting you all in Washington, D.C. at what promises to be a most unforgettable and enjoyable event!

Good luck this weekend!

MASHONDA PASCHAL- GILMORE Chief Executive Director & Co-Founder

ZERIC FOSTER Chief of Operations & Co-Founder

DONNA SPILOTRAS Board of Directors Member

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Never Give Up THE 15TH ANNUAL LYNN LEWIS FOUNDATION INVITATIONAL

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Over 60 women’s flag football teams will converge in Washington, D.C. over October 15-16 to play in the 15th Annual Lynn Lewis Invitational being played on the fields at RFK Campus. Hosted by the Lynn Lewis Foundation, the allwomen’s event is being played across multiple formats with teams, supporters and fans from across the nation eager to honor the “Never Give Up” personality of Lynn Lewis.

For Mashonda Pascha-Gilmore, Chief Executive Director of the Lynn Lewis Foundation, the annual tournament is always deeply personal. Why? Because Lynn Lewis encouraged her to found a women’s football program to inspire women to dare to be more than who they thought they were; maybe even more than they thought they could be. And when Lynn was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, Mashonda founded the Lynn Lewis Foundation (LLF) in 2007. Its original mission was to increase breast cancer awareness for not only the survivors but also the caregivers within the women’s football community across the nation.

Now, as a 501(c)3 charitable organization, the LLF has grown to support women, men and children whose lives have been upended by the effects of breast cancer. The foundation now recognizes individuals from all walks of life who suffer from breast cancer and other cancer diagnoses in which family and/ or friends are affected. The Lynn Lewis Foundation’s mission now supports the ripple effect of breast cancer diagnoses not only for the survivor but also for the extended family.

THE ALL-WOMEN’S AND YOUNG GIRLS’ EVENTS ARE BEING PLAYED ACROSS MULTIPLE FORMATS WITH TEAMS, SUPPORTERS AND FANS FROM ACROSS THE NATION EAGER TO HONOR THE “NEVER GIVE UP” PERSONALITY OF LYNN LEWIS.

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And as founder of the LLF, Mashonda knows this tournament provides another avenue of promoting breast cancer awareness, educating both women and men nationwide on the fight against breast cancer.

Having seen the toll caring for a loved one with a terminal illness can take on a caregiver, the LLF’s ultimate goal is to be a rechargeable source of strength in allowing relief from an exhaustive experience of being a caregiver. All the foundation’s programs are designed to give back to the community.

The Lynn Lewis Foundation is a small nonprofit with a big heart and a mission to help as many people as possible suffering from breast cancer. The LLF is also one of the biggest and longest running ALL girls and women’s flag football organizations. As Mashonda likes to say, “Ladies live to play football and if we can provide this stage, we will continue to grow the sport.”• www.lynnlewisfoundation.net

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