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Rivalry Roundup 4 Pediatric Rehab By Julia Baker Attendees watched UNC take on Duke in the historic rivalry game on March 5 at the Blue Zone in Kenan Memorial Stadium to benefit the Fitch Family Comprehensive Pediatric Rehabilitation Program at UNC Children’s. After 10-year-old Lee Fitch experienced a lifealtering accident in 2021, his parents, Meredith Fitch and David Fitch, relocated temporarily to Atlanta so that he could receive comprehensive rehabilitation. David had to leave work at Fitch Lumber & Hardware for weeks at a time, which highlighted for the family the need for a more local pediatric rehab program. With seed funding provided by UNC’s head football coach Mack Brown and his wife, Sally Brown, the Fitch family is raising the money needed to create a new pediatric rehab in Lee’s honor – a $20 million project. Guests at the first fundraiser cheered on the Heels while enjoying food and drinks from The Crunkleton, Club Gioia, Rocky Top Catering, French Broad River Brewery and more. UNC cheerleaders led young fans in chants and offered friendly competition to aspiring hoopers at the pop-a-shot. Rameses also helped rally the crowd as they witnessed a historic Carolina victory, one that spoiled Duke men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s last home game before he retired. Photography by Heba Salama CHM
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1 Will Scroggs and Julia Howard Scroggs with their children, Bo Scroggs and Poppy Scroggs.
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2 Sally Brown and Shannon Kennedy. 3 Lee Fitch, Meredith Fitch, Marcus Ginyard, Virginia Fitch and David Fitch. 4 Jim Walker, Carol Fitch-Walker and Mac Fitch. 5 Back row: Stephanie Duncan, Pippa Englert, Eve Pedersen, Carol Fitch-Walker, Meredith Fitch, Rebecca Johnson, Amber Byrd, Rebekah Farris and Jenna Fitch. Front row: David Fitch, Meredith Pruitt, Jen Rosen, Chrissy Gupton, Carrie Williamson, Taylor Ludlam and Tom Ludlam. Committee members not pictured: Sally Conner, Liz Goodmon and Katie Porterfield.
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